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Rusty Cage
For me, Sunday holds some mighty important rituals – slowly making coffee, working on my car, and listening to Johnny Cash. This is the greatest Soundgarden cover ever made.
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Thainglish Part 1: Assy Nail
Better than Naily Ass? Taken at Fairy Plaza, Khon Kaen, which fills all my ladyboy needs. Note: This photo and the ones of my office were taken with my new…
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The Big Ho on Slate
Mystery solved. All you have to do is scroll down the page a bit further: click to enlarge
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New Job: Bring me apples, yo
So here’s the deal: I got the university job and started yesterday, I’ve taught three classes so far and will be teaching Tuesday through Friday, 18 hours a week. I…
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Cows in my backyard
I woke to the sound of bells and a desultory “moo.” Like my bro said, now I’m in the inaka. I like it.
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Faith in Protein
Just a quick warning: I am possibly the worst person in the world to hang out with if you’re a dedicated vegetarian. I corrupted another one last night, with a…
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venemous dinner
it tastes like shrimp, yo. the pilsen was pretty good, too.
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the buy (part 2)
(click on photo to enlarge) Can you make out what tasty treat we came across?
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I miss Jim
Over at NPR: Ray Manzarek on ‘Light My Fire’ The keyboardist for the Doors explains how he came up with the famous piano riff from “Light My Fire.” Simply fascinating.…
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Ironwork Genius
Quite possibly the coolest laptop in the world. If these guys did the innards, they’d sell like hotcakes, 10kg weight and $X,000 price tag be damned. Most definitely the coolest…
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Anatomy of a Tribute
Well, I got a bit homesick walking by the local pizza parlor today. Not for food, mind you, but for my music and my stereo stuff, which is slowly making…
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Broom Man
We live in a gated community near Mahasarakham University (where Nam is heading up the Japanese Studies department). Every day a few vendors are let in to peddle their wares/offer…
