Far East Cynic

Hyperbole…….

Doing things to too much of an extreme. It what one could say about the USAF firewall policy. Whatever happened to the idea of encouraging recreational usage of the internet-so long as it does not interfer with buisness. As I have rapidly discovered in the past couple of days about

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Seoul man

Ah, the time has come the Walrus said, to pay the piper. Limited posting for a day or so unitl I can work my way through the inevitable IT issues that come up dealing with the US Army and US Air Force. A firewall here, a blocked IP there (this

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A post about nothing…….

But without Seinfeld’s ratings. Yesterday was a very interesting day. No real reason for that, I meandered around Hong Kong, and amazingly enough left Wanchai relatively early. However it was just one of those days, a good day, with some unusual twists and turns. Woke up at a reasonable hour-which

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A necessary recruiting video….

That needs to be shown to every one in the US military. Subscribe in a reader

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Lots to say…

But no time to say it. Tomorrow I will write about the amazing day I had. But for now I need to look for these: It was Australia Day yesterday! And head to Wanchai to meet these: They seem to be here in great numbers! Subscribe in a reader

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A long way to go

To have a cup of coffee and read the Hong Kong Standard while thinking about my life that is. Surely there must be cheaper and less time consuming ways to think about making changes. There are. They just are not as fun. I’m not sure why it is, but coming

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Out and about…….

Starting a road trip today. Couple a days of fun in my second favorite city (HK) then on to Korea followed by Hawaii. Try packing for those climate changes with just one suitcase! Korea weather is 0.2 degrees Celcius when last I checked. Honolulu is in the 70’s……….. Yep, needed

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The difference

Between just starting a job and being in a thankless one for two years: Subscribe in a reader

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The stab in the back……..

I did watch the state of the union speech today. Since it was on at 11 am Japan time, I could not have the luxury that many DC residents had of being drunk during it. I probably would not have used so many swear words and talked to the TV

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Comms restored….

I can surf porn blog again! I mean really blog not just quick posts from the library…………. Turns out the ISP had done maintenance that had reduced the signal strenght to where we live. So much so that the modem could not pick up a signal. The repairman did something

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