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There’s a quote for you!
The S.O. is watching the women’s marathon at the Olympics. Had to admit my head perked up a bit when she spouted this little bit of wisdom: “The Chinese girl is ahead-she must be…..uh….doping.”
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Tilting at windmills……
I’ve been watching with interest T Boone Picken’s campaign about getting the US to take seriously the issue that it buys way too much energy overseas. He has quite correctly pointed out that we...
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One more reason….
That I really love women’s beach volleyball. Fit women in bikinis-defending the national honor? What’s not to like about that?
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What my meetings were like last week…..
And why I can never become an engineer…………. Gotta buy more powerball tickets……………
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Upgrading again……..
There are not enough hours in the day it seems these days. Work? Busy. S.O.’s car? “A hole in the road in which you pour money.” (P.S. anyone have experience with airbag lights on a BMW that come on...
View ArticleA funny thing happened on the way to Harajuku………
Back on the right side of the dateline-a monkey wants to get back to Shibuya station as much as I do! The video is of a monkey above one of the track signs at Shibuya station. The reporter is talking...
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I’m keeping a low profile today……
The S.O. is insufferable today. She has not missed an opportunity to remind me of this. Yukiko Ueno, Japan’s remarkably resilient right-hander, shut down the Americans and handed them their first loss...
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Something sinful……..
The place where I work is very different from any other place that I have ever worked at before. As I have probably mentioned before (and I remind the S.O. every night), I am having a hard time...
View ArticleComments are hosed…….
I KNEW IT! In uprgading to 2.6.1 I screwed up the comments. I will get back to this soonest. Please be patient. ___________________________________________________________________________ Update! Thank...
View ArticleThey are getting this narrative right…….
I receive e-mail notices from the Economist weekly, its an adjunct to my print subscription and serve to wet my appetite for the brain candy the actual magazine represents each week. I’m a big fan of...
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One thing about the Olympics I’m going to miss….
Is seeing the girls who hand out the medals! Just don’t think we will get this good a show in London!
View ArticleGreat news for McCain.
Personally I kind of like Biden’s candor and the fact that he talks long is not such a bad thing. But in an election like this one, where the electorate is stupid challenged to understand the...
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What we have here,
Is an interesting way to thumb your nose at people overseas. H/T to Japundit who found this picture of a snazzy van in Australia: Can’t read Katakana? It says “Riku mai kannto”. When you sound it out...
View ArticlePost card from 2016
The clouds are circling and what is left of Fay is going to drop some needed rain here on Shopping Mall USA. Accordingly, the S.O. finally found that she could no longer stop me from going to the NASA...
View ArticleHow did they miss this?
The S.O. and I were both shaking out heads at the Olympic TV coverage this past week. Besides their unbelievable fawning at all things Chinese and the failure of NBC to provide an even picture of the...
View ArticleYea, its tough to be John McCain.
Man it sure sucks to be John McCain. Wish I had these problems: Must be nice to have that kind of money. Condo in Crystal City, home in Sedona, Condo in Phoenix, one in San Diego, and then investments...
View ArticleSpeaking of gold medal winners…….
It is fitting to close our Olympic coverage here at Far East Cynic headquarters by showing you the gold medal winner in the most beautiful Chinese woman doing Olympic-related work in Beijing...
View ArticleMeanwhile, over in the alternate universe…….
Convention time again, where my middle finger starts to hurt from flipping the bird so many times at the TV. The S.O. had to scold me when Nancy Pelosi came on and I called her a worthless bitch and a...
View ArticleA meme about books……
From the friendly residents of the People’s Republic of Tung Chung, who live where I wish I was living-a mere 20 minutes by train from one of my two favorite spots on the planet-and very near the...
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