Far East Cynic

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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Baseball Thread

It's October and I just watched the Yankees lose! That's a cause for celebration in and of itself. Now its time to grab some beer and sit down and watch the home of real baseball, the National League, slug it out.  Part of me wants the Dogers to win because

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The last great President…..

Was George H.W. Bush. Find out why, here. For the record, I'm OK with him calling out Olbermann.  Because he is right, both sides have lost any sense of perspective. And while I enjoyed watching Bush Senior's son get beat up by him, it still does not constitute any sembalance

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Unavoidably detained….

Had to drive to Birmingham today. Nice drive but the weather was cold. Back now-was going to post but started watching the ALCS after the Virgina Tech game. Extra innings now. Oh yes. F*ck the f*cking Yankees! Got to get back to the TV. Bottom of the tenth. UPDATE!  Yankees

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The Burgh………..

 You are from Pittsburgh if you get all the references in this You Tube. ( Yinz should watch it all……).    I know where Zelinople is! This has a lot of true facts about my home town. The Sunday after the wedding, I took Harumi down to see the center

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