Category Archives: medicine

A DANGEROUS METHOD – MOVIE

February 3, 2012 – 9:30 am

This past month in Thailand I bought a number of DVDs from the bootleggers in Sri Racha and Bangkok. The quality of each one was less than 90%, but at my house the TV is tuned to either Thai TV or my son Fenway’s cartoons, so I retreat to our bedroom to view the poorly [...]

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Goodbye Old Tooth

January 12, 2012 – 4:47 am

West 4th Street’s basketball court on 6th Avenue attracted the best talent in the five boroughs in the late 70s. Passers-by clung to the chain link fence, as the players ran the short distance between the steel backboards. Most streetballers were devoted to offensive, but I was welcomed into games, because of my defense. My [...]

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Quote of the Day – Hippocrates

July 11, 2011 – 7:06 pm

“Corpulence is not only a disease itself, but the harbinger of others”. Hippocrates, the father of western medicine

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The Exquisite Fatness of Farangs

November 7, 2010 – 12:37 pm

“Why farang so fat?” Lil’ Noi the 16 year-old waitress from Chez Michel asked at the end of the night. “Kin mak.” Lil’ Noi was right. Farangs ate a lot, although not as much as a hungry Thai woman during the course of the day. Morning rice and chicken, mid-day sum tam with Chinese noodles, [...]

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The Popularity of Castration

August 26, 2010 – 4:30 pm

Recently The Nation reported on a growing castration (lopping off the testicles) or gaan dton trend amongst young wannabe ladyboys without funds to finance a complete sexual transformation. The castration operation costs $130US or 4400 baht and in most cases requires parental approval. These young boys are convinced that ridding themselves of their testicles will [...]

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