Far East Cynic

2 more reasons I am glad I live in Asia!

Some of the things that are going on in my home country of the USA, make me wonder if the inmates have taken over the asylum. As I have said before, the idea of returning to a “suburban” existence in the USA, makes my skin crawl. I suspect I might

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Jishin ga arimasu!!!!!

I was in my office about an hour ago when the chair started shaking. No I was not falling asleep, pleasuring myself, or any other such thing. The floor was just moving, gently but it was moving. The walls of the building were shaking and there was a low groan

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Tainichi sensou kinen-bi

Japanese citizens listen to the Emperor broadcast the news that Japan had accepted the Potsdam declarationIn Japan, August 15 is known as Shusen kinenbi ??????(literally, end of the war memorial day.) This year is the 60th anniversary of the end of taiheiyou dai sensou.????????The Pacific War). At noon, August 15

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While I was away………

Tonight is the Tokyo Bay fireworks. The S.O. and I were supposed to be on a train there by now, but thanks to the arrival of her “monthly friend” she has been laid low and begged off. At first I was miffed and a tad bit skeptical, then by accident,

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Friday Beer and Babes

Just got back from going to the dentist for a cleaning. Necessary though it is, it just goes to reaffirm why I could never have been a doctor or a dentist. Hats off to those who do. Especially good looking Dental Assistants! (Images courtesy of www.drfreyman.com) Why is it having

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Could we have some common sense please?

Woke up early this morning. MSNBC is on, talking about cheating. They have the usual cast of criminals on, a pontificating bitch arguing that marriage is holy and sacred, a bimbo who says every one is doing it, Ron Reagan….(not sure where he comes down on this….) and a psychologist.

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Seems like I never left

Its amazing what 12 hours of sleep will do for a person. While I was in Guam I got about that amount over 3 days. Last night I was in bed by 7:30……..Now if I can just remember to eat 3 squares per day and remember that beer is not

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Back and busy!

Came home from Guam today. I am tired. I’m going to have to figure out something different, I just don’t have the stamina to burn the candle at all ends like I did this trip. Guess that’s a sign of getting older. Lots of work to catch up on first,

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Silence for a reason……

There is a reason they tell you that staying up til 3 am drinking and then trying to make an 8:06 tee time is not a good idea………. However I made it and played some soggy golf up at Alte today. The rain here never seems to stop. Now that

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Friday Beer and Babes.

I don’t make this stuff up……… That being said there sure is a lot of buffoonry going around these days. Consider a few juicy tidbits: From a few years back under the category of going the extra mile……. I can’t believe this. But it was in the Japanese paper, they

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