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Overheard in the office
Background: Coworker A just came back from an overseas posting last month and is showing the same kind of displeasure about our fabulicious uniforms that we all did last year. I have only a week left; my office farewell party is tonight!
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TOP SECRET 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY PROPOSAL
Just modify a laptop PC to run off of these USB-rechargeable AA cells: Link to USB Cell info page Of course, with only 1300mA to work with per cell, you will be lugging around a suitcase full of batteries and USB hubs, but I say no price is too steep for your own personal infinity loop, even if it isn’t, really. …………… I’ll accept my Nobel money in cash, thank you.
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A lull in the Coupblogging (Best pr0n movie title ever!)
Nico is our Mauritian homie in Bangkok. I like visiting his blog and pretending I can read French every day for a couple minutes, then invariably loading his page through a site like Babelfish in order to see how much I misunderstood (alas, invariably much more than I understood). Anyway, the title of this post stems from the Babelfish translation of the term, “coup d’etat.” Go check it out yourself here. That’s right, blow d’etat! I’m writing the screenplay in my head right now – I’m thinking Austrian accents, chained midgets, and trannie crossdressing ladyboy amputees… “Meesta? Ver are ze royal jew-els?” This is bound to be a hit. ……………
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Thailand Coup
The fucking phone lines are down. I can’t call Nam. ………. UPDATE: I got through. Everything is cool but nobody knows what the hell is going on. Nam and her family are watching Fox and CNN because the local channels have all been taken over by the military and are airing looped messages calling for civil stability and respect for the king. In other news, I feel slightly stupid for having bought my ticket to Bangkok less than four hours ago. ……….. Thaksin Overthrown In Army Coup, Thai Constitution is revoked by military As of this morning, Nam is saying that nobody has any idea what’s going on. Satellite TV…
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Here’s an awesome collection of vintage drug advertisements: LINK
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Anonymous Notifier
Let your co-workers know about their annoying habits: AnnoyingCoworker Yeah, I know what you’re gonna say, “why not just shit in their drawer/key their car/exploit their drug habit,” but as an added bonus, perhaps you could donate their work e-mail address to a dedicated spam concern! I will only remain an annoying coworker until the end of next week. After that I aspire to be an Annoying Operator of the world’s first water buffalo power plant (sorry, it sounds better in Japanese, “??????”).
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Wakayama Kayaking Trip: Successful
We beat all odds and experienced the best possible weather for our trip, right when the typhoon should have been beating us up – it was like we somehow squeezed into a good weather belt. Anyway, photos are forthcoming and many thanks to my pal Hirata for setting us up. ????????
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More than words…
This is the funniest video I’ve seen in ages! Many thanks to reader Nevin for sending it.
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New Bangkok Airport Opening
Over at the Beeb website: Bangkok’s airport faces nervous start I, for one, will miss the old airport because I don’t fancy the clusterfuck that seems to be taking shape regarding transportation from the new airport. Apparently, the regular taxi terminals are 3 kilometers from the arrival gate! I hope that gets worked out sometime soon. Since I am leaving on October 20, I will probably be flying into Suvarnabhumi (airport code NBK has been assigned until until all international flights are transferred from Don Muang, the old airport, after which it will assume the code everyone is used to, BKK). The funny thing is, I really can’t remember a…
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Farming in Isan
I never would have guessed there are so many foreigners running farming operations in Thailand: Farming in Thailand Forum The above sentence is worded awkwardly because it’s apparently illegal for foreigners to do actual work on farms! Actually, that makes a hell of a lot of sense visa-wise because it theoretically deprives a Thai national from performing the same work – it’s just that I never thought there were that many foreigners interested in agricultural there.
