Tag Archives: thailand

My Little Champoo

July 10, 2012 – 8:59 pm

My little dog passed away three days ago. She was a good little thing. Everyone in Pattaya knew her name in the early 00s. None of them knew mine. I was the farang with “Champoo’. She was a good little dog.

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We Are Those Closest To Us

July 5, 2012 – 12:25 am

The other day my four year-old son and I were train-spotting on the bridge over the Siracha-Laem Chabang railway. A long freight train passed beneath us. After the caboose disappeared from sight I spit onto the tracks. Fenway followed my lead and spat a gob of drool into the air. He laughed with glee. Like […]

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Tragedy at Laem Mae Phim

July 4, 2012 – 1:03 am

Written Jul 4, 2012 When my family moved south from Maine to a suburb south of Boston in 1960, my best friend and I vowed never to go swimming unless we were together. Chaney’s parents had a place on Lake Sebago. That summer was warm in New England. One day in August my mother received […]

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NASA Pai Ban

June 28, 2012 – 8:37 pm

President Eisenhower created NASA in 1958 with the help of Nazi scientist Werner Braun. The Free World had to be defended by Free Space. Missiles, rockets, satellites shuttles soared into orbit with the aim of exploring the heavens. Sadly funds to NASA have been cut dramatically in the 21st Century, as the GOP and America […]

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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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