Spike tells us Compuserve is dead. I was a Compuserve customer-a long time ago in a galaxy far away.
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Fucked Gaijin points out: Every national culture has its weird obsessions, and it seems as if Japan’s oddball closet is more crowded than most ? Pokémon, Elvis Presley and Hello Kitty are just a few of the country’s most famous fixations. But perhaps most peculiar of all is the
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Died today. Leaving Donald Rumsfeld now in the unenviable position of longest living , really bad, Secretary of Defense. ( Quote shamelessy stolen from my Canadian counterpart). Most of the coverage has centered on Vietnam-for which he does deserve a healthy share of criticism. However Vietnam was many years in
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And this is now. Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me – sports… basketball. I use it because you’re naïve if you don’t see the national full-court press picking away right now. Seems the shoe is on the other foot now.
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This commercial is making the rounds in Japan. Sure beats talking about politics! Recruit publishes Job Guides in Japan. Their magazines with job listings always have off beat names.
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We went to the fireworks last night at one of the literally dozens of shopping malls here in this hillbilly hell litle burgh. Fortunately the Barnes and Noble was open-the better to capitalize on hundreds of people converging on said shopping mall. Since they had a Starbucks and we had
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Happy Fourth of July! Here at Far East Cynic HQ, its not so happy a fourth of July. Two reasons for that. First, we said goodbye to my friend and teacher of the ways of corporate America, Al. His funeral was yesterday. It was sad and it was joyous at
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As practiced in Singapore:
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And so it begins-the speculation on who exactly to blame: Option 1) Its all Letterman’s fault. Option 2) She is quitting to lead the Conservative Army into the New Civil War. Option 3) She is pregnant with Jonah Goldberg’s love child. Option 4) She needs to sell her pickup truck:
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Sarah Palin tells Alaska "to take this job and shove it!" WASHINGTON (CNN) – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday she would not seek a second term and would soon step down as governor. Not seeking a second term? Fine-makes sense and allows her two years to build a Presidential
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