Far East Cynic

Reruns II

This week has been busy-as mentioned before. When I get back to the room-not quite in the mood for anything but laying on the bed channel surfing. So I’m taking the easy way out and reposting a post I liked-especially in light of the recent budget annoucement. The President is

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Blogging birthday….

Yesterday, my little blog was five years old. As is typical for me lately, I’m a day late and more than a few dollars short writing about it. The five years have been interesting and I’ve learned a lot,  both good and bad,  about writing and people. I began this

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The path of the internet

I have been following with interest the flurry of activity-both for and against-the supposed “defection” of Charles Johnson from the ranks of the really all American true blue red blooded patriots, wise thinkers, and only knowledgable personages in the blogosphere. Two articles have tried to capture the debate here and

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The time for recollection

It  is that time of year again, where folks take a look back at the year that was and a look forward to the year that is yet  to come. It is a time for making lists, taking stock, making predictions that almost certainly will not be proven true. This

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About that Festivus thing……

Old H-2 guy suggested that I need to celebrate Festivus tomorrow. But that leads to a question. Isn’t by definition, blogging a celebration of Festivus every time you blog? After all, blogging is nothing-if not a thorough airing of the grievances.

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Home…..

Which means it is time for a long overdue blog round-up. Got back and back to work here today. A quick trip-and it was cold and miserable at my destination. Plus US Airways decided to jerk me around yet again. An explanation is in order. When I arrived on Monday

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The circle

Of the internet takes you in some interesting directions. And goes to some un-expected destinations.. A while back I did a post about my classmate Sam Savas. I suggest you go back and read the post again-especially comments 4 and 5. Small world.

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Quick post

We have been really out and about. Ghent, Brugge, Brussels and Antwerp. Oh yea-we stopped in Maastricht on the way back to Koln today. So its been a busy but productive couple of days. That have not left much time for posting. I have some great observations about life and

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