Monthly Archives: November 2007

Loy Krathong Ka-toey Pattaya

November 23, 2007 – 11:59 pm

I was born in 1952. Doctors during that prehistoric period had no way of predicting an infant’s sex, however my mother was so convinced that her second child would be a girl that a year’s worth of pretty pink baby clothing lay neatly stacked in a crib. i imagine she experienced a more than a little disappointment [...]

By Peter | Posted in Beauty, Traditions | Comments (0)

Ron Paul – Internet Presidential Darling

November 23, 2007 – 11:59 pm

  From posting video on YouTube to enlisting friends through Facebook, all of the presidential candidates are looking for ways to harness the Internet. In the case of Ron Paul, the Internet has harnessed him. Paul, a 10-term Texas congressman who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, came into the campaign with a conservative platform: [...]

By Peter | Posted in politics | Comments (1)

No Music Day 11/21 Pattaya

November 22, 2007 – 11:19 pm

Last week Jamie Parker said that he had never seen a group of people more allergic to silence than the Thais. The TV never gets a rest. Rice farmers wake to loudspeakers blaring crop prices. Dogs howl without an owner’s restraining smack and karaoke bars punish neighbors with painful renditions of Isaan love songs way past dawn. And I’ve never [...]

By Peter | Posted in music | Comments (0)

Oliver Stone Film Stop in Chiang Mai

November 22, 2007 – 10:28 pm

Big Al called this week while I was in Bangkok getting a pension paper notarized for my retirement visa at the American embassy. “Oliver Stone is directing a movie about the My Lai massacre. They’re looking for guys your age. Why don’t you go for an audition?” It was only 2pm. I called the casting [...]

By Peter | Posted in Movies / TV | Comments (0)

Good-Bye Mia Noi

November 18, 2007 – 11:47 pm

Luis Bunuel the surrealist Spanish film director said, “First you get married and then you find somone with whom you can be unfaithful.” My wife and I have been together over five years. You can divine the health of a relationship by how close you sleep together. The distance between our bodies is about a [...]

By Peter | Posted in Relationships | Comments (0)