Checking all the blocks
At the agency I work for ( well, at least for the next month or so)-they were ranked in the bottom in terms of being a “good place to work”. Havng watched their new contracting strategy-I tend to agree...
View ArticleFufilling one’s obligations
Which means-that despite recent presonal economic news, life and work goes on. Accordingly, I will be getting on a plane today and flying the long three leg route back to Bucharest, there to work for a...
View ArticlePlusses and minuses.
Arrived in Bucharest/ The trip had good things to recommend it and bad things to forget. On the plus side , I got re-routed through Houston, since my flight to DC was not going to make it in time....
View ArticleStill here!
The lack of posting is not a good thing-but it cannot be helped. I have been on the go since I got here. Pix to follow from my trip to the mountains this weekend.
View ArticleNo honor whatsoever
Well, it would appear the circus is now over. The former executive officer of the carrier Enterprise can remain on active duty despite a finding that his job performance aboard the carrier fell short...
View ArticleComing to a conclusion
My time here in Romania is almost done. I doubt I will be coming back here again. Its been three good trips here-I have most seen the mountains and Bucharest, not near all the country has to offer. But...
View ArticleHeading home……
Sitting in the lounge at Frankfurt, before boarding my flight back to DC fft Shopping Mall USA. Something will come to a head regarding my future situation next week, I am sure. Exactly how, I am not...
View Article9-11-2001
Yes, I remember exactly where I was that day. I had been out and about and had just returned to the BOQ where I was living then. The S.O. called me and told me the World Trade Center had been attacked....
View ArticleGoing off the deep end.
I have been very sick for the last few days. Coughing up a lung or two, and spending a lot more time on the porcelain than I care to. I’d be in bed right now-except the cough won’t let me sleep. Have...
View ArticleBest Explanation Ever!
For the term “Galtian Overlords”-which I was asked to define today. Now I would assume that anyone who has been around the last few years would understand the reference, but considering the state of...
View ArticleDown for the count.
The S.O. dragged me to her doctor yesterday. It confirmed for me why I need to change doctors. First they found that this a bacterial infection of my sinuses. Thus my head feels like it is going to...
View ArticleOne of my favorites
One of my favorite pictures of the S.O. Can you guess where it was taken?
View ArticleThe Carpathian Mountains
Splits Romania into two distinct regions. North and West of them-you are in Transylvania. Go South and East or West-you are in a flat region that resembles Kansas. But in the moutains-one can forget...
View ArticleThe way our Galtian overlords think.
Paul Ryan as CEO of a major multi-national corporation:
View ArticleBad to worse.
The doctor saw me last Thursday. And I saw her. ( I have now formally abandoned my previous doctor-for reasons I will soon explain). The S.O. dragged me to her doctor-after three days where I was not...
View ArticleHow low can Tiger go?
Tiger Woods takes on three Japanese women at once! ( As only Tiger Woods of late can). How embarrassing will it be if he gets his ass kicked? Tiger Woods, who barely qualified for his own charity...
View ArticleGetting by-
Well, the march of time continues to rush forward. I have to give my company a summary of my course of action tomorrow-so that they can do the things they need to do. Like my immediate coughing...
View ArticleHas to be seen to be believed…..
Over the last couple of days I have been witness to one of those continuing conversations that can only occur in the one dimensional space that is the internet. You know the kind-that actually go back...
View ArticleAnother really good deal.
As an extra added bonus-after completing a 4-5 year sea tour, the Navy will send some of you to an IA in ( pick the hell hole of your choice): The Navy announced this week that more than 60,000...
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