Far East Cynic

The end of the line……

But hopefully not for long. Yesterday was Laguna’s last day. Anyone who has ever made the walk up and down Jaffe Street and Lockhart Road in Hong Kong, knows how sad a development this is.  As Spike relays to us-even the South China Morning Post took notice: “Maids’ Day at

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I feel Curtis’ pain…….

Scott Adams sums up Curtis’ dilemma in reading this blog ( I’m Dilbert in the cartoon):

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Only in Alabama…….

Shooting? What shooting? Judging from the front page of the Shopping Mall USA fishwrapper, there was no shooting yesterday. That story was tucked down at the bottom of the front page in the lower right hand corner-with just two paragraphs. It was a very small block. Why? BECAUSE AUBURN PLAYS

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Unbelievable.

Completely despicable. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by a gunman at a public event on Saturday. There are conflicting reports about whether she was killed. The Pima County, Ariz., sheriff’s office told member station KJZZ the 40-year-old Democrat was killed. At least nine other people, including members

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Ow! Ow! Ow!

In at 7,  out at 8-what is wrong with this picture? And before someone asks, " How does this square with your statement, 'You like your company'? I do like my company-but like a girl from the Nana Plaza-sometimes you have to bend over to earn your bar fine. So

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Work always gets in the way.

Of everything fun. This will teach me not to answer my phone. First day back at work and just got a HUGE project dumped in my lap.  Blogging will be light. What was the number of that truck driving school again?

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There is always a record.

Slow new years day today. We've been watching Alabama play-and taking down the tree. I may need to head for my first nap of the New Year. I did, however, stumble on this blog of "Texts from Last Night".  They had a list of the best New Years Eve texts.

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Why it matters……..

A theme I have harped on consistently, is that the world we live in is changing. We no longer have the luxury of doing "business as usual". It is why I have so little patience with climate change deniers, or those who think that every attempt to restore balance with

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The New Year Arrives.

And it is the year of the rabbit you know: Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! Kore kara mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! (Congratulations on the new year! In this year too, please favor me!)

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The inventory……..

And so the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten comes to an end tonight. I am not sure how I feel about it’s passing quite yet. The fact that it closes out the first decade of the 21’st Century and the advance in age that implies-perhaps puts a

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