Dishonesty sucks
So, children, the moral of the story is, “if you ever get caught with stolen merchandise, just tell the cops you didn’t know it was stolen.”
Internets is teh kewl!!!
Author: Justin
YouTube Blocked in Thailand
Office efficiency skyrockets and school delinquency rates plummet as the Thai government bans popular video sharing site YouTube.
Luckily, my site isn’t hosted in Thailand (and why would it be?). It’s amazing how few people in power “get” the Internet.
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UPDATE: TIME has a more comprehensible summary of events
vindicated
An ATM ate my bank card and the screen flashed OUT OF ORDER in incredibly annoying red letters. I socked it pretty hard and it spit my card back out, then it resumed normal operation. That was pretty much the best thing that happened today (besides finding a really good fried chicken vendor downtown).
My favorite breakfast joint in Sarakham
Sorry, no time for captions. Maybe no need, either! ; )
(Click on any image below to open a larger version in a pop-up window.)
museumr
Go play, if you have a flickr account.
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Here’s the original:
http://flickr.com/photos/cbuddha/433197026/
And there’s a story behind it: Went fishing in crazy hot weather a few weeks ago on a ghetto pontoon boat; caught a few fish and saw this little guy hit the water and start drowning. Fished him out with my Thai “fish hell” rig just as he stopped struggling. Put him on my finger and blew on his wings, and he came back to life! It was pretty cool.
Choose your own bitter pill
I found some really good videos on YouTube, but they are all downers. I don’t know if it’s wise to watch so much sadness and suffering in one go, so I suggest choosing a single theme from the following:
1. Sadistic dolphin killings in Wakayama, Japan
“Each year, the idyllic and peaceful setting of the village of Taiji in southern Japan is shattered by almost unspeakable cruelty as incredible pain and ultimate death is inflicted on defenseless dolphins.” I actually had no idea that this was taking place so close to where I lived – it’s in Wakayama… If I had known that just a couple years ago…
Dolphin Massacre in Japan
and
Japanese Massacre – Dolphin killing in Taiji Japan
FUCK cultural preservation and FUCK the limpdick Japanese government for not stepping up to these sadistic rednecks – this is just wrong.
2. Thai Brides – A glimpse into the system
“Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends is a television documentary series, in which Louis Theroux gives viewers the chance to get brief glimpses of things they wouldn’t normally come into contact with. In most cases this means interviewing people with extreme beliefs of some kind, or just generally belonging to subcultures not known to exist by most or just frowned upon.” Louis Theroux is the youngest son of famed travel writer Paul Theroux and this episode exposes some pretty pitiful circumstances and individuals.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
That said, I’d buy Lake Palmer a beer anytime.
Hu Jintao doesn’t read this blog…
And now I know why – this site isn’t commie compliant! China is blocking my domain!
(According to these guys, at least.)
I am deeply, deeply honored. In fact, I think this calls for a tribute:
50 Years of Skyline
If the grand tour of Japan proposed on this Nissan page doesn’t include a couple of timed laps around the Osaka sotokanjo, it just ain’t worth doing. I remember one of the early Japanese car magazines that featured a reader’s photo corner where you could send in copies of your speeding tickets – the reader with the highest recorded speed won some sort of prize. Ah, those were the days (before 50+ kmph over speeding tickets cost you your license plus a night in jail).