Big meeting this morning- and not much time. I have no idea what to think about what Presidents are supposed to do about the families of the fallen. This place is driving me to distraction, you know? Copyright 2017 Vic Socotra www.vicsocotra.com

I saw Kristen again yesterday. She is day-shift bartender at The Copper Fish, one of four fine dining facilities opposite the legendary Frost Diner at the core of the historic downtown of Culpeper, Virginia. I am not a regular, but approaching a “frequent” status there. If you have not had a day-drink there (I like […]

Japan-Gazer Comment: A GPS system which can geo-locate things to within “several centimeters” … are you kidding me? I will let you all speculate on how such a system might be used for various business & defense purposes. My Japanese flip-phone (yes I still have one) is called: “GARA-KEH” ( ガラケ ) ….. (GARA comes […]

平成29年１０月8日 = (08 OCT 2017) Japan-gazer Update – – – – – This week’s poem: 御彼岸 Autumn skies Bell crickets And dragon flies Harvest Moon As summer dies… https://carllafong.blogspot.jp/ – – – – – Things Going On Lately (1) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday (07 OCT) proposed adding a new clause to the Constitution […]

(The Chelyabinsk meteor as it detonates above the Russian city in February of 2013). Early this morning, an asteroid with the colorful designation of “2012 TC4” passed the earth close enough to endanger the constellation of geostationary satellites on which we depend for communications, both civil and military. If you are keeping track, the asteroid […]

We are getting some sprinkles from the remnants of what was Hurricane Nate. For a change, this storm passed without major drama, and the Eastern Seaboard needed the rain. The storm has brought muggy temperatures in the 80s to the Virginia Piedmont, though once the last of Nate has passed off shore, we should get […]

Our young Lt. was estimating how much he would have to fork out for the braid and expensive bespoke tailored dinner dress uniforms that he would need when he was subsequently invited to soirees in the salons of DC’s national security power brokers, when his division boss’s deputy, an ex-Army intel guy, stopped by. In […]

Unresolved Issues From WW-II Defeat = Brake On Revising Constitution? 22 October election for Japan’s powerful Diet Lower House —- Lots of attention on whether Japanese politics will thereafter be postured to amend the Constitution —- A key goal of PM Abe and the conservatives will be to amend Article 9 and allow the Japan […]

The world suffers from an acute case of attention deficit/obsessive compulsive disorder. When the Media is onto something- Russia, storms, crazed gunmen and mass murder, it is impossible to get them to focus on anything else. Goodness knows there is a lot to go around. The shooter himself- won’t use his name- remains an enigma. […]

I will try to cover it unemotionally in the Swamp Postcard tomorrow- short words, bullet points. Take away the urge to rail about the madness of men and the complete absence of conscience and compassion. I love the way the sun comes up down in Culpeper. The fields illuminate first, and then the golden light […]