Far East Cynic

Important safety tip…..

Don’t start drinking till after the press conference: The man in the video is Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan’s former finance minister.  He resigned today over this event. Then again, if I knew this, I might start drinking early too.

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One toy I do not need…..

Ever since I saw a Sony book reader in an exchange a few years ago-I’ve toyed with the idea of getting a Kindle. They remind me of what Arthur C. Clarke called a”Newspad”, which in his novel 2001-A Space Odyssey had replaced books and newspapers.  Amazon’s ad makes it sound

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Recession Romance……..

Yesterday was an interesting lesson for me. In the simple things-and how they can be nice. I had been instructed by the S.O. not to get flowers for Valentine’s day. ” Flowers are too expensive at Valentines Day-wait till later and get them when they are cheaper.” Yes! I’m off

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The problem with reality TV

It has raised the bar too high for a certain part of the population. H/T to E @ L!

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The trouble with Nancy…….

It occurs to me that amid the rancor over the stimulus bill, there is a bigger problem the President needs to address head on. Obama has a very different problem with Congress than GWB had. If he is serious about trying to get things done-he has to do it in

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Stimulate this!

I have been watching the conversation on the stimulus package with interest. As the debate has gone on a graphic depiction of the problem is  etched in my mind. It  is an analysis of the income disparity within the US: Yes the bottom of the graph is wrong, it should

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The paint may change…..

But the service inside still sucks: When you stop charging for drinks-call me.

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Trainspotting

During my last little sojourn up north, I embarked upon an experiment. When the meetings were over, instead of staying the last night in small town New Jersey ( home of the roads with no left turns), I set off back to the Philadelphia airport and stayed the night at

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Blog birthday

It has been a while since I have posted anything of substance, I know. This past week I spent most of it in New Jersey and Philadelphia. Faced with a choice of blogging after a long day , or eating-well I took the latter option. After that I collapsed on

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And we are back!

Back at home after freezing my ass off up in the North part of the country. Some observations on American Public Transportation to follow. (Its not pretty…..).

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