Far East Cynic

Who needs it?

Diversity that is. It is a shame that the Phibian is out doing whatever he is doing now-I really need his take on this. Trip over here was fine. Getting down to Osan was OK. I’ve been here just over 24 hours and I am already depressed. And that is

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Do you know the way…….

To anywhere but Incheon today? As I got to the airport I heard an announcement for a flight to Vienna. Now that sounds like fun! Today is the beginning of O-bon week here in Japan. That means that all 147 million Japanese , are trying to leave the country. A

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There is only so much……

Virtual memory available. I’m leaving for Korea early tomorrow morning. Taking the S.O. to a much promised jazz concert today and trying to get my I-pod set up with a ton of new downloads. Its squeezing out posting on the surge, the candidates, my sex life or lack thereof, and

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I wish…….

I could write stuff like this: I’ve decided that I’m changing the way I support a candidate this cycle. Whichever candidate’s spouse has the nicest funbags becomes the official candidate of Enjoy Every Sandwich. I think the most important issue in the campaign is America’s need of a hot First

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Miscellaneous things………..

-Profanity Alert!- While I was out studying (fat lot of good it did me!) more than a few things happened. Presented here, in no particular order, are my thoughts about some of these breaking events. <——————————————————————————–> As for the Japanese test, the less said the better. Perhaps the words of

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Takusan Benkyou………

Taking a fairly comprehensive Japanese test Thursday in an effort to tweak my resume. So I won’t be posting here. I’ll be over here trying to make up for all the studying I should have been doing over the last 6 months…………… After Thursday though……….its Miller Time! Subscribe in a

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Genbaku no hi………

Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola Gay. In Japan, today is known as Genbaku no hi. That also began a 9 day period when Japan was literally and figuratively on the brink

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It’s official.

It’s August, I have to go to Korea for Ultimate FutiLity, and I am really depressed. The Korea Folks know what I’m talking about. Because it is that wonderful time of year, when thousands of people converge upon the Korean Peninsula to see for themselves the world of micromanagement-as only

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Because she asked…………

Deborah wanted me to post some photos of the fireworks. Only problem was-I did not take a camera. So here are some U-Tubes of last year’s fireworks. I was there, but trust me, the guy doing the smart-ass commentary is not me. I have no idea who did this or

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Shoes of the fisherman……

No, not THAT fisherman……….. It is Hanabi (fireworks) season here in Japan. That means from middle of July through the end of August you can see a different firework display every weekend-provided you don’t mind riding on a train with 1000’s of new found friends. Tonight was the one near

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