Far East Cynic

Remakes………..

Seems like evert third movie coming out these days is a remake of some earlier movie. Here are a couple of examples of this trend taken to its most ridiculous extreme. “Open the pod bay doors HAL……..” These are the kinds of movies you watch when you are not allowed

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My 15 minutes of fame……….

Like they say in the business world, networking is the key. Get a reference from someone of influence…….the world can be your oyster: For a little while anyway. It does prove an old truth though. One nice girl putting her hair down and shaking her butt, beats any amount of

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Its been a while……..

Since I did Beer and Babes………. To tell the truth, when I was in Korea, I just did not have the energy, I was just grateful to have the week be over with. Since then, I’ve been a fitful mood, although I did see plenty of these during my little

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The son follows in his fathers footsteps……..

William F. Buckley’s son that is. Richard the Peking Duck found this little gem of an article in the Washington Monthly by Christopher Buckley. With tightly written prose, he captures the dilemna of today’s thinking moderate: I voted for George W. Bush in 2000. In 2004, I could not bring

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Those were the days!

Courtesy of Bad Bob. A video about real carrier aviation, the mighty Hawkeye in action! Pretty cool even if they are granmola crunchin’, tofu eatin’, sandle wearin’ Butt King, West Coast pukes! Lex, I am sure, wishes he had had the chance to fly one of these beauties! I even

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BFD

That’s an abbreviation meaning Big F**king Deal. Used primarily in the sarcastic sense. Which is my sense when I read the various writings of men who should know better, continuing to cry over and over again about horribly Muslim societies treat women and that as a result of this struggle

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Food for thought…..or why you do not always get what you want.

Need to lighten up a bit. Today was an interesting, albeit unusual day. It started when I read my horoscope: Today, check out the view from the back seat of your life. That means you should accept the direction things are headed in now without wasting your precious energy trying

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Who shall remember their names?

We will. There is a line in a Tom Clancy novel, Red Storm Rising that goes something like this:“The whole world seemed like it had caught fire, and because of them[the hijackers] the world literally would.” I hate the fact that this day happened. I hate the members of Al

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Who shall rememember their names?

We will. 9-11 was more than just an American tragedy, because of that day literally the entire world was set ablaze. The following story shows just how interconnected this world of ours is. (24 of the victims were Japanese……..). For Yuko, 9/11 was only yesterday Yukiko Furusawa / Yomiuri Shimbun

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Up and at 'em…………..

One of the things that keeps me with the S.O. is her innate ability to find a way to cheer me up when I am down. She never does this in an obvious way, Japanese women are not that blunt, but she knows when its time to coax me out

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