Far East Cynic

Back to the world……

The power is out at Chez Skippy,,,,, but the airport is open. Go figure. It may be a while before I can post again. Today I go back to the land of no power.

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Wake up call

Only in America. Only in the Whining States of America-can a moron like Donald Trump get time on the political stage to spout his nonsense. Imagine my shock and amazement to wake up this morning to see his comb over on the TV talking about……well I don’t know what he

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A traveling man

Is a happy man. Flew out to the left coast today. The weather coming into the airport out here was very clear-and I had a window seat. So I could see the transition of the land and houses from empty desert, to some houses around a lake, to more houses

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Easter Bunny

I got nothing. Body pump, lunch, shopping, mind numbing on line lessons about Baseline Sigma and Histograms. The whole time it was on-this was what I was thinking about: PICTURE DELETED ON REQUEST.

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Good Friday

I have nothing really to write today. Today is Good Friday-the centerpiece of the Christian calendar and the event that made Easter occur. I could write something glowing and reprint an excerpt from the Bible or perhaps from the sermon One Solitary Life. ( Which is, by the way a

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Understanding Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen was in Washington DC two nights ago, I read about the performance of his so called “Torpedo of Truth” tour-and I felt sorry for the man. Lots of people are expressing the same emotion, but mine is based on a far different reason than most of those shaking

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Who said on line courses are easy?

These bastards are serious. The work load has really ramped up. So my blogging level is going down. Six Sigma blows! There was a reason I hated statistics in college (even though I was a math major). Back to the grind.

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If you’ve lost McMegan…

Then you know a movie really sucks. Megan McCardle-the dumbest economics writer BAR NONE-hates Atlas Shurgged:  I wish I could report that the movie holds out the same kind of promise that the first Lord of the Rings movie did.  Unfortunately, it’s . . . how do I say this

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Spring Day!

Today is a beautiful spring day. Time to play some golf! This will be the first time I have played golf since last October. Big scores on the horizon I fear. For those of you doing your taxes still-here are some tax tips from those who pay no taxes:

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