Far East Cynic

Christmas Eve….

Greetings from North Carolina. The drive was as long and difficult as I thought it would be. Having the roads blocked by two different landslides at two different places-did not help one bit. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

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I did not know this……

Brittany Murphy died a couple of days ago. Only 32-its so very sad. What I did not know, was that she made a movie with a famous Japanese actor. A long time back, I did a post about Toshiyuki Nishida, the Japanese actor who played in the Tsuri-baka Nisshi movies. 

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About that Festivus thing……

Old H-2 guy suggested that I need to celebrate Festivus tomorrow. But that leads to a question. Isn’t by definition, blogging a celebration of Festivus every time you blog? After all, blogging is nothing-if not a thorough airing of the grievances.

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The Answers

To the Christmas Quiz: 1. The Nutcracker Suite 2. Little Drummer Boy 3. Deck the Halls 4. Silent Night 5. Noel (No L) 6. All I Want For Christmas Is My 2 Front Teeth 7. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 8. Joy To The World 9. 12 Days of

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One other point……

For the record-there are only two recognized holidays in December: Hannukah and Christmas. So saying “Merry Christmas” is not only proper, its THE RIGHT THING TO DO. Take your kwanzaa and stick it where the ……. I don’t understand why, when most African Americans are also Christian, Kwanza is even

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I was just kidding….

When I said, while making dinner, “try an onside kick!” Never thinking they would actually do it-with a two point lead. Steelers won that game by one RCH-nothing more. I was climbing the walls during the last minute-trying to cook and scream at the TV at the same time………… Amazing.  

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Moratorium

Its the 20th of December and 5 days before Christmas. I am declaring a moratorium on any talk of politics till after Christmas. This coming week is for buying presents, thinking about my life, wondering about fun things, and getting ready for the holiday. ( As well as driving 500

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Never believe the lie that they are submissive….

Here’s video proof to the contrary……. Follow the link to the comments. Pretty amazing if you ask me-brave talk is easy……….

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Trivia question

The S.O. and I went to see the living Christmas Tree last night at Shopping Mall’s oldest church (founded in 1809 although they moved to a new church in 1963). A co worker who sings in the choir gave us tickets. We went last year and both of us really

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Home…..

Which means it is time for a long overdue blog round-up. Got back and back to work here today. A quick trip-and it was cold and miserable at my destination. Plus US Airways decided to jerk me around yet again. An explanation is in order. When I arrived on Monday

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