Far East Cynic

Short post-All’s well that ends well….

Maybe. I’ll have to get back to you on that. I may need a vacation from my vacation………. We got here in one piece 30+ hours after departure. Long story that will have to be told tonight. On the plus side, I can recommend Stiegl beer in Salzberg. Seher gut.

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Houston, we have a problem…….

In a perfect world, I would not be able to be blogging right now. I’d be on my fourth glass of wine-or maybe even a post dinner cognac and hoping that booze  would swirl me into a few hours of sleep before I arrived in the “Old Country This, however, is

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Out the door……

Looking for some excitement that cannot be found here in Shopping Mall. International travel-passports, planes, trains, tickets, lounges, beers, sweet talking your way into business class, bags, lines at immigration-the thrill of opening a hotel door in a new city. I did love it so………… Its one reason why I

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More fun…..

At the Army’s expense:

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Boom Boom Mancini…….

I am a big fan of Warren Zevon's music. One of my favorite things to do when I take the S.O.'s car to work is to put on the CD player and listen to his music as wind my way through Shopping Mall on my way to work. One of

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Army Strong………

Greetings from the Army of One (Click on the image to see it better):

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Music break……

Can you tell I’m in a wierd mood tonight? Probably because I’m so excited to be going international traveling again. I do miss it so…………. Another thing I miss: Megumi Hayashibara The song is called Brave Heart.

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Preflighting the gear….

As the S.O. and I get ready for our European trip. Had to make sure the camera works: “You are in for a big suprise in a few days-can you spell, kennel?” So I chased him around a little bit: Transferred some older pictures: A sunset taken back this summer:

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Mini-me…..

Or Mini-Bill to be more correct: H/T to Spike!

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Back to tilting at windmills…….

Namely the windmill of the ever persistent complaint about biased and one sided the Main Stream Media is. “My judgment is now clear and unfettered, and that dark cloud of ignorance has disappeared, which the continual reading of those detestable books of knight-errantry had cast over my understanding”-from Don Quixote

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