Far East Cynic

Still here-just busy

I have been meaning to post-but by the time dinner and some prowling get done, it is late and I don't have the time. The relationship posts are still in work, but they will have to come when I get back. I also get to hear the guns-last night the

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It is so nice to live in a country where there is decent train service again. Thus I was spared spending 4 hours on the Autobahn driving over to Bayreuth today. Instead I could take a train-sleep and read, and then pick up a car for a 30 minute drive

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Same stuff, different day.

Paul Ryan is an evil man. That's right-evil-because he does not care about the plight of a long standing large group of Americans. But he wants to make the rich, richer. Douchebag. Paul Ryan proposes to solve the United States financial problems by putting the burden on the backs of

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Happy Saint Patrick’s day!

However, since I am starting a long road trip-I am at home tonight. But tomorrow is another story. And at the end of the evening-of course you need someone to drive home….er, drive you home. Half Japanese, half Irish!

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One year ago yesterday

Tragedy came to Japan. The S.O. and I watched the "Arigatou concert" on NHK.  This is not a good video-but I could not find a better one to embed. If you get NHK World on your TV and this comes on-watch it. I submit you will not come away dry

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Underway on the Bosporus.

Long day today and dog tired. Not sure why since we spent a few hours here:

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Science Project……..

Well, every man needs a hobby right? Regrettably, I think I may have stumbled on to one I didn’t want, namely this (very) used 1998 BMW 750IL I bought. “Y0u fucked up! You trusted an Army Major” And now-as I am rapidly discovering, the BMW 7 series of the 90’s

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Scouting mission.

Just got back from returning the rental car. The other car is still MIA somewhere in the Atlantic. It did not take this long to get things back from Japan. So I took the car into town, dropped it off and took the train back. As is my want-I did

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Stuttgart 21

Today I had to drive across southern Stuttgart to continue the long and laborious process of getting set up here. Thanks to the miracle of my new GPS-I was able to find a pretty decent route that took me away from the “STAU” (A German word every one learns here-it

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