Monthly Archives: June 2012

barking, biting, dogs, thailand

June 24, 2012 – 6:42 pm

Thai dogs like to bark. They bark all night and no one says a word. The little chow across the street once yapped for 17 hours non-stop, until its voice gave out like a raspy 50 year-old Gitane smoker. Thai dog’ favorite targets are those unfortunate rubbish divers eking out a living in search of […]

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Dead Fish Auction

June 24, 2012 – 6:30 pm

In the winter of 1969 a foul storm blew an unknown sea creature onto Duxbury Beach south of Boston. The WBZ radio announcer reported it to be a ‘sea monster’. My brother, sister, and I jumped into our VW and drove through a hard rain to a forlorn stretch of beach. A crowd was gathered […]

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Flying Sharks

June 24, 2012 – 6:22 pm

Steven Spielberg’s JAWS came out in 1975. I saw the film in Gloucester with my good friend Andy Kornfeld. The next day we went to Good Harbor Beach. Families were playing in the sand. No one was in the sea. Andy and I tested it with our toes. The water temperature was perfect. We both laid […]

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Shark Alert

June 24, 2012 – 6:14 pm

Everyone in the world is scared of sharks. One July 4th weekend Richie Boy and I were surfing off Montauk. The temperature was hot and the air was steamy with humidity. Richie Boy noticed that no one was in the water and spotted beachgoers pointing off-shore two hundred meters from the break. A school of […]

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MIstaken Identity

June 24, 2012 – 6:08 pm

Mexico’s war on drugs has claimed over 55,000 lives in the past six years of President Calderon’s rule. The police and army have been corrupted by traffickers shipping cocaine and marijuana to the USA. Last week officials claimed to have arrested the son of a notorious drug lord. The DEA were quick to congratulate the […]

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