Monthly Archives: April 2012

Fast Talking

April 23, 2012 – 10:51 am

Last Summer I rented a car from Uan at Buffalo Bar for the drive north to visit my ex-wife and loving daughter. At Chonburi I decided to cut through Bangkok instead of wrapping around the megatropolis on the outer ring. It was the weekend. The cityscape was clear under a peerless sky. Traffic was minimal. […]

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The World Minus Cars

April 23, 2012 – 10:41 am

The price of gas in Thailand is well over 40 baht a liter. In New York the cost per gallon is close to $4 several petroleum experts are predicting $200/barrel by summer’s end. That will push gas over $5 a gallon. Driving is already down from the heights of 2007 and public transit is booming […]

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No More Cars

April 23, 2012 – 10:33 am
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A Reprobatal Parental Guidance

April 22, 2012 – 2:54 pm

My first joint was smoked in my VW Bug coming from Nantasket Beach. Tommie Jordan and John Gilmore were my passengers. The reefer belonged to Tommie, who was a hockey player from North Quincy High. His hair was long for 1969. At least for a hockey player, but then Derek Sanderson wore his long and […]

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Happy Planet Index

April 22, 2012 – 2:38 pm

Leaders of the Free World consider North Korea as a threat to world peace with good reason. Their intelligence organizations accuse the Hermit Nation of counterfeiting, drug trafficking, and rampant arms dealing as well as the Communist country’s pursuit of an intercontinental ballistic missile, however North Korea’s most recent launch was a failure and their […]

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