Peg Leg Pete's

The fishing was a bit slow but the company (and food) was good in Florida this last week. I went fishing with my Uncle Jack, cousin David, brothers Stuart and Cody, and son David. Here are the men on the Milburn side posing with an old family friend. We also enjoyed the Naval Air Station Museum, which I recommend, and goofing off. There is a picture of the whole crew behind the Yebisu button.

With regard to the fishing, it is like Wes, our guide, said: they don't call it "catching", they call it "fishing". We did catch some mackerel and trout however. Here is the recipe of the week, which while too complicated for me to attempt, might be good.

Fried Mackerel

• Filet mackerel and get ALL the red flesh out
  
• Marinate mackerel in Italian Dressing with Basalmic Vinegar about 15 min
  
• Cover filets with milk and refrigerate at least 3 hours
• Fry in Zatarains fish fry

Happy Father's Day to all the dads....

T-Shirt Season

KAWAII OTONA NO ONNA! SMART PINK

It is getting warm again and everyone is starting to wear T-shirts (ti-shatsu), frequently with some kind of saying in English so I should report on that. Here are recent sightings:

• "Critical Beat Down" - Young man with neat appearance
• "I left all my exes in Texas" - 30's woman
• "By Bathing Ape" - Young woman
• "Napalm Death" - Long haired young man
• "I may not be perfect - but I'm getting pretty close" - Young woman with freckles
• "Paints - Power Groove has come" - Preteen girl
• "Loneliness is part of Being Human" - Pretty young woman
• "Freaks of GoGo Spectators" - Young man

What more can I say? Taken together, that pretty much sums up life.

Oh yes. The woman in the picture is one of the secretaries from work. Her T-shirt says "Kawaii Otona no Onna - Smart Pink". This is an interesting mixture of Japanese and English with the Japanese written in Romaji (western alphabet). It translates to something like "Cute Woman Person - Smart Pink". It is more polite to say woman person than just say woman. And she is using the traditional V sign for photographs called "pisu" (peace) and holding a "dijikamu" (digital camera).

Very Japanese. I like just about everything about Japan but the best part is the people. This picture was taken at the Bowling Party we had last weekend. The project team and their families all went bowling - see the group photo by pushing the Yebisu button.

Did you notice my counter is over 3000 viewings now? I should be charging people to read this foolishness. Since I am travelling back to the USA I'll see many of you soon...

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