Far East Cynic

I could have told you that!

Took another one of those Blog quizes today thanks to Bothenook. They did not have anything better that appealed to the pruient interest so: You’re a Freaky Kisser When you kiss, you want to experience something new A new technique, a new partner, a new piercing… And your own personal

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For Lex’s sister Ann………

Repeat this to yourself O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: We humbly beseech thee to behold, visit, and relieve thy sick servant Ann, for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon her with the eyes of thy mercy; comfort her

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Sharp as a bowling ball………

Time Magazine that is………… With all that is happening in the world this year, you know those minor things like the war, a couple of HUGE earthquakes, the Tsunami, some major upheavals in foreign policy; they decide that Bono and Bill Gates are the most important people on the planet?

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Those damn details………

18 hours of sleep is a wonderful thing ( although non- continuous). Spent this morning catching up on the news and also checking on paying some bills and figuring out when the ex will hit me up with a new bill……… The news is interesting to say the least. First

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Down for the count

All that airline travel must have caught up with me…… Took the S.O. to the Christmas party last night. Things were going well when, about 9:30 pm, my stomach felt like someone was using a thigh master on it and squeezing hard. I realized after a while this was not

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The Welfare State-Part II

Made it yesterday. I literally had to imitate OJ ( by running through the airport, NOT by killing my (ex)wife…….), and I made it on the plane to Tokyo with 5 minutes to spare. Now I am back in Japan and back at work. Today was our Secret Santa gift

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Here we go again!!!

Some quick, stuck in the airport blogging. Got the airport in a hurry because I was running slightly late. Turns out I could have slept in, since United cancelled my flight and now I am waiting for a later one. The whole thing is made even more exciting, by the

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Note to self………

Try not to do the whole Singapore to USA trip in one day………… Actually it was not too bad until I got to Destination USA. There I had to go through what I call the rental car shuffle……….. It always seems that the company they use for rental cars, the

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Things that make you go HMMMM!

I am being a lazy slug today. I should be out and about, but for some reason I just don’t feel like it. So I sat in Starbucks and read the Straits Times from back to front. If they printed as much news as they did advertisements it would be

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Interesting day

Good day yesterday, but I really did not do a lot. Started out shopping on Orchard road. Was on track and doing well, but then I came to the Borders books at Wheelock place. That was it, the shopping train went off the tracks at that point. Spent just about

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