Far East Cynic

Busy week…..

Greetings from the Eastern Shore! Spent 4 hours driving here last night for the last part of this particular trip. Regular posting will resume this weekend. In the meantime. Its Friday! Time to think about beer and this:   Have a great day!

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The law of gross tonnage

On the road again, deep in the heart of Virginia. Raining like all get out this evening. Accordingly, abandoned plans for a night out. For the second time in two years a Japanese destroyer has proved the old axiom : Nothing can wreck your day like a collision at sea.

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Cover me……

I'm going in. Yea though I walk through the valley of Microsoft-I will not fear Windows 7. If I screw up this install though, it might be a while before I can surface my head here again. Kind of feel like the Tennessee kicker today-right before he kicked what could

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It is that weekend.

People looked at me like I was a space alien when I said, " I hope Tennessee upsets Alabama!". I might as well have said, " I'd like to have sex with your mother." It got about the same reaction. "You live in Alabama-why don't you root for Alabama? "

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Odds and ends…….

Its been a bad week for posting. I still need to rebut Curtis, a lot has happened on the national scene, and I have had some personal victories this week. All quite bloggable, but there is a little annoyance called work which keeps getting in the way.  I also was

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No excuse for not posting….

I don't have one-except I watched the ALCS last night. The Yankees are not supposed to rally like that. This weekend ought to be very interesting. Another reason to hate those guys:

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Changing channels

At work, whenever I can get away with it-I change the channel on the flat screen TV's they have in the passageways. It has become someting of a sacred duty. There is one in the hall by the elevator that somehow always is on Fox News when I come in

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