Far East Cynic

A picture of my world……..

For the next two weeks anyway, Chap found it. The Glorious Leader can die any time now………… Check please! You are 83% ready to get out of Korea   You have them figured out. You know it is a 5,000 year-old shell game and there is no pea. You are

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I’d blog tonight….

But its been too hard to get on the Internet. No Internet in the room and the wireless in the lobby is just not working well. When I finally did get on, I made the mistake of going to Phibian’s place and reading this. Now I am just too pissed

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Happy St. Patricks day!

Short post tonight. I had to work today and I will have to put some time in tomorrow. Which is going to put a definite cramp in my Guinness consumption tonight. Why the hell do they schedule exercises over weekends? Today was an interesting day with a disjointed schedule. Work

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In praise of:

Korean women. The more I observe the more I think they have really beautiful faces…….. Now if we could just do something about the weather and the Korean language: both are harsh. Gotta look for beer! Subscribe in a reader

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Looking your self in the mirror…….

Is a problem when you are guest blogging over at Michelle’s place. Greyhawk, Smash, Blackfive, John Noonan and a couple of other Mil-bloggers are guest blogging over at her place-while she goes to an internment camp on yet another vacation. The good news is that at least these folks can

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Seems like I never left…………

That is what I used to say whenever I came back to the carrier after being off of it for a while. The look and the smell and the frustrations were all the same. After a dayor so onboard, you were hungry, horny, and tired. You would think that here

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Telling the truth……

Greetings from Korea! Its actually warmer here than I expected it to be. Lets hope it stays that way. Got over here OK-some adventure involved on the way. The powers that be decided to send our whole herd over in a military airplane. A C-12, which is a Beech King

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Suprise, suprise, suprise!

Robert Kagan says the surge is working. Considering his brother Fred was the author of it, and convinced the President and every one else to disregard any recommendations to the contrary, what else was he going to say? He’s got some reliable sources. Bloggers: Some observers are reporting the shift.

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Why they do simulators………

The pilot of this ANA flight to Kochi ( On Shikoku Island) , did a magnificent job bringing this Bombardier DH-8 to a full stop landing. What’s so novel about that you ask? He only had 2/3 of the amount of landing gear he should have had. The pilots of

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How it feels….

To be a middle of the road blogger sometimes: Very little time as I am getting ready for my trip to Korea. Beginning with this trip I will spend over 50% of the next 4 months on the road-criss crossing the pacific at least 8 times by my figuring. That

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