Far East Cynic

Westbound and down

Rolling on and trucking…….we got do what they say can’t be done. Note to self: I need to figure out a better way to drive to the DFW airport. I’ve tried two different ways now and neither one has avoided morning traffic. It did let me get my NPR fix

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Fall foolishness

If there is a good thing to be said about being sick, is that it allows you to watch a lot of TV. My trip so far has been mustering enough strength to go give my briefs, sit through the rest, and count the minutes till I can go back

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Down for the count………

Greetings from the land of fat women. Floght over here was OK, but its been windy here in Dallas. Guess who packed only short sleeve shirts because the internet said it was supposed to be warm? I’ve got a cold. So here I am, on a Friday night huddled in

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October 25th

“The war is popular beyond belief” Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians Somehow it is probably fitting that the President comes out and states the obvious on the one hundred and 2nd anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava. The battle will fovever be linked with gallant men, astounding

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The Series (s)

Between watching one of the last episodes of West Wing, I also watched the Nippon Ham Fighters KILL the Chunichi Dragons 6-1. The Ham fighters played great and the Dragons pitching staff literally fell apart getting two runners on base by hitting them with the ball. Meanwhile its all even

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Hantai desu……….

In Japanese that means “opposed to”. I mailed my absentee ballot last week. It was definitely hantai. I voted against every incumbent, sadly in my state district there was no Democrat running. Which is no surprise since I grew up in a very conservative part of Pittsburgh where the residents

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Random thoughts…….

Today was good day except for the rain that started on 16. Finished the round with 2 Pars which for me is nothing short of a miracle. Accordingly, I’m not mentally caged to jump into the serious end of the pool tonight. Tomorrow being Monday, maybe I can comment on

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Note to self…….

Drinking 7 of these: Is probably not a nutricious dinner and a lousy way to deal with being pissed off at one of these: But its my way and its a lot cheaper than some of the other alternatives. Subscribe in a reader

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Losing the lottery

No post yesterday. Or the day before. For some unknown reason related to Blogger or my ISP, the site just would not load. So I finally gave up and went to bed. Went out to dinner tonight at a new Chinese restaurant. On the way home we stopped in a

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