Far East Cynic

Long day again. This sucks! Its putting a hell of a crimp in my night life…….. I did get a chance to finish an intersting book though. Its called , The Only Way to Cross; its about the cruise liners that crisscrossed the North Atlantic in the first half of

No time to post today. Also because of the time difference missed calling my old man……..Gotta call tomorrow without fail. Did you call your father? Walk a Little Slower Daddy “Walk a Little slower, Daddy.” said a little child so small.I’m following in your footsteps and I don’t want to

Brain is jello right now so I can’t jump in the deep end of the pool this evening. Combination of wind, rain, bad golf and real frustration at people who cannot plan properly……..(Like the people I will be working with this week…). I did sneak away for some golf today

Out the door tonight for a trip to Hawaii. Believe it or not its for business ( well I may get in one afternoon of golf…………..). It will be a busy trip so blogging may be light. Hope to find time for these: Sadly, don’t think I will have any

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