Far East Cynic

Road trip……

Greetings from the foothills of the Rockies. Out here for 3 days on business. In one of my more misguided moments-I agreed to bring the S.O. along. Now -after a long day that began at 5 am she is in a grumpy mood. For the record, I did warn her

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She may be picking up some bad habits…….

The S.O. that is. In a sign she may have been in the United States too long,  the S.O.,  who could never cuss in English as little as 8 months ago, has now become fond of using the term  “F**king Mexicans” to describe the construction workers on the lot across

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Liberation Theology………..

It pains me greatly (I’ve been OD’ing on John Adams DVD’s today) to give pause from my narrow commentary on the various and sundry musing’s on my life-to jump back into the fluid waters of political discussion. Ordinarily, I would have waited till the year was farther along, but when

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Don't you mean Takashima?

And by the way its located in the Sea of JAPAN! Don’t try telling that to this bunch of Texans. Wonder how many Texans drive by in their F-150 ‘s and wonder , ” Is that somewhere down by Waco?” Although, there is something more than a little ironic about

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Don’t you mean Takashima?

And by the way its located in the Sea of JAPAN! Don’t try telling that to this bunch of Texans. Wonder how many Texans drive by in their F-150 ‘s and wonder , ” Is that somewhere down by Waco?” Although, there is something more than a little ironic about

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Shin Nen!

Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! Kore kara mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! (Congratulations on the new year! In this year too, please favor me!)

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Closing the books……..

On the year of our Lord, 2008. We put my father and sister on the plane yesterday and on the car ride back to work, I did a lot of thinking. About how much had changed for me and for my family this past year. I had stayed at the

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Sailors save the day………

At Shinegawa station in Tokyo: “He walked off the platform like he saw an invisible step,” said Brice, of Rogersville, Tenn. “He hit the rails and it sounded like something was broken.” Caballero checked for the next train, then jumped to the tracks and hoisted the man up by his

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The best laid plans …always go astray.

And in the process scare the stuffing out of me and the S.O.-as well as my sister and my father. Yesterday started well enough. We had decided that it might be a good idea to get out of the house. The S.O. wanted to get deals on Christmas decorations and

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And I thought I was bitter…….

About getting screwed over by the ex-wife. However, from LA comes a case of a REALLY BITTER ex husband: COVINA, Calif. (AP) – Stinging from an acrimonious divorce, a man plotting revenge against his ex-wife dressed up like Santa, went to his former in-laws’ Christmas Eve party and slaughtered at

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