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

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    Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of American Chinese food

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  • New Word

    keriorrhoea

    n : gastrointestinal symptoms caused by undigested wax esters (Gempylotoxin) of the oilfish or butterfish (that is contained in their natural diet but remain in their muscle tissue) which may…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Web

    The most fucked up article you’ll read this year

    WARNING: The article linked to below is graphic and nauseating, especially if you’re digging into a chicken sandwich like I was this morning. WHO’S HUNGRY? – PART 1 An Interview…

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  • Toys & Tech

    Broadcasting Live from Dharamasala

    I haven’t used Twitter for months, but it was interesting to find the Dalai Lama’s feed. It seems genuine. UPDATE: Hi, Justin Yoshida (cbuddha). Dalai Lama (OHHDL) is now following…

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    furo agari

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    muhmuhmuhmarriage of figaro

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  • Thai Society/Culture,  Web

    Thai to English (and English to Thai) Translation with Google

    Note to self: Thai to English Translation: LINK English to Thai Translation: LINK

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  • Music,  Old Blog Entries (archives),  Thai Society/Culture

    I Saw the Queen of Morlum (and Molam and Mawlum and Morlam)

    Her name is Banyen Rakgan, and here I must quote Wikipedia: “Banyen was the first national mor lam star, whose appearances on television in the 1980s brought the form to…

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    Thumb Piano Beatbox

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  • Oh, baby!,  Photos

    teef

    This totally does not look like him, but the camera catches funny faces sometimes.

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Web

    Escolar aka Butterfish aka Hawaiian Walu aka the Ex-Lax Fish…

    …aka Oilfish aka the “It” Fish aka Shiro Maguro aka Abura Bozu aka Abura Sokumutsu aka Mutzu. I have finally found a fish that Japanese won’t eat (raw, at least),…

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  • Toys & Tech

    Word Macros I Have Loved and Almost Lost

    I’ve recently had to convert MS Word files with tons of zenkaku English text in them to all hankaku so I could forward them to people on non-Japanese language-enabled systems.…

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