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Tokyo Sasumata Incident
One of my YouTube vids from six years ago shows police in Maha Sarakham using a sasumata (a nonlethal man-catching staff of samurai-era design) to subdue a knife-wielding suspect at…
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espresso
At my friend’s place out on the MSK bypass. I’ve been working weekends for the past couple weeks and I’m tiiiiiired.
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kreb
I came upon this little guy on my daily walk at the old MSU campus a couple months ago, when it was raining every day and the roadside ditches were…
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SUZU
Thailand, where old Japanese trucks go to thrive once again. @ Maha Sarakham University old campus
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Ship’s Bow
A friend opened a new café out on the Maha Sarakham bypass (ring road) next to her parents’ restaurant. The deck I was standing on when taking this pic is…
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pod thing
This is outside a new café in our neighborhood, the name of which totally escapes me. This is mostly because cafés open and close so frequently here, it’s hard to…
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Fiat and Fowl
Just a few of the wonders to be seen at my local garage’s work yard. My ’71 Kujira Crown is still sitting in the back yard. It was damaged pretty…
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Toshino Kickass
It seems like a funny name for a safety product, but I guess they paid someone’s 12 year old nephew to design it, so whatever… Toshino actually makes some of…
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Dharmachakra
If I had a celestial chariot, that’s the kind of wheel I want on it. At a holy site in Nam Phong, Khon Kaen, that I possibly misidentified on Maps…
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A Message to the US Ambassador to Thailand
On September 29, 2023, Robert F. Godec, Ambassador of the United States to Thailand, visited Mahasarakham University to open a new wing of the American Corner, at which Mina and…
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Stewed Beef
I am a huge fan of stewed beef, and I love the texture of stewed meats in general. Nam’s friend from middle school opened a noodle shop near her university…
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Mahasarakham University Convention Center Building
Weather and schedule permitting, I walk around this area every day around sunset. I caught a double rainbow framing the “medieval church” convention center last week:
