Far East Cynic

Ravages of age……

10:38 and I'm back in the room. That, in and of itself, is a sad commetary of my current state in life. Saw lots of old friends. What has always amazed me, is that we cannot see each other for five years and pick up, just like we had never

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More Charleston pictures

In like a lion-out like a lion? Cold today-just as it was a couple of weeks ago when we took these pictures: This is Poogan’s Porch-which is the place you want to go for an artery hardening brunch on a cold Sunday morning. The restaurant is named for the dog

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The missing man……..

Back when we were in Charleston a couple of weeks ago, I gave the S.O. a complete tour of the Citadel campus. One of the places I dragged her into took her to was the Daniel Library. It is worth the look-see, if only for the reason that the front

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The Bulldog…

On the campus of The Citadel, in front of McAllister field house, there is this statue of a brass bulldog: The Bulldog Monument is a memorial dedicated to Maj. Sam M. Savas, Jr., Class of 1951, who died in Vietnam in October 1965. He also served as a Citadel tactical

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How was my weekend?

Mostly, it was spent in wistful remembrance of what it was like to be one of these guys…. (Select full screen mode-it looks better that way!) God, they look so young! I don’t recall looking that young-sexy and mature was more my style :-(. Next few days will be some

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Side trip…

Greetings from the Holy City………….. ( Although I think Shopping Mall has a whole lot of churches too). Taking a weekend trip here to show the S.O. some of my roots. And to properly celebrate the 166th birthday a proper military education. Posting will be light.

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The end of an era……..

I opened my e-mail this afternoon and found this little tidbit in my Alumni e-mail list: Retiring Citadel faculty to be recognized April 17 Five members of The Citadel faculty will retire this academic year and will be recognized during the annual Faculty Recognition Luncheon April 17. Retiring faculty members,

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The worst decision since Dred Scott.

It is March after all and that means that we are suffering throughobserving Women’s History month. In keeping with the tenure of the recent book I recently finished, The Nine by Jeffery Toobin, it seems only appropriate to take a quick look at one of the Supreme Court’s really bad

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As I seem to recall……..

Bullnav has to write a blog post praising a famous Citadel graduate. The reason: Citadel 70 -VMI 28 🙂

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Just a reminder……

To Lex and Bullnav. That when a candidate really needs a good photo op-they don’t go to Maryland or Virgina. Republicans or Democrats, when they need to channel the nation……… They go here. Subscribe in a reader

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