Far East Cynic

Could we have some common sense please?

Woke up early this morning. MSNBC is on, talking about cheating. They have the usual cast of criminals on, a pontificating bitch arguing that marriage is holy and sacred, a bimbo who says every one is doing it, Ron Reagan….(not sure where he comes down on this….) and a psychologist.

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Seems like I never left

Its amazing what 12 hours of sleep will do for a person. While I was in Guam I got about that amount over 3 days. Last night I was in bed by 7:30……..Now if I can just remember to eat 3 squares per day and remember that beer is not

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Back and busy!

Came home from Guam today. I am tired. I’m going to have to figure out something different, I just don’t have the stamina to burn the candle at all ends like I did this trip. Guess that’s a sign of getting older. Lots of work to catch up on first,

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Silence for a reason……

There is a reason they tell you that staying up til 3 am drinking and then trying to make an 8:06 tee time is not a good idea………. However I made it and played some soggy golf up at Alte today. The rain here never seems to stop. Now that

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Friday Beer and Babes.

I don’t make this stuff up……… That being said there sure is a lot of buffoonry going around these days. Consider a few juicy tidbits: From a few years back under the category of going the extra mile……. I can’t believe this. But it was in the Japanese paper, they

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More on unearned compensation……

To continue with my personal crusade againstUSFSPA injustice….; discussed here, here, and here. Yesterday, I came across this little tidbit from Tom Philpott in his Military Update column at Military.com. A true example of DOD lawyer double talk if you ever heard it: To correct a point in your Military

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The GAO screws up …..(again) (WARNING:emotional rant follows).

As long as I have been around the US government in a working capacity, I have been astounded at how often the General Accounting Office (an office of Congress) f**ks things up. Today, reading Stars and Stripes I was given yet another reminder of their inability to portray an accurate

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Senso no drama (War drama)

Its August and so in Japan that means two things: 1) lots of headlines about Hiroshima and Nagasaki and as the days countdown to August 15, TV shows about the War on Japanese TV. Last year they ran a drama about a family in Okinawa during World War II. This

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King Fahd is dead! Long live the King!

Turned on the news to find out that King Fahd of Saudi Arabia is dead. He may as well as have been dead for the last 10 years since everyone knows it was Crown Prince Abdullah who has been exercising the power during that time. Guess the Saudi’s don’t have

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The shot(s) that bring you back……

As you have probably guessed, I like to play golf. That does not mean, however, that I play golf well. My handicap hovers at 26 despite my vain and repeated attempts to lower it. Nevertheless, I still show up every week to try. The great thing about golf is: its

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