C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

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

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Cheesecake Factory?

Well, Slate followed up the wonderful variety meat article with one written by a food critic weenie from England, of all places. Perhaps his wittiest assertion in comparing London’s Chez…

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April 23, 2004
School of Rice (archives)

Samurai Racing

Personally, if I were promoting a racing team I wouldn’t use the name “Samurai” (the guys just don’t fit the part), and I wouldn’t drive around in a minivan with…

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June 28, 2005
Our New Thai House, Photos

Sunset from our stoop

Sometimes the sky here is so pretty it can make you cry. Even Max loved this sunset.

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September 10, 2008
  • Exploits,  Photos,  Toys & Tech

    I dropped my phone

    December 17, 2025 /

    I mean, I really dropped it. It slipped out of my sweaty hands when I was checking a message while walking. I kicked out with my foot and the phone hit the soft part of the padding, but bounced off, so I technically punted my phone into the asphalt. It immediately died, and after trying various online recovery techniques, I could not get it out of a bootloop. The multicolored “Google” logo appears and disappears endlessly, as the device seems to scream THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR DROPPING ME. But that’s when it’s plugged in. When it’s not plugged in, there are no signs of life at all. So maybe…

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    Chris Delivery

    August 12, 2011

    Night Beer Hiking in Downtown Chiang Mai

    January 27, 2011

    A baby fell from the sky

    June 7, 2012
  • Photos,  Yoda the Kitten

    Pickle is gone.

    December 7, 2025 /

    My cat died today. Sad. She had FIV from getting into fights with neighborhood cats and her health was in decline. There were a lot of trips to the vet over the past year. She became lethargic and incontinent for the last few months and we put her in a cage outside with a litterbox (which she had never seen before but instantly took to) at night. We fed her rich foods she wasn’t used to having like mackerel and chicken liver to supplement her normal meals. Basically, we tried to make her life very nice, because her mouser days were kind of over (although I found the remains of…

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    Hot like the hell

    April 27, 2024

    pink sky morning

    August 19, 2008

    Fried garlic pork and omelette.

    January 13, 2016
  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    There are two main objects in this photo

    December 6, 2025 /

    They are commonly carried by university students/teachers. If you can identify them both, you are hardcore Thai.

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    September 7, 2023

    Grilled Pork Neck

    October 29, 2019

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    March 2, 2010
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Exploits,  Photos

    Edward

    December 1, 2025 /

    Edward is one of the two turtles I saved from the road this year. He was crossing from a pond toward Wang Yao Market on the shortcut from Your Place Hotel to Makro. I kept him in a box for an hour until I could release him.

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    Sermthaithani Shops

    March 7, 2017

    Ford Modern Horse

    March 3, 2019

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    November 18, 2023
  • Exploits,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Phuket sky

    December 1, 2025 /

    We were waiting for our friends to come hiking back up the steep hill at sunset when the sky exploded. Southern Thailand hits different.

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    Simple Fare

    July 6, 2004

    Adam’s Mullet

    March 16, 2005

    Yesterday’s lunch

    December 27, 2011
  • Food,  Photos

    eryngii father and son

    December 1, 2025 /

    aka king trumpet mushroom, French horn mushroom, eryngi, king oyster mushroom, king brown mushroom, boletus of the steppes*, trumpet royale, aliʻi oyster *According to wikipedia, this is misleading nomenclature because boletus (which has pores) and eryngii (which has gills) are of different orders. All I know is that eryngii is delicious and it’s very hard to cook wrong.

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    Captain Ahab: The Man Who Brought Us Lizard Salad

    April 10, 2008

    Volunteering in Kalasin

    November 1, 2008

    Saucepan Casserole

    June 24, 2016
  • Exploits,  Videos

    the ballad of pokey pokey dude

    November 24, 2025 /

    I swear that I’d posted this before, but I guess not.

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    Swiss Sheep Farm, Petchburi, Thailand

    September 23, 2013

    No Holiday in Cambodia

    March 18, 2011

    Keitai Photodiary 10/24/05

    October 24, 2005
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos

    buff

    November 24, 2025 /

    @Nam’s mom’s house

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    Only in Issan

    May 15, 2016

    Maha Sarakham Restaurant Review – Little Tokyo

    May 2, 2013

    Phu Farm Canned Foods

    October 23, 2014
  • Web

    A Good Day Day?

    November 9, 2025 /

    Can’t believe I missed this update 11 years ago: The Return To Finding Out Ice Cube’s Good Day The original post blew up the internet a couple years before that. I found my link to it searching for an old post. A big problem with blogging for so long is that most links and video embeds end up broken… Which was a selling point for social media back in the day (your memories are safe with us!), but of course, even Facebook has started deleting live videos this year after realizing storing that shit costs money.

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    Raiders

    January 9, 2012

    holy. doog.

    February 22, 2008

    Too excellent.

    July 29, 2020
  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Phuket Shopfront

    November 9, 2025 /

    Just a cool shot from the driver’s seat. From a few months back.

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    October 13, 2017

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    January 23, 2012

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