Far East Cynic

Back in the saddle again!

I’m finally back on the correct side of the Pacific after a fairly busy week and some adventure in getting back. Almost missed my plane back to Nihon when the SFO airport was fogged in and I sat in an aircraft sitting at the hold short for almost 2 hours.

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Stuck with a dial up.

Short posts only for a while, as I am in a room with no hi speed access and I am not an NMCI preferred customer. This trip is not starting off so good. First the two “usual” resteraunts I have gone to have changed ownership. And with that the quality

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Up, Up and away!

This is not a good sign, “Sir the only way you can upgrade is to try at the airport………”. Better stock up on 5 dollar bills so I can get the right amount of beer in me…… On the road again for a few days for meetings back in the

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Presidential theater……..

CDR Salamander has a post and a link up from a member of the group of Soldiers that were part of the Presidential Video Tele Conference the previous evening. The Soldier bashes the Main Stream Media for calling the event “staged“: It makes my stomach ache to think that we

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Friday beer and babes!

Its October and we all know what that means: Cooler weather and the Tokyo Auto Show! I’ll be going this year and will provide you with a detailed play by play. The cool weather means you can see Fuji in the mornings though, and that is always a good thing:

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The wisdom of the Governor…….

I came across this article the other week in the Japan Times. Its a pretty good piece of satire about Tokyo’s governor, Shintaro Ishihara. It is reprinted here for your enjoyment from the October 4 edition of the Japan Times: THE ZEIT GEIST Hidden wisdom of ‘the guv’ A re-assessment

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Buy high…sell low.

Can anyone tell me what is going on with the American Stock Market? Every time I turn on my computer lately, the market has dropped by another 50-100 points. Wasn’t the Dow supposed be over 11,000 by now? It matters because one of the biggest joys that the S.O. has

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Compassion overload

Been a busy couple of days. As I had expected the first diversions of transportation have started in order to support Earthquake relief in Pakistan. While I understand the need, it could not have come at a worse possible time in terms of competing requirements. Earthquake relief will ( and

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Writer’s block……….

Today should have been a good day. And on the surface it was, even though the rain put a crimp on me playing golf again for the second time this holiday weekend. (Did get in 9 holes before the deluge started up again….but, I’ve played better…..). Took the S.O. to

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