Far East Cynic

Short post—more funk!

As I explained in my previous post, my current down mood really has nothing to with the current news, depressing as it may be. You see, Sunday is my daughter’s 21’st birthday. It should be a happy time and I should be happy for her. However, thanks mainly to my

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The other shoe drops.

I’m in a bit of a funk this evening and I am not sure why. Lots of news out there, and from where I sit, very little of it is good. I know in my heart my down mood really has nothing to do with the news, but I’ll get

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Giving Michelle a hard time

I’ve decided to go on a rampage this coming week. I’m joining the forces ridiculing watching Michelle Maclagalang. The woman needs sedatives, quickly. Came upon this though, while doing some internet research. She seems to have taken offense to it. Can’t for the life of me understand why: Taken straight

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Friday Beer and Babes

TGIF!!!! Today is a beautiful, albeit, hot day. I should be out playing golf, but instead I’m in going over budget sheets……..Deciding which pots of money we can spend out of and which we can’t. They should just write a check out to me and I’ll spend it well, I

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Koizumi election watch….plus a blog round up!

The next Japanese election is on September 11 th. How wierd is that? I miss the days when 9/11/xx was just another day in the week. Bin Laden and his ilk should be hung by their gonads for that travesty alone…….they screwed up the good life over here in Asia.

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2 more reasons I am glad I live in Asia!

Some of the things that are going on in my home country of the USA, make me wonder if the inmates have taken over the asylum. As I have said before, the idea of returning to a “suburban” existence in the USA, makes my skin crawl. I suspect I might

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Jishin ga arimasu!!!!!

I was in my office about an hour ago when the chair started shaking. No I was not falling asleep, pleasuring myself, or any other such thing. The floor was just moving, gently but it was moving. The walls of the building were shaking and there was a low groan

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Tainichi sensou kinen-bi

Japanese citizens listen to the Emperor broadcast the news that Japan had accepted the Potsdam declarationIn Japan, August 15 is known as Shusen kinenbi ??????(literally, end of the war memorial day.) This year is the 60th anniversary of the end of taiheiyou dai sensou.????????The Pacific War). At noon, August 15

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While I was away………

Tonight is the Tokyo Bay fireworks. The S.O. and I were supposed to be on a train there by now, but thanks to the arrival of her “monthly friend” she has been laid low and begged off. At first I was miffed and a tad bit skeptical, then by accident,

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Friday Beer and Babes

Just got back from going to the dentist for a cleaning. Necessary though it is, it just goes to reaffirm why I could never have been a doctor or a dentist. Hats off to those who do. Especially good looking Dental Assistants! (Images courtesy of www.drfreyman.com) Why is it having

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