The Mad Man on Guam welcomes you to the blog, sponsored by Marlboro and Starbucks French Roast Coffee. Both sponsors remind you that if you’re gonna have vices, make ‘em good ones.
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The rainy season has started here in the Marianas with a vengeance. For the past couple of months, it’s been really dry, a lot drier than normal. You know it’s dry when the grass crunches underfoot. These last two days it’s as if Mother Nature decided to get caught up in a hurry.
I got a really large dose of rain early Thursday morning, just not in a good way. At 3:30 AM, my phone rings and I’m told that one of our sites has basically fallen off the air. Since I had driven the work truck home that evening, I threw on some clothes and away I went. Naturally, the failed site in question was one that was outside, in an area that is not exactly lit very well. Even though the equipment I was dealing with was low voltage, it’s not a lot of fun to work on electrical gear when you are soaked through to your very soul. My day didn’t get any better, and after 14 hours I was well and truly spent.
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The Gorgeous One will arrive back on Guam next Thursday morning after being off island for 5 months. I have submitted for my last two vacation days of the year (until September) and will spend a nice four day weekend with her. In preparation for her arrival, Sunday is officially designated as “Clean Everything Day”. The apartment; the car; everything. By no means am I dirty by nature, but compared to her standards, I’m a bit of a slob. The kitchen is OK, but the bedroom and the car definitely need some work. I’m also going to try to harvest some of the coconuts that are in the trees near our apartment, so she can have some fresh off the tree juice when she gets here.
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Our weekly Tuesday lottery here on Guam is now up to $30 Million Large Dollars. I’m playing this week, for the simple reason that you can’t win if you don’t play. If I was to hit it, I wouldn’t even bother driving to work to resign. I’d do it by email, and invite all of my closest friends to one big-assed party before I left the island for good.
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I’m expecting some really good news in the next week or so. I can’t divulge what it is exactly, but if it works out, my mental well being will definitely be improved. If you email me or contact me on Facebook, I will let you know what it is.
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Would someone please remind the members of the press that if they keep paying attention to the bullshit coming out of Sarah Palin’s mouth, then she will keep yammering and basking in her own self importance.
While I do find her to be pleasant on the eyes in a middle aged sort of way, she loses me when she opens her mouth.
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I’m still plugging away on the book. I have had a couple of people here read a few chapters, and from the laughter I heard, it appears that I’m right on target. Anyone wanting to read some of the gibberish, feel free to contact me by email at troyinhagatna@gmail.com or on Facebook, and I’ll be happy to email you some of the PDF’ed chapters. And if you were a friend of mine during the period 1982-1987, you’re probably in it.
That’s it for now. Remember the sponsors, so chain smoke and drink a lot of coffee.
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