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

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  • Web

    Quick reading 8/27/2011

    Questlove and Seal Team Six Update: Have they already remade Back to the Future?

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  • Cars,  Photos

    Dogs and Cars

    The story of restoring my beloved Kujira Crown is long and unimportant. The sad fact is that the shop promised to be done in a month and a half and…

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  • Oh, baby!,  Photos

    First Day of School

    This is from a few months ago, but I forgot to post it until now. Don’t worry, the little kids at Max’s school aren’t self conscious enough to care about…

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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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