Far East Cynic

Happy New Year.

I did a couple of interesting things today. 1) I sat down and wrote out a detailed “mission statement” for the upcoming year. Its the same mission I had last year-get my ass back to Asia. The difference is this year, I am doing it come hell or high water-job

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Ball Walking…….

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I had a squadron mate who was fond of pursuing the time honored Naval Aviation tradition of “ball walking”. These instances usually occurred after consumption of more than a couple of tasty adult beverages-and were intended to be a guaranteed ice

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How to get through the year……

Or at least how to get through cruise…….. Courtesy of the World Famous Hack Eagles. (Anybody notice that over on the working man’s coast-you don’t see no stinking videos?).

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The time for recollection

It  is that time of year again, where folks take a look back at the year that was and a look forward to the year that is yet  to come. It is a time for making lists, taking stock, making predictions that almost certainly will not be proven true. This

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600 Miles……

Is what it takes when you have to go around the mountains instead of over them. Will resume regular posting again tomorrow. I’m beat!

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Only in the Tea Bag Universe…..

Does this even remotely make sense-especially in a world of 10% unemployment: The end-all-regulation, my-health-insurance-company-is-just-fine-thanks crowd in the Tea Party movement have found an unlikely target for their next national effort: Corporate America. The Tea Party Patriots group is planning a “National Day of Strike” for Jan. 20, one year

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Time to play with my toys…..

Putting myself in the right frame of mind to read my Christmas present: Unlike my sister, the S.O. got me something useful.  

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Some of you are sure to appreciate the irony of this…

My sister gave me a copy of Sarah Palin’s book. For Christmas. Pix to follow.

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Christmas Eve….

Greetings from North Carolina. The drive was as long and difficult as I thought it would be. Having the roads blocked by two different landslides at two different places-did not help one bit. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

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I did not know this……

Brittany Murphy died a couple of days ago. Only 32-its so very sad. What I did not know, was that she made a movie with a famous Japanese actor. A long time back, I did a post about Toshiyuki Nishida, the Japanese actor who played in the Tsuri-baka Nisshi movies. 

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