Far East Cynic

Road trip

All packed-out the door tomorrow. I decided to not to fly to RDU but to drive up. That way if my kids come down for the funeral I can set that up for them.  So, that means the S.O. and I will embark on our first ever long car trip

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Talking to fill the spaces…………

Sittiing in the gate area at Tucson airport. Still a while till boarding and I got to do something-might as well blog. First, to all who sent their kind wishes-Thank You. I do appreciate it. <———————————————————————————————-> I keep feeling like I should be crying. Except the truth is- I just

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Nothing to say for a while…….

Rest in peace, and may God grant you life eternally.   MY MOTHER   January 15,1918-July 15, 2008   No Love like a Mother’s Love There is no love, like a mother’s love, no stronger bond on earth… like the precious bond that comes from God, to a mother, when

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Another airline rant……

I’m typing this from a hotel room in Richmond. Why am I here? I’m asking myself the same question. Airplane takes off out of RDU flies to our nations capitol. Decent is bumpy, due to storms closing on the city. Pilots take a go-around due to winds at Reagan and

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Why its frustrating……

To talk about the war with neocon supporters. Andrew Sullivan rightly castigates Uncle Jimbo, Bill Kristol, and all the other actors in the theater of the absurd: “perhaps you could provide some convincing evidence that the U.S. can invade a country, topple its regime, leave immediately – and expect a

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Tony Snow

I was jarred when I opened up my computer this morning to see that Tony Snow had passed away. I’ll skip any discussion of his politics except to note what former President Bush said of him: “In this case it isn’t a press secretary. It isn’t a speech writer. It

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Game over

I don’t think this is a commercial from anywhere in the US. Check out the look on otosan’s picture!

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Driving under the influence

Not me, but that is what it seems the US is doing when it comes to oil. Actually, as a I think about it, current US energy policy is similar to the crusade of angry mothers, who want to rid the world of the members of DAMM. ( Drunks against

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No post yesterday

And probably not for a while this weekend-going to my parents to check up on them. As I was leaving work yesterday-got one of those phone calls that: a) means I have to work a lot harder. b) and means my carefully planned escape attempts this summer are going to get

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Adventures in Radio…….

Stupid joke, heard at our usually less than useful morning meeting: “Obama is rumored to be able to sweep Alabama this year”. “Oh really? How do you think that?” “They are going to stamp a G in front of his name and then it will read-Gobama. Of course every one

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