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Lotte In London

August 25, 2014 – 12:27 pm

My young friend Lotte was running a fiendishly wicked evening in London. Chez Maxilla. I don’t know where she is now, but I’ll find out.

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Love is Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

August 25, 2014 – 12:01 pm

Love is Never Having to Say You’re Sorry is a famous line from the 1970 film LOVE STORY. Farangs are amazed by the infrequency of times that Thais saying they’re sorry. The word does exist as Khor-Todt, whose etymology stems from two Thai words; Khor or throat and Todt or fart. Throat-fart. Sorry, but maybe […]

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HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER by the Hollies

August 21, 2014 – 7:35 pm

That 1960s Hollies hit gets plenty of play in Pattaya, only bargirls have changed to words to suit their need for subterfuge. “He not boyfriend. He my brother.” The tenacles of an extended Thai family are more tangled than a cluster of fornicating rattlesnakes. The second cousin of a third aunt from your sister’s second marriage is […]

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An American Tradition

August 11, 2014 – 8:58 am

After 9/11 the GW Bush administration declared war on Al-Qaada. The Pentagon aided Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance in ousting the Taliban from the cities. The foreign mujaddin warriors attempted to flee the country, but hundreds were captured by the US-supported warlords and sent to Fort Qala-i-Jangi for questioning. These prisoners were immediately subjected to torture by […]

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Fenway Eats Frog

July 14, 2014 – 9:11 pm

My son Fenway isn’t French, but he does like a good fried frog. Or gohp thawwt. Me, I only like the legs.

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