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Hunter S. Thompson dead!
Opened up my e-mail to find in the current edition of the Straits Times that Hunter S. Thompson is dead by his own hand. What’s up with that? Seems to me the guy must have either so whacked himself up...
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Which is more important, democracy in the Middle East or progress for people?
JD Whitlock has made an excellent point about the march of democracy in the middle east. Citing a very good article in the New Republic . JD points out that democracy only matters in its effect on the...
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Recent pixs from the Singapore trip…..
Who could visit the Lion City without revisiting its past? So we went to Raffles. Skipped the Long Bar though…Beers are too expensive. Go across the street to Chijmes and have confession at Father...
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For those in Japan, here’s something really interesting
Here in Japan, every weekday at 12:20, they have a TV show on NHK called ???????Polite way to say, Its Noon!). Now the meat and the potatoes of the show is the kind of mundane panel discussions that...
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Putin vs Bush—Where does the truth lie?
Shades of the Cold War! Conservative pundits are asking a question straight out of the Reagan years, ” When are we going to get tough with Russia?” and ” Human Rights in Russia should be a top...
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Funny, I never met any girls like this…wonder where they are all hiding?
Reuters published an article saying Japanese girls do not want to get married. Those are the types of girls I should have met. My experience here has been quite the opposite. All the girls I met,...
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He’s BAACKKK!!
Greetings all, I’ve been away for 11 days and what a 11 days it was. Singapore, Bahrain, Guam and Osaka, a whirlwind tour if there ever was one. Hated not being able to post, but it was tough to do so...
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Bush Right? I don’t think so Tim!
Ah, what a week it has been. Tung Chee Wa gets sent packing, and Lebanon backs Syria into a corner. The papers are starting to speak the unspeakable, namely that maybe George Bush ( perish the...
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Thank God and greyhound he’s gone!
There should be dancing in the halls of the Pentagon today. Paul, “We’ll invade any ol’ country we want to” Wolfowitz is on his way out. Of course the fact that he’s going over to the World Bank and...
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St Patricks Day, the Vernal Equinox, and observations of life in Asia
Went with Harumi on St. Patricks day to hear an American-Irish band called Innisfree at one of the clubs. I was so shocked that she suggested going, I nearly fell over in my chair! After all, this is...
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Wars and lechery…Nothing else holds the fashion!
Scandals, Scandals and more Scandals. Every time one turns around, turns on the TV or reads the newspaper there are still more of them. Here’s some recent examples of buffoonry: Japan- A Japanese...
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Blogging and reprisals
“Dictators of the right and the left fear the political cartoonist more than they do the atomic bomb. No totalitarian government can afford to be ridiculed” -Art Buchwald- I received an e-mail from a...
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Last night I went to see the movie Sideways. It was nominated for an Academy Award and now I can see why. Its a great examination of the journey into older years, and the process of coming to terms...
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Another month gone-tidbits of interest
Wow, this month has really flown by. Just got done getting my trip to Hong Kong set up for next month. Amazingly I could get cheap airfare, but what the F*&^ is going on with hotel prices in Hong...
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Is the great leader losing it?
Holy freaking evil empire Batman! Can it be, the great leader, Kim Jong Il can’t keep the masses in line? I was watching NHK tonight and they had detailed coverage of the football ( soccer to us...
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It may be up to us, how Asia based blogs may be the last true bloggers in the...
The coming crackdown on blogs in the US.Be afraid…be very afraid…… I don’t normally read Michelle Makin, except when I get one of those loony right wing e-mails from one of my buddies and it usually...
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The Suzy Wong problem…….
I’ve been following the exploits of Expat at Large as he visited Phuket. A far better writer than your humble scribe here, he has an animated discussion going about the trials and tribulations of...
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Pope John Paul the Second passes away….
Last night, one of the greatest figures of the 20th century passed on. Whether you are Catholic or not, its hard not have anything but the deepest respect for the man. God keep him and give him peace....
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Well I’m impressed
Xiaxue, the “star” of Singapore bloggers has some pictures of the Singapore Fashion week shows. Over at her blog: she posted pictures of the lingerie show. Its got my attention. I’m awake now....
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Finally, Sakura wo sakimasu! The Cherry Blossoms are blooming!
Its about 2 weeks later than normal, but the Cherry Blossoms are finally here! The trees across the street from my office, whose buds have been shut up tighter than a nun’s ass for the last month, are...
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