Far East Cynic

Rerun

I anticipated being out of comms today and tomorrow-doing some interesting things. What follows is a "Letter to myself" back when the blogosphere was a lot more civil and "memes" were all the rage:  A new meme! One of the blogs I lurk at, without ever commenting on is Helen’s.

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Where's Waldo Part III

Been busy with work. More posts to follow. This country has turned to petroleum processing and refining and has transformed itself into an international banking center. Its also very hot, people drive like crazy especially on Thursday and Friday.

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Where’s Waldo Part III

Been busy with work. More posts to follow. This country has turned to petroleum processing and refining and has transformed itself into an international banking center. Its also very hot, people drive like crazy especially on Thursday and Friday.

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Where's Waldo? Part II

Maurice and Cy-kick win the first quiz. Typed that post passing through the Admirals Club in DFW. But today I went across the sea. Guess where? It’s London- a place I’d like to live. Can you answer all these questions about the place?

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Where’s Waldo? Part II

Maurice and Cy-kick win the first quiz. Typed that post passing through the Admirals Club in DFW. But today I went across the sea. Guess where? It’s London- a place I’d like to live. Can you answer all these questions about the place?

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Where's Waldo?

This city  lies in a large prairie running through the center of the United States. It is fairly flat and is one of the largest cities in the world not located on a navigable river. The city was founded in the 1840s as a frontier trading post and has been

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Where’s Waldo?

This city  lies in a large prairie running through the center of the United States. It is fairly flat and is one of the largest cities in the world not located on a navigable river. The city was founded in the 1840s as a frontier trading post and has been

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Birds of a feather……

Talk too long together. What do Sarah Palin and Muramar Khadafi have in common? THEY BOTH KNOW HOW TO TALK TOO LONG! From our man on the scene in Hong Kong: What they got was 90 minutes of boredom which had half the audience fiddling endlessly with their Blackberries. Ninety

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Out the door…..

I’m leaving tomorrow for business trip. Its my first trip overseas in almost a year. I’m excited. Even if it is going to the wrong region of the world…….. However I may be in and out of communication from time to time over the next week-so when I think that

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Other signs the world is truly going off the rails………

Hemlock may be no more. WTF? Spike, passed this along:   Geocities, the evil multinational conglomerate that produces its shoddy and environmentally> destructive Internet services in Dickensian sweatshops in its ruthless quest for profit, saw fit – as part of its imminent closure – to bar me, wild American friend

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