Far East Cynic

Vindication!!!!! In other words, today, I was proven right after all. The feeling is marvelous!

Yesterday and today were really good days for me-even though I had just gotten back from a long drive back from Berlin. ( Pictures and narrative to follow). As you get more seasoned in a profession ( read older), there comes a time when you know you are right about

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More than little familiar………

Scott Adams has to be spending his days at our office: There is a serious point here. Travel always is the first thing that gets cut-even when its not the root cause of the financial problem. Our new, erstwhile,  masters don’t see that problem as well as they should-even while they spend

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Good Friday

I have nothing really to write today. Today is Good Friday-the centerpiece of the Christian calendar and the event that made Easter occur. I could write something glowing and reprint an excerpt from the Bible or perhaps from the sermon One Solitary Life. ( Which is, by the way a

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Opsec matters

And why you should practice it. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/secret-libya-psyops/

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Gym Class

The S.O. and I joined a YMCA after Christmas. The reason we (I) did so was because they have Body Pump classes-which the on base gyms here do not have. Now the S.O-owing in large part to her lack of a J.O.B.- is able to go classes daily, but for

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Heading home……

And the weather is bearing down on the probable place my plane is coming from. This ought to be interesting. Time for a beer! Here is a trivia question for you though : Why do pigs have more fun during sex than humans? Place your answer in the comments.

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Understatement of the year.

From the news today: “Air Force officials say that U.S. Airways pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III, who landed the Airbus A-320 on the Hudson River recently, has a distinguished Air Force past and is a specialist on aircraft safety. Among those who helped train Mr. Sullenberger during his time at

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No football this weekend…..

Which gives me a whole week to rub it in to Mark that the Seahawks will be watching this on TV. Which is as it should be! Go Steelers!

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Nothing to say for a while…….

Rest in peace, and may God grant you life eternally.   MY MOTHER   January 15,1918-July 15, 2008   No Love like a Mother’s Love There is no love, like a mother’s love, no stronger bond on earth… like the precious bond that comes from God, to a mother, when

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For whatever it is worth……….

Made it ok into North Carolina. Well I did anyway-sitting up waiting for my bag to be delivered to me. Thanks to the Chicago weather my direct flight to RDU from ORD was canceled. So…….. When a baggage clerk who takes your bags after clearing customs tellls you not to

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