Far East Cynic

More fun…..

At the Army’s expense:

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Boom Boom Mancini…….

I am a big fan of Warren Zevon's music. One of my favorite things to do when I take the S.O.'s car to work is to put on the CD player and listen to his music as wind my way through Shopping Mall on my way to work. One of

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Army Strong………

Greetings from the Army of One (Click on the image to see it better):

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Music break……

Can you tell I’m in a wierd mood tonight? Probably because I’m so excited to be going international traveling again. I do miss it so…………. Another thing I miss: Megumi Hayashibara The song is called Brave Heart.

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Preflighting the gear….

As the S.O. and I get ready for our European trip. Had to make sure the camera works: “You are in for a big suprise in a few days-can you spell, kennel?” So I chased him around a little bit: Transferred some older pictures: A sunset taken back this summer:

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Back to tilting at windmills…….

Namely the windmill of the ever persistent complaint about biased and one sided the Main Stream Media is. “My judgment is now clear and unfettered, and that dark cloud of ignorance has disappeared, which the continual reading of those detestable books of knight-errantry had cast over my understanding”-from Don Quixote

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The End of Wall Street….

The Asia Sentinel pointed me to a long, but very insightful and sobering article about the background causes, from some insiders’ viewpoint, of the US financial turmoil. The author of the article entitled “The End” is none other than the famed Michael Lewis, author of bestselling books like Liar’s Poker

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Another job I won’t get…….

Specifically, any job in the Obama administration. So much for that Ambassador to Thailand gig………. The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, diaries and computer

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Declining market….

Evidently, stocks are not the only thing that is down these days. It would seem times are tough for gold-diggers too: Haruna Hiraki pokes at the melting ice cubes with a perfect fingernail and frowns. She has never had to make a ginger ale last this long. It is 9.30pm,

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