Far East Cynic

It takes a bad actor….

 To understand a bad actor.   Somehow, the words make much more sense now. And here I thought it was just the ramblings of an incoherent b*tch. Speaking of incoherency-take note of the long, painful slide Sarah Palin took to get there. She used to be able to put sentences

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Birds and flowers…….

This spring and summer the S.O. has taken to gardening in a big way. She has cultivated probably every available square inch of our small little yard for flower beds, hanging flowers, and she had me build her a planter to put next to the patio. I shudder-because the day

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Digging out.

Its been a busy week. I have been working against two deadlines-one at work and one for the course I am taking. Earned Value Metrics, ROI, ROS calculations, contract terminations. In other words, things that are total and complete bullshit. What I should have been studying- is a hands-on laboratory

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It is the Holy Land

So treat it with reverence! Problems with Palestinians or no-I sure would like to go back  there.   I’ve been to Israel five times. Twice, I made the circuit of  driving the entire country-once as the guest of an Israeli Naval officer and once by myself ,  with some squadron

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Tea baggers could have a field day with this….

From Japan Probe:   Minshutou ( Democratic Party of Japan) is ahead in the polls for the parlimentary elections in August. The young man in the video proposes marriage to the woman. The young man promises that he can make her happy, so why not switch. He goes on to

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For the record-

 I hate on line courses. Knee deep in one this week-that has to be finished by tomorrow. Where the hell is the fast forward button on this thing? Blogging to return this weekend.  

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Quote of the day…..

 I got this in an e-mail today. Worth repeating: "PowerPoint has largely become affirmative action for the inarticulate"

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Idle musings on the moon, America-and the death of optimism.

Today is July 20th. Only proper to write about the moon landings, right? Its being written over at plenty of blogs this day-and its is an anniversary of a great achievement. Except-as Tom Wolfe points out in a well written essay, its also the begining of the end of the

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Why I love golf…..

 Because its a great week when Tiger doesn’t make the cut and Tom Watson makes it to a play off.   TURNBERRY, Scotland — Tom Watson squandered a chance to become golf’s oldest major champion. The 59-year-old missed an 8-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the British Open, then

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Maybe I will reconsider

 I was thinking about buying a Kindle. Now I think I will wait a while. People who bought Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their devices overnight. It turns out the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic

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