Do you still listen to Neil Young? I do, on the satellite radio in the Panzer, or at the fwrm where I can play the tunes as loud as I like. To use the phrase popular here in The Swamp these days, I am getting a little ahead of my skiis. Let me briefly recap […]

Crazier and Crazier I am just going to stop saying it every week. This is as strange as I have seen the Swamp, ever. and it seems to be accelerating in pace. To quote someone down here in Swampland, I suppose we will just see. Vic

I am not sure if I bored you with this story before. Don’t know why I would have, except one of the players just passed the vil at age 88. It was only a glance, waiting for a light in amazing New York City a very long time ago. Let me frame it properly: Our […]

Good heavens. It just keeps getting more amazing, week by week. There per to be three pivot points, North Korea (nice work Secretary Pompeo!), Iran nukes…back in the ether….uncertainty…the Iranians are the toughest negotiators in the world. In Congress we re-litigate post-911 enhanced interrogation techniques. Makes my head hurt. Doesn’t it take. Lot of energy […]

平成30年4月23日 = (30th Year of Heisei Era, 4th Month, 23rd Day) – – – – – = This week’s poem: It Happens Rain falls Wind blows Mind wanders I suppose Light fades Time flows Can’t remember So it goes Tomorrow Never knows… { From my Blog: https://carllafong.blogspot.jp } – – – – – = 5 […]

Yeah, I am going to get to the taxes. Maybe. Another surreal weekend and half week so far here. I remember being little and very concerned when word spread about his heart attack, hoping we would be OK. If only we knew what was coming…..The Grateful Dead were right. And in other developments….. This image […]

Well, they certainly call it March Madness for a reason. My brackets are busted, the biggest snowstorm of the winter in DC happening in Spring. You know, the usual. I am slightly agog at what is happening now- anything from proxy wars against Russia in Syria, three-party Korean talks, the leadership of DoJ, CIA and […]

First notification of the Spring Gold Cup race festivities out at Great Meadow came out this morning. This is huge. With March Madness, the Masters, and the spring frocks being tried on and the sloe-eyed promise that Spring makes us all better, that marks our traditional emergence into the warmth. You know that this is […]

Like, For Sure It has been quite a week, and that includes being just a civilian these days. There is a lot of information to process, and a lot to factor into the growing list of things-I-Need-To Do. You know, taxes and that Spring bullhockey. Oh well, here is what actually clogged me up this […]