Far East Cynic

Just a reminder……

That October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Ladies-as a favor to me; and every other man who loves the feel, the curves, the softness, and the movement of a breast or two; please get regular mammograms and do monthly self examinations. Speaking on behalf of the rest of us men-we

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Caprica’s back!

And I will be out of town for the next two weeks. Thank God for the DVR. Because…… I am now totally hooked on the series………….

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See Rock City (II)

On the way home from our little jaunt we stopped at the world famous, Rock City! Now interestingly enough, I was born two hours north of here-and in my youth my family never took me here-not once. So now, some 40+ years later, I finally stopped to see what the

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So easy even a caveman can do it…..

But not, evidently, a teabagger. Do simple arithmetic and revamp the federal budget to actually bring the deficit down in any type of meaningful way. Over at this website, there is an interactive budget simulator that allows you to do puts and takes against the federal budget-with the goal of

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See Rock City

If you spend any appreciable time in the South, and especially if you drive off of the interstates and on the US routes-you are more than likely to pass a barn looking like this: Well, this weekend the S.O. and I did the circuit of the Tennessee mountains, covering 527

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Fall weekend in the mountains

I have been trying to persuade the S.O. for this entire week that we need to head up into the mountains in Tennessee. She resisted it all week-till she called me up yesterday and said she wants to go. So off we go today- I had to put the details

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Sometimes-Bigger IS better

At least when it comes to TV’s. I saved some of my money from time in Romania this summer for the express purpose of buying a bigger and better TV. A SAMSUNG 55″ HD LED TV. I wish I had bought one sooner. I got the internet connection with it-and

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Wall Street 2

I took the S.O to see the movie this weekend. I had mixed impressions. I thought it was still a good movie but the first one was better. The first one had more of an edge to it. Idle observations: The years 2000-2010 produced, for the most part, no really

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The repeal of DADT

I was going through my archives the other day, and I came upon a couple of posts I had written about gay marriage. Judging by the angry comments they both recieved-you would have thought I was caught red-handed molesting puppies or something. When in reality,  all I was voicing was

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Responding to the meme.

Savannah has tasked me with answering the meme of 8. Eight questions about blogging. I can never resist a challenge so here are my answers. Your mileage may very-but this is mine: 1. Why did you start blogging? I began this blog out of a sense of frustration responding to

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