Far East Cynic

Sunday morning……..

Waxing nostalgic…… Because while I was drinking beer, getting quietly buzzed, doing my best to ignore the S.O.’s whining- watching the Phillies almost blow a three run lead- Spike was here: Oh, and btw, last night was the Lan Kwai Fong Carnival. LKF was mobbed, as was Cavern Club. So

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Watching old movies…..

Finally  , got my man-cave put together . So rather than blog,  I watched old movies as I cleaned it up. My plaques are up, shadow box mounted-I’m still hunting for a place to put the table I got from my squadron, a long time ago in a galaxy far

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One out-one in

George Washington arrives in Yokosuka: And Koizumi bows out of the Diet-so as to make a place for his son.

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Somebody’s not a fan…..

Of the George Washington arriving in Yokosuka. Two explosions were heard in a residential area in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture late Friday in what is believed to be a guerrilla attack against the U.S. naval base in the port city, police said. No one was hurt in the incident, which took

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Somebody's not a fan…..

Of the George Washington arriving in Yokosuka. Two explosions were heard in a residential area in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture late Friday in what is believed to be a guerrilla attack against the U.S. naval base in the port city, police said. No one was hurt in the incident, which took

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A funny thing happened on the way to Harajuku………

Back on the right side of the dateline-a monkey wants to get back to Shibuya station as much as I do! The video is of a monkey above one of the track signs at Shibuya station. The reporter is talking about how the police are trying to keep him contained

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The Station Cat

We were gone down south today driving down well past the lake and the towns below it. Just got back a little while ago. And when I sat down and surfed I discovered that the Wakayama station master cat-Tama-chan-got a raise of sorts. From Japan Probe: The Wakayama Electric Railway

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Game over

I don’t think this is a commercial from anywhere in the US. Check out the look on otosan’s picture!

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Good and grumpy……

I’m in a foul mood tonight-not 100% sure why-but I definitely am. I was already in down mood and then I saw this news item-Fuji climbing season began today: Fu by newsnihon Sigh. Climbing Fuji-san is a real bear, but oh, the country you go through to get there. And

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Sad day in Kundanshita…….

Or what ever is Tokyo’s news district. According to Japan Probe-the Mainichi Shimbun is no longer publishing the Wai Wai column. Which is really dissapointing to bloggers like me looking for funny things to publish: For years, Mainichi’s English language website has been translating bizarre stories from Japan’s least credible

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