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Five Things I Love About America

July 4, 2017 – 1:15 pm

I was born in the USA. Bruce Springsteen sings the line in his hit BORN IN THE USA about fifty times. The Thai go-go girls at Tahitian Queen 1 dance to that song every day. None of them join in the chorus, but the ex-pats on the bar stools chant every word of the refrain […]

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Ghouls or Phi on the Loose

October 31, 2016 – 7:08 pm

If you ask Thais if they’ve seen a ghost, most will timidly say NO, indicating the fear that any mention of a spirit might endanger their luck, yet Thais love horror movies popularized by such famous ghosts such as Phi-pop who eats livers, phi tai hong who died due to violence, and phi kraseu who […]

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Our America – Vote Bernie Sanders

January 26, 2016 – 7:08 pm

Watch this video from the Bernie Sanders.

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Cowboy Rules 101

May 27, 2014 – 9:15 am

Sent by the ever-tolerant Big Al in Pattaya. He’s my hero. A father/X-fighter. 1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot. 2. Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked. 3. Let’s get this straight: it’s called a ‘gravel road.’ I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow […]

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Polar Vortex

January 7, 2014 – 10:21 pm

In 1978 a historic blizzard blasted the East Coast. Boston was buried underneath three feet of snow. New York had two feet. Buffalo ceased to be a place of human habitation. We survived that storm. The snow melted in the Spring and flowers bloomed in May. No one is thinning about roses in America or […]

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