Far East Cynic

Happy St. Patricks Day

I went out tonight to celebrate the day. It was nice to see some small glimmering of night life in this sad little town: Usually, I don’t have a taste for Guiness. Tonight I did. Of course I always have a taste for this: “Where’s me fortune?”

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I’ll take the one on the right for a 100, Alex…..

Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you……… To heck with the grilled cheese sandwich! I need a beer!

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I'll take the one on the right for a 100, Alex…..

Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you……… To heck with the grilled cheese sandwich! I need a beer!

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It’s Friday

And you know what that means. Lots of this: And some of this: The jury may be out on that last statement.

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It's Friday

And you know what that means. Lots of this: And some of this: The jury may be out on that last statement.

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No words required……

To remind me of what I am missing, while I spend each day in one of the dullest cities in the world! However, Spike channeled Friedman to remind again why I miss Asia. It actually started well, on Kau Sai Chau, an island off Hong Kong, where I stood on

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Another Friday night……..

Here in the land of no fun…….. S.O. is sick. It’s 14 degrees outside,  I have to work on a Saturday, and guess what I haven’t had in more than few days?  To say I’m tense is more than an understatement.  My every other thought is only about this: Screw

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Oh why not?

Look at babes. I’m rooting for Navy too! Maybe watch the game on a big TV with one of these on the end table? And at half time-compare notes with a new friend:

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He’s busy…….

So you can either go out for Chinese: Xu-Lau! Or Japanese: Riga Chigasaki Whichever you are hungry for! Just don’t forget the beer!

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He's busy…….

So you can either go out for Chinese: Xu-Lau! Or Japanese: Riga Chigasaki Whichever you are hungry for! Just don’t forget the beer!

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