Far East Cynic

Lost on the stock market that is. Just less than 10 days ago the DJIA was at about 11,400 now its at 10,700. And these things always happen right after my automatic deposits go into my mutual funds. I feel like a salmon swimming upstream. Pushing hard but making no

Because they suck at soccer football. As the Phibian points out, they got beat by Mexico in the first round. You are always winning when Persians are losing! But, what is not the love about just about anyone that makes Iran look bad? Bask in it. We can’t do it,

S.O. and I went out with some of her friends to an izakaya tonight. Actually it was not a true izakaya which is a small drinking bar, but a chain restaurant that specialized in food you eat while drinking. Thus I am full of kani(crab), sushi, and tempura. If I

They came up with a song about my ex-wife. Its a ballad of woe(make sure your speakers are on), best washed down with one of these: Which leads you to want one of these: Which is what started the problem noted in the song to begin with! Happy Friday-Beer and

Could not have happened to a more deserving guy. Agree with the war or no, you have to give this one to the good guys for making a major league bad guy go join his Islamic buddies in hell. Its good news. Hope it was a Navy aircraft that dropped

“It all comes down to the age-old bargain: Women exchange sex for whatever they want. Men exchange whatever they have for sex. Call it prostitution, or call it marriage, which is just prostitution with compulsory brand-loyalty. It’s how God made us, probably in a moment of ill humor. Some things

I’ve been struggling for the last few days to capture my feelings about the coverage of Haditha in particular and the war in Iraq in General. There are those who feel the media is in a feeding frenzy over the incident and on the other hand, there are those who