Far East Cynic

Multi-tasking

If you have tuned in looking for an update on the War of the Roses, alas there is no news to report. Today was as if “the conversation” had never occurred. S.O. got up, went to work and was just as sweet as could be tonight. She even made me

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Oops! I wasn’t ready for this yet!

The S.O. is a smart woman as I have noted before. We had a good round of golf today, She came back from a 7 stroke deficit on me to narrow it down to 3 strokes. She even chipped in for a par on a more difficult hole. It was

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Oops! I wasn't ready for this yet!

The S.O. is a smart woman as I have noted before. We had a good round of golf today, She came back from a 7 stroke deficit on me to narrow it down to 3 strokes. She even chipped in for a par on a more difficult hole. It was

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I’ve put this off long enough

He tasks me. The bubbleheads, they haunt me and task me with more thinking than I am capable of. The Geezer demands answers, yesterday (actually day before yesterday). Yep, you guessed it, I’ve been hit with another meme. The subject today is books. Its a great one for me because

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I've put this off long enough

He tasks me. The bubbleheads, they haunt me and task me with more thinking than I am capable of. The Geezer demands answers, yesterday (actually day before yesterday). Yep, you guessed it, I’ve been hit with another meme. The subject today is books. Its a great one for me because

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What goes around ( the blogosphere) comes around. PLUS Friday beer and babes!

In a world of over 6.5 billion people it always amazes me when unrelated people’s lives interact. Such was the case between me and Mark over at Gardner in Korea when because of work and blogs our lives actually touched one another. I just wish I could have met him

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You’re always winning when Kim Jong Il’s boys are losing.

It was a great night last night. Japan beat North Korea 2-0 in a world cup qualifier. The last goal was particularly satisfying as the Japanese player went mano y mano with the goalie, faked him out and gently kicked the ball into the goal. I’m sure the North Korean

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You're always winning when Kim Jong Il's boys are losing.

It was a great night last night. Japan beat North Korea 2-0 in a world cup qualifier. The last goal was particularly satisfying as the Japanese player went mano y mano with the goalie, faked him out and gently kicked the ball into the goal. I’m sure the North Korean

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Wow, I can't believe it.

Anne Bancroft is dead. Wow. Most remembered for her role in The Graduate, people tend to forget that she had a varied and quite successful career both on screen and on stage. She was in the Miracle Worker in 1962 . She gave a monumental performance that won her an

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Wow, I can’t believe it.

Anne Bancroft is dead. Wow. Most remembered for her role in The Graduate, people tend to forget that she had a varied and quite successful career both on screen and on stage. She was in the Miracle Worker in 1962 . She gave a monumental performance that won her an

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