Chillin'
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1:50 AM
I’m grading writing exams and listening to Houses of the Holy. Definitely my favorite Zepp. I tried grading earlier in the evening but Max would come and take my pen away every time. Eventually I grew tired of getting nothing done and crashed out on the couch. when I woke up it was dark throughout the house and the fan that Nam had thoughtfully pointed at me hadn’t kept the mosquitoes from biting the hell out of my legs. Once I got up for water I remembered the grading I’d been doing and now I sit here, scratching my legs and appreciating a quiet house (save for The Rain Song).…
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Bill’s Bar Sound, Nara ( ????)
A sodden karaoke snack is all that remains. Thx to T for the pic.
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Cooling down period
I had to be extra careful for the past day or so because little problems started popping up in the same 24 hour period, and I took them as signs from James Brown in the sky that I had to be careful not to freak the funk. There were four signs in total: Yesterday, I noticed a wasp’s nest on a sapling in our front yard when I got home and immediately thought to spray it with insecticide, but decided to be nice and refrained from doing so. Later, when I was watering the yard with the hose in one hand and Max on the other arm, I must have…
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For Max’s future reference
Some random important stuff: I had no idea the way I tie my ties was called four in hand… I might try tying the other ways shown here too, just for fun. But once your dad teaches you how to tie a tie and you remember that method, that’s probably the method you use your whole life.
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RIP, Grasshopper
This is the appropriate tune: Hanzo Steel Remix
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Sungha Jung Day
I hereby declare April 30th “Sungha Jung Day.” Why? Because I feel like it, and it just needs to be done. Sungha’s top 3 YouTube vids IMHO: FUN-KAY! ON THE MJ TIP! THE BOY SHOWS EMOTION (1:54)!! ///////////////////////////////////////////// Takamine needs to step up and sponsor this kid.
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cent lorre
cent lorre CENT LORRE c3nt 10rr3 LOLZR all your googlage is belong to us
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Amish Twitter
Order telegrams over the web. Note: This is an experiment. I’ve cross posted this link to my Facebook and Twitter accounts, so sorry if I’ve spammed your intarwebs with it today (although I refrained from posting it at Linked In, in case a powerful Amish CEO was perusing my bio).
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A Day of Rarities
Nam and I ran a bunch of errands today and saw three very rare things: At the body shop: A Kujira Crown almost just like mine, but in much better condition (original everything: 4 cylinder engine, chrome trim [sob], automatic shifter on steering column indicating the car’s original purpose as a taxi in Japan [moving the shifter from the center allowed another passenger to sit there], etc.) restoration-wise. I say almost because I think mine was the deluxe version with a straight six 2600cc engine and optional (front seat only, non-retractable) seat belts. In particular, this old timer had Crown badges and some other details I had never seen before,…
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Bovine 911
Last night, Nam, Max, and I saw something I’ve been expecting to see ever since I came to Thailand. We had finished dinner at a restaurant just down the road and were on our way home in the Cefiro when we came upon flashing lights at a big curve. A police pickup blocked the view from the rear, but when we passed by we got a clear view of the latest road casualty: A young white cow of the type that used to frequent our yards, locally (and also commonly) known as Brahmans. When I first started driving around here I was sure this type of accident would be commonplace,…
