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She’ll Eat Forever
I taught a little girl how to fish today and she caught a delicious mebaru. However, I was disappointed that I did not in the least feel like Jesus.
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I was robbed by two men
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Thailand Coup Redux
I took a break from posting about the coup because no real information came forth for some time. However, this column I read over at The Nation (whose offices are apparently being guarded by the military) is just too good not to point out: Sonthi outsmarted Thaksin at the eleventh hour If it’s true that General Sonthi effectively prevented bloodshed by initiating this coup, it’s nothing short of heroic, in my mind. “However, an intelligence report reached General Sonthi’s camp stating that there would be bloodshed on Wednesday. The People’s Alliance for Democracy had planned to hold a political rally that day at the Royal Plaza in order to force…
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Earthsea in Japan
From the desk of Ursula K. Le Guin: A First Response to “Gedo Senki,” the Earthsea film made by Goro Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli. I think I may want to watch this one sometime (as opposed to the steaming pile that the Sci-Fi channel created a couple years ago) (wow, 2 gandaaalf-ish posts in a row!)
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Fo the G-man
Yo man, this is the kind of shit I mean when I say Oregon is weird. That’s not to say that Cali isn’t weird, either, because it is – it’s just less… GANDAAALF!!! You just know they gotta have a community elvinweed/entshroom patch up in there.
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Overheard in the office
Background: Coworker A just came back from an overseas posting last month and is showing the same kind of displeasure about our fabulicious uniforms that we all did last year. I have only a week left; my office farewell party is tonight!
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TOP SECRET 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY PROPOSAL
Just modify a laptop PC to run off of these USB-rechargeable AA cells: Link to USB Cell info page Of course, with only 1300mA to work with per cell, you will be lugging around a suitcase full of batteries and USB hubs, but I say no price is too steep for your own personal infinity loop, even if it isn’t, really. …………… I’ll accept my Nobel money in cash, thank you.
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A lull in the Coupblogging (Best pr0n movie title ever!)
Nico is our Mauritian homie in Bangkok. I like visiting his blog and pretending I can read French every day for a couple minutes, then invariably loading his page through a site like Babelfish in order to see how much I misunderstood (alas, invariably much more than I understood). Anyway, the title of this post stems from the Babelfish translation of the term, “coup d’etat.” Go check it out yourself here. That’s right, blow d’etat! I’m writing the screenplay in my head right now – I’m thinking Austrian accents, chained midgets, and trannie crossdressing ladyboy amputees… “Meesta? Ver are ze royal jew-els?” This is bound to be a hit. ……………
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Thailand Coup
The fucking phone lines are down. I can’t call Nam. ………. UPDATE: I got through. Everything is cool but nobody knows what the hell is going on. Nam and her family are watching Fox and CNN because the local channels have all been taken over by the military and are airing looped messages calling for civil stability and respect for the king. In other news, I feel slightly stupid for having bought my ticket to Bangkok less than four hours ago. ……….. Thaksin Overthrown In Army Coup, Thai Constitution is revoked by military As of this morning, Nam is saying that nobody has any idea what’s going on. Satellite TV…
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Here’s an awesome collection of vintage drug advertisements: LINK
