Far East Cynic

Harriet Miers crying in her beer…(and babes!).

Its Friday and you know what that means! But first the news. Seen below is Thursday’s front page from the Asahi Shimbum: What all that Kanji is telling you is that the US and Japan have come to an agreement about closing Futenma Marine Corps station in Okinawa, long a

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When the bosses are on the phone…PRESSURE!

I like Billy Joel’s music. I especially like his music from the 80’s. We used to adapt it to our various situations in the ready room, as a kind of JO amusement. For example those of us who worked in the world famous Screwtops maintenance department ( This was my

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