Far East Cynic

Cruising…..

My apologies about the lack of posts. I was out here in California for business and brought the S.O. with me. She wanted to see the "left coast" since it had been over twenty years since she had seen anything but the inside of LAX. Plus we needed some "Love

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Road trip

Long day and an evening flight out to the left coast. Early day tomorrow. Hotel bed beckons……….

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Soul food.

 Last Saturday the S.O. and I drove up to Fayatteville Tennessee. What is it about the south and the name Fayatteville? Arkansas has one. North Carolina does, I think South Carolina does too. Fayatteville has a couple of things that distinguish it. One, its the closest place to buy a

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That did not take long……

For the usual suspects to hammer back at George Will The Fat Boy put down his cheeseburger long enough to weigh in. Bozo the Clown and William the Bloody are also heard from too. I take that as the best sign Mr. Will may actually be on the right track.

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Mr. Will votes no.

Not that anyone will listen to  him-but from a purely American interests standpoint-he may be right: U.S. forces are being increased by 21,000 to 68,000, bringing the coalition total to 110,000. About 9,000 are from Britain, where support for the war is waning. Counterinsurgency theory concerning the time and the

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There goes the neighborhood…….

You ran for Vice President-that did not quite work out the way you had hoped. After that, you became bored running America’s largest, most homogeneous, and easiest to run state. It’s still a month or so till moose hunting season. The kids are all back in school-except Bristol, who’s got

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Ponyo

The S.O. and I went to the movies this evening. We went to see the English version of the Hayao Miyazaki film, Gake no ue no Ponyo. (Ponyo of above the cliff (by the sea)). The Disney title is simpler: Ponyo. If you only see one "G" rated movie this

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Glenn Beck summarized……

By Howard Beale. Whenver I see Glen Beck on the TV-either at work or normally in the gym, where I crank up the speed on the treadmill because my anger towards the good Mr. Beck gets pumped up-I always think of the movie Network. Because in the personage of Glenn

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Peter Parker's not going to like this.

Kirsten Dunst shooting a music video in Tokyo:   The video was shot in Akihabara-the Tokyo electronics district. More pix here.

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Peter Parker’s not going to like this.

Kirsten Dunst shooting a music video in Tokyo:   The video was shot in Akihabara-the Tokyo electronics district. More pix here.

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