Far East Cynic

By request.

Commenter Cupajoe wanted a rant against marriage. By amazing coincidence-I’m feeling right down on that subject tonight. Ask,  and ye shall receive: Lovingly stolen from Expat at Large!

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Tomorrow is the day.

The day we get on the plane and I begin the journey to once again take my rightful place among the ranks of American Expats. I think we are ready-although the S.O. is just two steps above basket case level right about now. The S.O. does not deal with change

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All down hill from here

More and more men are showing up for body pump class. I do not consider it a positive development. After class, when Angie the dominatrix instructor was done showing us how fit she is, and how unfit I am- I went in to the locker room, changed into my swim

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Boy he got that one right!

Bruce Dern has a message for all you people feeling optimistic tonight: I remember watching that movie in college-thinking it was funny at the time. Now-it sadly, tends to ring true.

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The Skippy-san has landed-Where is Waldo?

Got here safely after the usual hubub of changing planes at Dulles. Was upgraded to buisness class-was suprised to not see it full. That, Mr. Tilton, is a crime. You should always fill first class and business-then open up some room in Economy. The rest of the trip here was

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Cupid is a lousy shot!

Happy manufactured holiday! What we all are really waiting for:

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Leave Tiger alone…

Finally, someone says what I have been thinking ever since I read the news: Am I the only one who would suggest that maybe David Duchovny and Tiger Woods aren’t the ones with a problem, and perhaps their respective wives are? Could it be that I’m the only person who

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Another fantasy ruined…..

Meredith Baxter is into carpet munching: “I guess I wanted to… say that I’m a lesbian,” Meredith revealed on the NBC morning program. “It was a later-in-life recognition of that fact.” Meredith, 62, has been living life as a lesbian for seven years and confirmed to Matt that she has

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Discombobulated

Been trying to get back into a regular posting groove. Still can’t quite get there. For a whole host of reasons. Number 1-My daughter is getting married this weekend. So I will be gone the entire weekend and will probably not be posting at all. Maybe, depending on how the

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People watching

Home at last-LAX to Chicago, thence to Shopping Mall. Plane to Shopping mall was 1 hour late departing. Go figure. In a normal world-no big deal. Just start drinking beer. S.O. in tow-that’s not such an easy option. It really pissed me off watching women drinking with ease…… Anyway……….. When

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