Far East Cynic

Deutschland, Deutschland, uber alles; Uber alles im dem Welt….Two days till I depart for the Fatherland for the S.O.’s birthday trip. That for sure qualifies as one of my more stupid decisions, burning precious vacation time I could be spending on myself in Thailand, just to make her feel better

On the DOD web site, came across this headline. I am suprised it has not been more widely reported: Former DoD Transformation Head Dies at Age 63 While I did not agree with some of his ideas, the man was truly brilliant and his mind worked at a level about

George W. Bush is coming to Asia……..oh great! He just made my job as a transportation planner twice as hard. Why? Because whenever the President goes anywhere, its not just Air Force One that goes wheels in the well. On average 6- 8 C-17’s are positioned to move all the

Played golf today, and in what has to be a another sign of the Apocalypse, on most holes I hit my driver long and straight. I’ve been playing with my swing a little at the driving range trying my best to put those golf channel “Lessons from the pros..” to

No post yesterday. It was a nice day and the S.O. and I had some things to do in preparation for her birthday trip to Germany that we are making at the end of this week. Also thanks to the nice weather, Golf had to be on the menu for

Today was a good day with the S.O. The last thing I want to do is screw it up by talking about all of the screwed up things going on in this screwed up world. A couple of editorial comments though: 1) Who makes decisions for the terrorists and why

Forgot to mention while I was in Kadena last week, I had a chance to attend a Navy ceremony that had an invocation and benediction given by a USAF Chaplain. He told me afterward that he had to check with the USAF to see if it violated their “prayer policy”.

That is a military abbreviation that means “Nothing of significance to report..” Today is one of those kind of days. (Plus it is the day before a holiday weekend….) So accordingly, I spent the day dealing with the USDAO in the Philippines, who have turned to stone about allowing our

Borrowing from Expat at Large, who in many ways has similar values to mine without all the baggage I am carrying: My blogis worth $19,758.90. My poor daily attempt at a blog is worth only $19,758.90!?How in the hell am I supposed to become a rich and famous writer? Especially

Too bad George Bush never really took the time to read or understand British history. Other wise he might have remembered this little tid bit from Curzon , quoted from the real Lord Curzon: We must remember that the ways of Arabs Orientals are not our ways, nor their thoughts