Far East Cynic

Army Navy game…….

I made a point to be in to watch the Army Navy game yesterday. It is the only time of year I root for the Naval Academy or have anything nice to say about it for that matter. It is always an impressive sight to see the Brigade of Midshipmen

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New toy!

I got a new cell phone: Which I have been learning all about tonight. How low have I sunk-when I’m playing with that-instead of playing with something else: Such is life in Shopping Mall USA………..I stimulate the economy, instead of me being stimulated……….

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Pee-boy

In Brussels, near the center square in town is a small statue. His claim to fame-he’s pissing! In Japan they had a whole series of commercials for a soft drink, Dakara that featured this little guy: He’s actually called the Manneken Pis-Dutch for little man pissing-he has been there since

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But it worked!

Clik your heels together and repeat three times: “The Surge in Iraq worked!” BAGHDAD — A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide car bombers and another vehicle that blew up near government sites. At least 121 were killed and hundreds wounded in the worst wave of

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Climate change and me……..

The Copenhagen summit begins this week-and frankly, if I were over there I would be more interested in how I could get my hands on one of those government flyers. However, I had the misfortune to read this headline from the Town Hall Harlot today: These are 56 newspapers that

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Open Thread…..

Its cold today. Putting up Christmas lights and watching football today. And listening to Christmas music of “The Christmas Station“. Especially this tune this morning: So what’s the best thing about Christmastime for you?

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Bonn

Our trip started in Bonn after we arrived in Frankfurt. We rented the car at the airport- I thought I had a BMW reserved, but when I asked them for a navigation system, it threw them for a loop. After some scrambling, we ended up with a KIA Sonata-which was

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I'll bet Disney's not too happy about this..

This is just so wrong on so many levels (Warning Sexual Content): REMOVED BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF!

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I’ll bet Disney’s not too happy about this..

This is just so wrong on so many levels (Warning Sexual Content): REMOVED BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF!

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