Archive for December, 2007
Smiling faces - Thai elections 2007
The Election Commission has issued a letter warning the public that serving alcohol during the election weekend is punishable by law.
Notices have been sent out to business operators that they are to refrain from selling alcoholic beverages between 18.00 hrs on December 22 until 24.00 hrs on December 23.
This ban includes sales, distribution and organizing […]
Behind the Green Curtain by Jocko Weyland
SHORT STORY BY JOCKO WEYLAND
She works off a muddy street in the far Northeastern outskirts of Beijing in the scrappy, dirty slums off any tourist routes. One-story linoleum-floored tenements lined the road. the one room serves as bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchen according to the hour of the day.
In front of many are bicycle tire fixing […]
Wicked - Novella - Chapter 1
WICKED - A novella by PETER NOLAN SMITH
CHAPTER 1
An early summer breeze rustled through the narrow meadow to a burned circle. The charred grass had been trampled by countless feet. None had worn shoes in their orbit around the crudely-cut pole topped by an animal skull. The bone gleamed white in the afternoon sun, its […]
When the punishment fits the crime
MONTREAL (AFP) - After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get “Guitar Hero III” video game he bought his son for 90 dollars for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 9,000 dollars.
The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.
“So I […]
CCTV SOI 6
The other night I was out with the boys on Soi 6. Nick was drinking vodkas. Sammie was searching for Ms Perfect, and young Marton was wrestling with an undersized bargirl on the sofa for what seemed to be about an hour. He weighs in at 85 kilos and she couldn’t have been more than […]
No Nukes in Iran, but……
When Alan Greenspan said that the main reason for the Iraq War was Oil, I responded with a classic American epithat, “BULLSHIT.”
The Neo-Cons under the idiotoship of Donald Fieth and Paul Wolfowitz pursued a forward aggressive stance in the Middle East in order to satisfy the religious right’s belief that such a conflict could bring […]
Doomsday Compromise in Bali
Two weeks of bitter talks in Bali ended with the US compromising on a plan to start decreasing carbon emissions by 2009 in order to deal with worldwide rising temperatures. Only problem is that we may be too late, despite U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declaring, “This is the beginning, not the end.”
The jungles of SE […]
Pursuit of Higher Education UK
My sister-in-law regards me as a ne’er-do-well. She’s not far off the mark, I’ve led a prodigal’s life, while she’s worked for the CIA under George Bush and led a an exemplary suburban life as a working mother and wife. My brother and she have raised two good kids. Smarter than me and this Spring […]
Go Go Pole Dancing To THE END
Jamie Parker won 25000 baht on the lottery. The next day he found 5000 baht in the street. Later that evening Ort told him that an Englishman had decided she was the prettiest girl in the world and retired her from INSOMNIA GENTLEMAN’S CLUB. This was good news for both of us, since Jamie had […]






