Far East Cynic

Don't know whether to laugh or cry…………

I root for two baseball teams: The Pirates and the Cubs. ( Real baseball is played in the National League; God meant for the pitcher to bat.) So I’m not sure what to make of this:     Final   1   2   3   4   5  

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Don’t know whether to laugh or cry…………

I root for two baseball teams: The Pirates and the Cubs. ( Real baseball is played in the National League; God meant for the pitcher to bat.) So I’m not sure what to make of this:     Final   1   2   3   4   5  

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Down for the count…….

Long day today. Got my father a wireless router for the new laptop he bought. For some reason it is not working as consitently as I would like. It works-and I have the encryption on-but it has spent most of this evening dropping on and off. Back to troubleshooting.

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Quotable

 From a comment thread over at John Cole’s place:  I’m sorry, I’m trying to be an adult about this, but Sarah Palin has to be the dumbest, least-competently-managed figure in politics today. At this point I can pretty much use her as a litmus test to gauge someone’s intelligence and

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The new toy….

Greetings from North Carolina. Flew up here with the S.O. to see my father for a few days.   No post yesterday, because I took delivery on my new toy:   Still getting used to it. I am finding that I can read faster with it though and not having

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Consider the alternative……….

 While all the folks in the echo chamber, are getting their panties in bunch-because Ezra Klein had the wherewithal to suggest that America needs a more educated electorate– it might be useful to consider where we would be, if the other side had won. Which it very well could have,

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The view from the beach……

More Pensacola pix: The Gulf beaches are white……… And the girls are out soaking up the sun:  The S.O. wore her hat: And kids have a good time with their mothers.  

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The perfect comeback……

 A coworker and myself were down in the little cafeteria in our building, when we watched on the TV as this man verbally assaulted Arlen Specter:   Watch CBS Videos Online   Specter missed a great opportunity to make a point. And it probably points out why more Congressmen should

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Why its good to see the USA as others see it……

Or as James Fallows-, or anyone else who has spent a good deal of time overseas may: Pretty soon I will lay off the "As a Rip van Winkle returnee to your country, what I notice is…." approach. But I have to say that it is striking to come back

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Return to the cradle……

Back to the grindstone today-work on a Monday is……….work on a Monday. However, I was finally able to get my pictures downloaded after I had to reload the camera driver. First time I have ever had that happen to me. Somehow the driver became unrecognizable to Vista. So I had

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