Tag Archives: fireworks

Fi Suay

December 22, 2021 – 10:48 am

Several years ago I nailed Xmas lights to the roof of my house in Pattaya. Ours was the only one on Moo 9 celebrating the winter holiday on Pearl Harbor Day. The rest of the farangs were too mean-hearted to pursue any happiness other than the emptiness of sex, drugs, and golf. I spoke to […]

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Loy Krathong the Day After

November 21, 2015 – 3:49 am

Loi Krathong has long been Thailand’s most beautiful festival. Not anymore in Pattaya. Few girls and women were dressed in the traditional costume. The police banned fireworks. Their marine patrols gathered the krathong offerings less than 20 meters from shore. No one was allowed to light a fire balloon, perhaps the most exotic image to […]

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Celebrating The End of Christianity

October 5, 2014 – 6:56 pm

Fireworks on the East River echoed across Brooklyn to Fort Greene. October 5. Fireworks for what? I googled the date for a clue. I found that in 1793 revolutionary France rejected Christianity. Ca va, ouais! Fuck God. Further researched revealed the pyrotechnical display was for the Association of Indians in America. A little of a […]

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Winter Boom Boom

January 28, 2014 – 1:50 pm

Last night I heard a rumble from the river. The thunder sounded like a battle. I worried that the Canadians had attacked New York City. I called several friends living on the Hudson. The growling grew louder. Finally Rod Longprong answered his phone. “I heard the same thing. It’s fireworks.” “Fireworks for what?” “For Super […]

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Premature Explosion ala the 4th

July 5, 2012 – 10:56 pm

The disaster of the Space Shuttle Challenger was witnessed by millions of Americans in horror. Ronald Reagan seemed at first perplexed by the booster rockets’ explosion, then realized the Shuttle and all its crew were lost in the fiery conflagration. I have long blamed that President and his administration for forcing NASA to launch in […]

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