Far East Cynic

The week that was.

I put in 65 hours last week and that is not even logging all the time I spent. Amazing. I’d tell you what Bucharest is like except I’m not seeing so much of it. I know the way from my hotel to where I am working pretty well though. Incredulous

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Not dead yet…….

But a lot  busier than I should be. Primarily due to what I call “spoiled children syndrome”-the big dogs get so used to having things just magically work that they forget the work involved in getting it done. But posting should resume this weekend.

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No excuse

For not posting. However this is the only excuse I have. On Monday I was notified that I was going to be allowed to participate in different part of one of our current projects-STARTING THIS WEEKEND. Its a good news / bad news situation. The good news is I will

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Quiz night.

Here is a trivia quiz question. Do you know what this is? Answer tomorrow. Consider this an open post-I’ll let Curtis pick the topic.

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Where is Waldo?

Long day of travel, yesterday and today. Spent most of the afternoon sleeping. Guess where? This city the world’s 91st richest city by purchasing power, with a GDP of $43 billion.  The city is an important port,  one of the most important in Europe. Even though the city has had a

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Bleg

So what’s a good software program to make music videos with? And before you ask-I’m a PC user.

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Why you should venture out in your reading…

As in why you should not just read people who agree with you. Because amid all the bombast you stumble on some pretty good things Downsizing/available jobs. What if a person gets downsized and the only available jobs are below his or her level of competence? They may have to

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Just another Saturday……

Sorry for no post last night-my Dad suggested we go see the Durham Bulls play. I thought that was a great idea so off we went to Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Bulls beat the Scranton Yankee’s 9-3. You are always winning when the Yankees (any Yankee’s) are losing! Hot dog’s,

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In and out…..

On the road to visit my Dad. More to follow when I get finally readjusted to where I am. However, I am kind of glad I did not know about the crash of 2:45pm.  I did not find out about the market drop today till I got here. So much

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Don’t expect him to admit it….

Slate Magazine has a great analysis of the attempted bombing in NYC. The jury is still out on many things. But they have it right on this one-Dick Cheney is proven wrong yet again.

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