Far East Cynic

This is why I hold both hands on the overhead strap on the trains.

There has been a lot of attention paid to the groping of women on Japanese trains lately. Personally I think is a little bit of overkill. If anyone has ever ridden the Tokkaido line at ten o clock on a Wednesday night, you know you are going to be smashed

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May God Bless the United States Marines!

Got this off of Hackworth’s web site. Now before some of your hard line military conservatives blast me, lets not forget that he does bring up issues worthy of discussion even though his opinion is not always right. This series of new Marine Corps posters, I think will not make

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Tiger Woods wins the Masters!

Well, by all accounts I missed a pretty exciting Master’s Final. Some friends called me and told me to turn it on, I just rolled over and went back to sleep. ( It’s on early Monday morning here in Tokyo….). Later they told me about it. Shades of the old

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Subliminal statements: The top 10 awards for 2004

Friend of mine sent me this. Old Dr Freud may have been right about the true desires of the subconscious coming out. “TAVARES, FL — (MARKET WIRE) — 01/04/05 — “The Stupidest Statements Awards” of 2004, bestowed on famous people for their misjudgments and misstatements, have just been announced by

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More Cherry Blossom potpourri…..

Well, I did it again. Saddled up the backpack, with my cameras, a bottle of water, a couple of magazines for the train and headed down to the East Imperial Park in Tokyo adjacent to Takebashi (???? station on the Tozai line. There a joined a few thousand others and

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Have to tell you about the Sakura!

As I mentioned before its Cherry Blossom season here in Tokyo. Out here in Ayase City at the American Navy base our some beautiful sights to behold. We went for a walk this after noon and here are a few of the things we saw:An A-4 backed by beautiful trees.

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More right wing buffonery……

. So much beauty wasted……… There are times that I really come to realize: Michelle Malkin is a twit. Now her blog is popular, so through links I get drawn in. Today was one of those days. As many of you know, it has been exposed that a Republican strategist,

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Finally, Sakura wo sakimasu! The Cherry Blossoms are blooming!

Its about 2 weeks later than normal, but the Cherry Blossoms are finally here! The trees across the street from my office, whose buds have been shut up tighter than a nun’s ass for the last month, are finally showing signs of opening. By the weekend I am sure that

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Well I’m impressed

Xiaxue, the “star” of Singapore bloggers has some pictures of the Singapore Fashion week shows. Over at her blog: she posted pictures of the lingerie show. Its got my attention. I’m awake now. Subscribe in a reader

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