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C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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  • Food,  Photos

    Perfect Chicken Pot Pie

    As perfect as it gets for NE Thailand, at least: It only tasted about half as good as it looked, which was still pretty good. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that…

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  • Chillin'

    Wifred is currently the best show on television

    And goddamn, Mary Steenburgen is just… timeless.

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  • Chillin',  Photos

    Old photos of HB

    This photo gallery of Huntington Beach from the 1920’s shows just how many derricks there used to be on and near the beach. I had no idea how many had…

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  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Dog Show at Central Plaza, Khon Kaen

    And when they say, “show,” it’s like a spectacle for people who have never seen dogs before and might mistake them for food or something. The only other time I’ve…

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  • Music,  Videos

    This guy is HUNGRY.

    …And his stage is the fucking GAIA! (via my pal Ton on FB)

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  • Food,  Thai Society/Culture

    Aegle marmelos

    This is a bael or bael fruit AKA Bengal quince, wood apple, stone apple or seer phael (head-fruit). In Thai it’s known as matum. In Thailand, bael is usually found…

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  • New Word

    Rhaphanidosis

    Definitely a word you should know. Goes hand in hand with “sodomy with a mullet.”

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  • Exploits,  Work

    In which OLDER does not necessarily mean WISER…

    So far today, I’ve had to break into my own house three times because each time I left I’ve forgotten my own keys inside, and then later, forgotten to ask…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food

    Spit Roast Pig

    When we went to our good friend’s party last month, the kids tired out in an hour or two and we took them back home (just a 2 minute drive).…

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  • Exploits,  Photos,  Work

    Chris Delivery

    Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being Chris Delivery’s bodyguard (I got the job by looking “ex-yakuza.”) Fortunately, there were no kidnapping or assassination attempts, but he did get jumped…

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  • Cars

    Bang up

    Ah, dammit. Today started off kinda bad, and I’m flat out busy. I went out in the Cefiro to buy fried dough crosses for Max and Mina before they woke,…

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  • Oh, baby!,  Photos

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    Classic Battle: Strength vs. Technique

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