Far East Cynic

600 Miles……

Is what it takes when you have to go around the mountains instead of over them. Will resume regular posting again tomorrow. I’m beat!

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Only in the Tea Bag Universe…..

Does this even remotely make sense-especially in a world of 10% unemployment: The end-all-regulation, my-health-insurance-company-is-just-fine-thanks crowd in the Tea Party movement have found an unlikely target for their next national effort: Corporate America. The Tea Party Patriots group is planning a “National Day of Strike” for Jan. 20, one year

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Time to play with my toys…..

Putting myself in the right frame of mind to read my Christmas present: Unlike my sister, the S.O. got me something useful.  

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Some of you are sure to appreciate the irony of this…

My sister gave me a copy of Sarah Palin’s book. For Christmas. Pix to follow.

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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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