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The Coen Brother’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN won the Best Film Oscar this year. Three minutes of the creepy lead actor’s haircut was enough for me. I chucked the DVD into the swamp behind my house and haven’t heard from it since, but at the Pattaya court I ran into another farang who was […]

The religious right in America have sought to increase the influence of God on the government by trying to place the 10 Commandments in various courthouses and legislature. While I am not a follower of the bearded Jehovah in the flowing muumuu, I have nothing against erection of the twin tablets of NO this and […]

I received an email from a friend of the family seeking companionship, whom I remember from showing porno movies to my girlfriend at the time. Obviously he is in a different head now because he wants a serious relationship.

Erk!
Here are the correspondences.
Yes, I remember you.
I’m living here now. Not easy, but a good change from […]

The Old Roue and I stayed out later than planned and I woke up this morning wanting to to kill the cat who fouled my mouth. My wife asked if we had a good time at the go-go bars. I groaned I got mao without explaining the main reason for my 3am arrival was that […]

The Old Roue was in Pattaya for a break from Bangkok. I hadn’t visited Walking Street for ages and told my wife I would only be a few hours. She said fine. She knew what I was like and were set off for the night with her blessing. Between the two of us the Old […]

The winter of 1987 was cold enough to freeze the Housatonic River passing through the Kent Hills and the town erected an elaborate float on the thick ice. Its sinking signaled the coming of spring and the townspeople organized a pool to reward the person who guessed the date of the ice could no longer […]

Not only has England changed, but Pattaya has metamorphorsized from a neglected backwater to a premier destination for lager louts around the world. The green coconut farms are replaced by sardine-can houses, traffic jams stop traffic on 2nd Road, and the bars are filled with assholes.

Mostly I hang out with Thais drinking beer.
Sam Royalle also […]

The names of some bars evoke grandeur; Harry’s in Venice, The Oak Bar in the Plaza, Raffles’ Long Bar in Singapore.
Other bars elicit yawns from real drinkers; TGIF, Hooters, Harry Beans.

Yet a few are notoriously renowned for sleaze and mayhem, where most people’s fun ended where the fun of those those frequenting these haunts begins.
Ave […]

I was in the Wat Chai market looking for fresh shrimp. Those sold at the big stores (BIG C, Carrefour, or Lotus) are tasteless. After purchasing a kilo, I was heading back to my bike, when a voice called my name. It was Ort. Neither Jamie Parker nor I had seen her, since she hooked up with a farang […]

Surprise surprise. Ocean One received the green light for the tallest residential building in the world. Construction is scheduled for March 30. I drove by the Jomtien site yesterday and workers were busy erecting temporary barracks. Approval was given after the Pattaya City Council accepted the project’s environmental study.

Set over 200 meters from the beach […]