Far East Cynic

Geek Fest

I am a Star Wars fan. But not this much of one. Idle Hands are the Devil's works shop. And Queen fans everywhere are balling up fists of rage:  

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Where is a time machine when you need one?

Wanted: Delorian with working (must be accurate within 1-2 years) flux-capacitor. Must be time travel ready. Immediately. Can a brother get a ride back to the '80s??? I'ts clear to me now-, re-reading Barbarians at the Gate and watching this movie-I missed some of the best part of the 80's.

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Don’t call us-we’ll call you.

Another potential employer must have found his or her way over to my blog. 🙁      

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Contrary to popular belief

This is where I spent all my time in port.  And Singapore. or Bangkok, or Manila. 🙂 When I saw this I just had to get a picture of it.

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Something everyone can agree on.

Namely, the underlying purpose of the internet.   I did this in an anime a few years back-but I thought this was pretty funny.

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Learn something new every day.

Whether you want to or not. Definitely. And if you think that's not right-whatever you do,  don't try committing Google Seppicu! Ok-let us know. How many of you Googled "pocket bears"?  

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My world-and welcome to it.

This is the S.O. when it comes to packing a suitcase:

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Ski season

Sorry for the lack of postings. Have been back and forth to Ramstein twice this week-and it snowed on Thursday. So when I got back I just submerged in drinking beer and stumbling off to bed. Tomorrow the S.O. and I leave for a 3 day skiiing trip. No laptops

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Christmas 2012

Santa-san  came! Well not really, Santa Claus doesn't really stop at our house anymore-and the S.O. and I could barely muster up any energy to shop for each other, either. What she wants-I cannot afford anymore. What I want-she's simply disinclined to give. Ah symmetry! But did you ever, in

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Talk about karma.

Got in the car this morning, as I do every workday morning and prepared to head out to work. The car has an I-pod jack to connect up the I-Pod. The I-Pod is set to random so it plays anything in a random order. Guess which song it picked to

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