Monthly Archives: August 2009

POV

August 9, 2009 – 1:48 am

Every day we have something to be thankful for. Today we are thankful the photographer was not standing on the other side!

By Peter | Posted in Humor | Comments (0)

7/11 Legs

August 7, 2009 – 4:34 pm

I took this photo with my cellphone at a 7/11 on Jomtien Beach. Two teenage Russian girls. It was 10am. Their father was drunk. Russian men like drinking. Me too. The girls didn’t notice my spying on them, but their father gave me the evil eye. I smiled back innocently and he scowled as only […]

By Peter | Posted in Art, Beauty | Comments (0)

Sleepy Carnival

August 7, 2009 – 4:19 pm

I love amusement parks. Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. Coney Island, New York. I like them open and I like them closed. The former full for fortune and the later lovelost. My good friend, Craig Lynn, captured the seaside resort on Canvey UK in this photo and was awarded a prize for his […]

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Number Mad

August 7, 2009 – 7:48 am

I moved to New York in 1976. In a stolen car. Not really stolen, but I Newton, Mass. lawyer paid me $300 to vanish his gas-guzzler. I dropped it on the Weest Side Highway, took off the plates, threw them into the Hudson, and walked away from the vehicle. I took the subway to Brooklyn […]

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Jaywalking to Doom

August 5, 2009 – 7:37 pm

The Bangkok police have announced a campaign aimed at stopping pedestrians from jaywalking. The fine will be an immediate 200 baht. This contravention along with littering in a city without trash bins has nothing to do with the 49% drop in tourism according to traffic police commissioner. The law is the law, but I recall […]

By Peter | Posted in Bangkok, Driving | Comments (0)