Far East Cynic

Back to basics………

Well after that post yesterday, I had a really dirty dream last night. So much so that when I woke up this morning I almost felt like having a cigarette. And I don’t smoke. Golden Week is over and now its back to the grind for much of Japan: Tony

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About sex…………

Warning notice! This post contains sexual content. If that offends you please proceed here…….. Over at Phibian’s place, there has been quite a dust up about the idea that biology compels women and men to make decisions about love and marriage. The Phib takes a woman to task for lamenting

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More Yingling…..

From the Small Wars Journal trying to place some context: What I hope will happen: increased Congressional oversight of the systems that produce our senior leaders. Also, that junior leaders believe that our system of governance is capable of self-correction on even the most important issues. What I fear might

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There goes the neighborhood…..

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums

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There is a story here……

And its probably not a good one……….. A nude U.S. soldier was struck and killed by an off-base taxi Saturday night, officials said Monday.U.S. and South Korean officials are investigating the incident in which Spc. Vang B. Her, a 22-year-old fire control repairman with Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion,

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Channeling…….

Frustration. Keith Olbermann excels at it. Some people like him. Some people hate him. I fall into the former category because he pillories the people I want to see pilloried. Either way he is far more erudite than that windbag O’Reilly-although he is not objective either and one has to

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Just another day………

Dealing with “domestic tranquility”. Counseling note to the S.O. : Its called make-up / gratitude sex. Its good for you, I know it would be good for me. (Help me recover and produce a positive mental state-all that) It stops being about you when I buy you all of the

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A wonderful thing……..

Technology that is. Here it is 12:54AM on Sunday and I am awake. Combination of whacked out sleep cycle and being pissed off at the S.O. ( Like a prudent man I retreat to my computer desk and tune her out…its a better alternative than trying to discuss with her

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Made a decision

A tough one….filled with uncertainty. However it needed to be made. Watch this space for the drama to play out in the coming months. Its not the easy path-I could have put it off, but that would not have been the right thing to do. And, to tell the truth,

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No fury like…….

A woman who thinks she is being screwed out of what she is “entitled” to……. A reader sent me this link to a column by Debi about the continuing outrage that passes for a law-The USFSPA, also known as the Pat Schoeder screw serving service personnel act-writing about the fact

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