Far East Cynic

That’s his story and he is sticking to it!

This is going to be a novel line of defense: Top-secret data on Aegis destroyers obtained by a Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer 2nd class were found to have been obtained after he copied obscene images to his hard disk from a colleague’s computer, without knowing the information contained the

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Indulge met a bit

For waiting till tomorrow to talk about the great day I had today. The S.O. and I decided to take advantage of what was the last possible day to see cherry blossoms. So we went to Sankeien in Yokohama. Am I glad we did! Travelogue to follow. For now though,

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More politics and stupid politicians……why men need beer and babes!

Its prefecture Governor election season in Japan. Or at least in Kanagawa and Tokyo. Thus each night NHK, because it has to, runs addresses from the various candidates. As a result? Meet Kouichi Toyama-he’s the anarchist candidate for Tokyo’s governor. His speech on NHK has gathered a bit of a

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Dumb and dumber…….

A couple of nights ago, as I was quietly moving around the living room, I watched the President come on TV for his press conference in the Rose Garden. Thinking to myself, “this ought to be good”, I scampered hurriedly to the fridge for a beer and settled down to

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Wrecked him?

It damn near killed him! I just can’t escape the idea that a Thai hooker, a broom stick, and not enough Baht were somehow involved…………….. H/T Hemlock! Subscribe in a reader

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The hardest working man in Japanese TV……

This is Monta Mino, the man with probably the most weekly on screen time of any Japanese Reporter, Actor, or Actress. I mean the guy is on TV all the time. He was the host of the Japanese version of Millionaire (Due to Japanese prize-money regulations, the top prize is

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Passing of a legend……….

I’m getting caught up now. And in the process of doing so I was shocked and saddened to read about the passing of Ruth Heim. Known to all of us who passed through NAS Fallon as “Ruthie”. She managed the Silver State club bar and has seen more than 2

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Done with no fun

All done now. Have to get packed up and on the way home. Weather today is lousy so I canxed my trip up to Seoul and have been vegetating in front of the TV. My suitcase is staring at me demanding to be packed. I don’t feel well and I’m

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New T-Shirt

Another long day-one to go. However, I bought a T-shirt today. I’ve tried to find a picture of it, but I cannot. Just picture this: With a caption that says this: Someone is going to die tonight. We decide who. Just could not pass it up……………. Got to sleep! Subscribe

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The USAF scale

I’m confused where this falls. In USAF speak its good when someone enters a beauty pagent. However its bad if you make a million dollars posing for a major magazine. So what happens when you try out for this contest? Miss Flash Natsuko Tatsumi flanked by runners up Momo Yoshida

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