World War II

japanese-officer

My father talks to a Japanese naval officer shortly after the end of hostilities, Manila Bay, 1945. The guy in the back there doesn’t seem to have enjoyed his war very much.

ommaneybay

The U.S.S. Ommaney Bay burns after being hit by a Kamikaze suicide aircraft. Luzon, 1945. I think the guys on the Ommaney Bay were also not enjoying their war. Note that this picture was taken from a tanker ship full of the equivalent of lighter fluid.

Misshapen, Bourbon-Soaked Village Idiots All Agree

I thought the whole “we’re very sorry” website thing was kind of dumb, and in fact counterproductive, but I didn’t think much of it one way or another really. But http://www.werenotsorry.com/ is a treasure trove. Every dumb, ugly, violent, smug bigot in the country is posting a picture there, often armed, with cheesy lettering announcing their unapologetic support for Radical Evil.

Cliff Yablonski loves you, red states. If you can get your hate on, I can too.

I am taking meds that simultaneously modify my serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine mechanisms. I feel like a character in a Philip K. Dick novel as reinterpreted by Warren Ellis.. for the Lifetime Channel.

Bry Q. HandSolo wants me to know about “girls looking to fuk guys in real life”.

Since I am the sole feeder of the cat, she is now affectionate to an extreme, and spends a lot of her time standing on me or following me from room to room. It’s cute. Although her freakouts when I go to the restroom or the grocery store or whatever are a bit disturbing. It’s okay. The monkey will return.

Due to a tragicomic series of corporate computer failures and poor planning on my own part, I have $54 in my bank account until Monday. Part of this is due to tmobile triple billing me for a nonexistent charge. Currently a young woman with a thick African accent is trying to get me my $75 back. Wish us both luck!

edit: No such luck. They have “closed” the account for that month and my credit is “on” for next month, meaning that they get to borrow $75 for me for a month and not pay me interest or do anything for me except say sorry.