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Old Black Magic of Siam

June 22, 2012 – 7:07 pm

Four years my friend, Pi-Noi brought his work crew down from Ban Nok to install an air-conditioning system in a Pattaya bar. The 400-kilometer drive gave them a healthy thirst and that night under my mango tree we drank a case of Chang Beer. Nearing midnight the bottles were empty, but the out-of-towners wanted more [...]

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The Fatality of Infidelity in Thailand

May 18, 2012 – 12:56 pm

Several years ago my friend, Sam Royalle, suspected his girlfriend was seeing another man. “It wouldn’t bother me if he was farang, but I think he’s Thai.” “How do you know that?” I always have suspected that the reason Thai girls insist of showering after sex is to erase any evidence of sex, although the [...]

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Hair-Cut No No

May 10, 2012 – 6:01 pm

Two weeks ago I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge to a party in Nolita. The city skyline shimmered under a sky dotted by the few stars brilliant enough to pierce New York’s light umbrella. Tourists flashed photos in the dark and the bridge hummed with the passage of cars and trucks. The night was cold [...]

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Oh No No Sex

May 10, 2012 – 5:45 pm

Witches were fearsome creatures in my youth. These wanton women consorted with Satan and their roaming succubi seduced the souls of pure men. Throughout the 70s and 80s I ran into their decadent descendants finally meeting Elena, a Spanish flamenco dancer. We lived together in my East Village apartment for several months. My bed became [...]

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Internet Magic

May 10, 2012 – 4:47 pm

The Catholic Church hated witches. The Protestants weren’t much better. Believers in the Old Ways were burned at the stake by the tens of thousands. Twenty-eight people were hung or killed in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. The last such case to come before a court was the 1878 American civil trial in Ipswich, Massachusetts, [...]

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