Far East Cynic

TGIK

Kinyoubi wa koko ni kitte itadaite-arigatou gozaimasu! Thank God its Kinuyoubi (Friday). And you know what that means. S.O. is out. I’m stuck here sorting through boxes. Listening to some golden oldies with the volume turned up as loud as I can get away with: I saw these guys in

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Grumman Iron Works

Wistfully, with the resigned sadness that comes from confronting a decision that comes down to what you have to do weighed against what you want to do-I have been going through all my stuff in preparation for the upcoming move. ( Destination TBA-but probably back to the land of my

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Remember what happened to Tiger Woods…..

After he got married. He went into a slump for a while. Rumor had it that the Swedish model was sapping all of his strength. So if the Yankees tank this year you will know why: SURPRISE, Arizona – New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui will marry a 25-year-old former

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CSI-Yokosuka

Is pretty boring as it turns out: YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa — A credit card in the name of a U.S. sailor is the only material link to his possible involvement in the slaying of a taxi driver here last week, police said. Apart from the credit card belonging to the sailor,

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Sakura

I went out for a run this morning.  Today was a beautiful spring day-still not really warm-but not cold either. Exactly as predicted by the Japanese Agencies the Sakura started blooming on 23 March. How they can figure that out is beyond me, but they are 99% right.  The blooming

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Too funny to resist……..

Should not post this. Must resist the urge to do so. “No Bluto’s right! This calls for a really stupid and infantile act-and we are just the guys to do it!”  Good Evening Americans. I am Al Gore and as you know I invented the internet. Now it has come

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One of life's great mysteries revealed

Only my Canadian counterpart can explain this in a logical way-and make a connection to the Rev Wright scandal while he is at it………..(Warning: NSFW-Because the language is, you know, not safe for work). This has all the makings of a good AFN commercial. 🙁

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One of life’s great mysteries revealed

Only my Canadian counterpart can explain this in a logical way-and make a connection to the Rev Wright scandal while he is at it………..(Warning: NSFW-Because the language is, you know, not safe for work). This has all the makings of a good AFN commercial. 🙁

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The war post…….

MONTCALM But so many suns have set since Le Renard struck the war post. Is he not tired?  MAGUA  Where is that sun?! It has gone behind the hill. It is dark and cold. It has set on his people, they are fooled and kill all the animals and sell

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Happy Easter!

  Today has dawned on the Kanto Plain as Easter day should have dawned in any country-clear, bright, not a cloud in the sky. All in all a glorious day! Despite what my posts may convey or fail to convey, I do believe in God, his Son Jesus and the

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