Monthly Archives: August 2008

Labor Day Travel

August 29, 2008 – 9:21 am

My good friend Alan Vaughan called from Gary, Indiana. He was driving to Florida. I told him I was leaving for New England. We hadn’t seen each other in a good 6 or 7 years. “How you getting north?” He was ready to suggest an airline. “I’m hitchhiking on I-95. I figure it will take [...]

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Chek Bin Kap

August 25, 2008 – 3:40 pm

Fabo and I were sitting in the garden of the Welkome Inn. He was drinking Heineken and I was supping a cold San Miquel Lite. Unexpectedly two unordered bottles arrived at the table. The waitress explained that a girl had received ten million Zaire Francs from a customer and rung the bell for the entire [...]

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The Son of a Friend

August 25, 2008 – 3:26 pm

The PAD (People’s Alliance for Democracy) has announced a march on Bangkok to blockade the offices of the Prime Minister. This embargo is aimed at ousting Samak and forcing a new election without the interference of the deposed PM Thaksin, now residing in the UK. The opposition has also mounted a campaign against the present [...]

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Let no good deed go unpunished

August 24, 2008 – 9:03 pm

This poor taxi driver made the classic mistake of helping a woman in distress. He witnessed a motorcycle snatch-and-grab and chased the two culprits in his taxi, driving them off the road. A witness handed the female victim her chain and when the police arrived on the scene, the officers could find no one to [...]

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Mayor of Pattaya

August 24, 2008 – 8:54 pm

The other day I ate a spicy catfish salad. Yam pla muk foo. It didn’t agree with my stomach and my sleep that night was interrupted by a disturbing dream. Somehow after a drunken night on Walking Street, I had been appointed mayor of Pattaya. I was in the city hall. Everyone was waiting for [...]

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