Monthly Archives: November 2008

Presidential Peeing

November 30, 2008 – 4:00 pm

The Plaza Hotel in New York is a world-famous destination and every day I see people whose faces adorn the celebrity pages of the newspapers and magazines. Yesterday Susan Lucci entered our jewelry store. My young work wife asked the diminutive TV actress, “Does anyone tell you that you look like Susan Lucci?” “All the [...]

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Iceland Crapped Out

November 25, 2008 – 1:14 pm

“I don’t trust the government, I don’t trust the banks, I don’t trust the political parties, and I don’t trust the IMF. We had a good country here and they’ve ruined it.” These words came from a young Icelandic protester angered by the North Atlantic nation’s collapse into an extreme economic abyss. Banks in Reykjavik [...]

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Presidential Pardon Nov. 2008

November 25, 2008 – 1:13 pm

Upon my return to the USA I posted a request for a presidential pardon to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Every day I check the mail for a response. Nothing has arrived yet and I’m getting a bad feeling that the Bush Administration might not have deemed my application valid, since I have never been convicted of [...]

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Thai Turmoil

November 25, 2008 – 1:12 pm

On Monday anti-government demonstrators spread throughout downtown Bangkok to encircle the Parliament. Electrical lines were cut forcing legislators to once more take refuge in the old Don Muang Airport in the north of the Thai capitol. The protesters are demanding the immediate resignation of the post-Thaksin coalition on the grounds that the present PM’s links [...]

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Thai Food Customs

November 25, 2008 – 1:09 pm

Every country has their own Old Wive’s Tales. A list of things you shouldn’t do. Thailand is no exception. Some of these seem crazy on the surface but most have hidden good reasons. You will still hear some of these being said today in some Thai families. * Don’t eat a double banana because if [...]

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