This is what a wall in your house might look like if a dragonfly landed on it when there was a flood.
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Photo taken at Tong’s juku where I teach high schoolers English on Thursday. I ‘shopped in the water for fun.
Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
Or at least I thought I did.
As he walked closer to my car, I saw he was actually an Indian Pai Mei with only one arm.
Or maybe not.
BTW, this is the official tune for Pai Mei spotting.
And goddamn, Mary Steenburgen is just… timeless.
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 been taken down over the years, but I suspect the huge and oily wooden beams we used in front of our HB house as planter sidings 30 years ago came from that infrastructure.
I also found another related image through Google that I can’t find the source for:
Just a note: It hasn’t always been so, and it may not always be so, but right now I’m at a stage in life where I’d rather do work for free than for a token amount of money… And I’m much more inclined to accept such offers from people who need it than those who don’t.
That is all.
If I weren’t such a well-tempered and patient individual, I’d have maimed several people this week.
Everybody has a talent. It may be obscure, it may be something you’re sure nobody else can understand… but you should definitely take advantage of it.
One of my talents is meeting random people who change my life at the damndest times. It happened again today.
We just finished having beers.
It was somewhat of an unwelcome surprise to find out that part of my brain needs Mr. T. Watching his new show while making dinner, I kept telling myself how stupid it was the first 20 minutes, and ended up smiling when it finished… For what it’s worth, he’s actually a much better host than Tosh.
(awesome graphic via)