Far East Cynic

Return trip

I think I would prefer a package check from the TSA to the 10 hours of driving I have to do tomorrow. See you on the other side! Went to a pretty neat place for dinner tonight with my father though. If you live in the Virginia-Northern North Carolina area-it

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Whoo! Hoo! I don’t have to work today!

For those of you who do have to work today-especially for anyone works at a shopping mall, the Red Army Choir has a message for you: That Russian accent adds just the right amount of dreariness to the tune, don’t you think?

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Note to self. When your sister says, ” Hey, running a 5k on Thanksgiving Morning would be a great way to start the day.” -SAY NO! As it turned out it was an 8K -the final part of the Tour de Carrboro. And my legs felt it all the way

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As if I need another reason…..

To utterly despise the Tea Party. Reason number 345 why this so called “movement” is dangerous-and needs to be opposed: In an exclusive review for Whispers of their plan, FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe says: “Tea Party activists are willing to tackle progressive CEOs just as they tackled progressive politicians. Judging

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Over the river and through the woods……….

Fighting traffic all the way. Talk to you later when we get where we are going!

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The irony of it is lost on them.

My Canadian counterpart explains why the current TSA kerfluffle is nothing but rank hypocrisy on the part of the GOP. Of course, with everyone flipping the fuck out, it tends to be forgotten that half of America is being more than a little hypocritical. It wasn’t too long ago, after

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Go Steelers!

The hated Raiders are on the schedule this week. What is your favorite pro team? College team?

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Blog update

I have finally gotten off my dead ass and updated the Pix page. All my Bucharest pictures are now up there.

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Guess it has to be that time of year again….

Another year spent in Shopping Mall.-Still, one has to count his blessings, at least I have a job ( for now-next year, who knows?). And the arrival of that time of year means that at the Shopping Mall Botanical gardens-they have the Festival of Lights. The S.O. suggested we walk

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