Archive for January, 2008

Eastern Promises

On Boxing Day 2006 a pick-up truck narrowly missed my daughter. I confronted the driver at the end of the soi. The tattooed tapestry got out of his truck wearing sneakers or trainers. He was bigger than I thought and I was wearing the 2nd worst footwear for a fight.
Flip-flops.
The worst are cowboy boots which have no […]

Jesus Didn’t Have Tattoos by Jocko Weyland

Short Story by Jocko Weyland from Vice Magazine

http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2008/01/fiction—joc-1.html?cid=98780906#comment-98780906 
Hanging out at the park on a sunny Los Angeles winter afternoon, lying on the grass, reading, taking it in while unfortunately having to endure the Mexican evangelical preacher squawking away in Spanish on a megaphone at the far end. I mean really, why, why, why must they […]

South Carolina Win for Obama

What’s this triumph mean for Thailand?

Nothing yet other today is another day closer to GW Bush’s 3rd term, however the US media detracted from Obama’s SC win by attributing the victory to his massive black turn-out.
“Niggers only care bout 3 things. Loose shoes, tight pussy, and a warm place to shit.” Earl Butz, Nixon’s Secretary […]

They Go in Threes #2

I worked at St. John of the Heavens Hospital the summer of 1973. Marilynn was working there. She went to Boston College. So did I. She was a candy striper. Orderlies earn five cents an hour than janitors. I call myself a ‘porter’. My first day I learned St. John’s was a waiting room for […]

Ocean One Tower Update 2008

The Ocean 1 Tower plot this morning was extremely inactive. No one on site. No digging. No work. The mega-project seems to be on hold in response to the current economical climate i.e. gloom. No more smiling faces on realtors and developers. Life has become a struggle in 2008.

“There was no high season this year.” One sales […]