Monthly Archives: July 2012

Mae Sot Dead Zone

July 14, 2012 – 8:40 am

Sitting in a resort in Mae Sot on the Burma border. The owner said that there was wifi. There is none. I would read a book CANNERY ROW by John Steinbeck, but for some reason there are never any bedlamps in these hotels and very few outlets, so I have the distinct displeasure of having […]

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Spotting a Conman in Pattaya

July 11, 2012 – 11:56 pm

Pattaya has attracted all sorts of farangs and Thais. Most are upstanding citizens, however there is a small percentage of miscreants to avoid and be seen avoiding, which unfortunately excludes your Thai in-laws. Farangs are stuck with them and they with you, but a westerner can’t live in a Thai vacuum, especially without any ability […]

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The Lure Of National Geographic

July 11, 2012 – 10:53 pm

As I came of age in the 1960s, my older brother and I relished a visit to my grandmother’s house in Westbrook, Maine, since piles of National Geographic were stacked chronologically in her attic. We would disappear into the dusty atelier for hours, poring through the magazines for photos of naked women; mostly African, Asian, […]

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Women Love the Red Sox

July 11, 2012 – 1:17 am
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86ed from the Buffalo Bar

July 10, 2012 – 9:13 pm

I first walked into the Buffalo Bar in 1997. It became my local after I moved to Soi BongKoch. The beer was cold, the open-air atmosphere was a welcome change from the go-go bars’ tobacco-reek, and more than a few of the hostesses were desirable. My ex-wife understandably hated the place and didn’t buy my excuse for frequenting the bar.  ”I […]

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