Monthly Archives: September 2009

Love is Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

September 28, 2009 – 7:52 pm

Love is Never Having to Say You’re Sorry is a famous line from the 1970 film LOVE STORY. Farangs are amazed by the infrequency of times that Thais saying they’re sorry. The word does exist as Khor-Todt, whose etymology stems from two Thai words; Khor or throat and Todt or fart. Throat-fart. Sorry, but maybe [...]

By Peter | Posted in Education, Thailand, language | Comments (0)

Bill Clinton Mea Culpas

September 28, 2009 – 5:55 pm

The Yom Kippur fever infected a goyim VIP as ex-President Bill Clinton admitted during an interview with Gloria Vanderbilt’s son, Anderson Cooper, that he was wrong to oppose gay marriage and adoption “I think if people want to make commitments that last a lifetime, they ought to be able to do it. I have long [...]

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Mea Culpa 2009

September 28, 2009 – 5:06 pm

Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement. Fast and going to temple to privately confess your evil deeds earns a tabla rasa for another year to repeat the ways of the flesh in violation of the 10 Commandments. Personally I wouldn’t go to temple, since attendance is the surest sign of guilt, then again [...]

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No we won’t

September 27, 2009 – 7:35 pm

Millions of Americans voted for Barack Obama in hopes that the new president would reverse the policies of GW Bush. No more torture. No more Guantanamo Bay. No wars. A rejection of the Patriot Act. The end of internal wiretapping of US citizens. No more rendition flights. I danced in the streets that November evening. [...]

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Chuck Berry’s SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN

September 27, 2009 – 1:48 pm

Not everyone was a sage as I was in Bali. Back in December 1959 Chuck Berry invited a Apache girl from Yuma, Arizona to work at his club in St. Louis. Police arrested the rocker on charges of violating the Mann Act ie the transport of minors over state lines. The girl charged with prostitution [...]

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