I’m lightening up the mood here. Thailand has coups. It’s almost a fact of life. Prime Minister abuses power. Government is corrupted. People protest to no avail. The military steps in, essentially to wipe the slate clean. A new constitution is drafted, essentially a forced reform. Temporary PM and government is installed. About a year later everything goes back to normal. About 10 years after that, a Prime Minister would come along and abuse his power. Rinse and Repeat. Once in a while you run into a Suchinda where the power went to his head and wouldn’t return democracy to...
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Well, shit. Nothing poops out a party like a military coup in your Motherland. What a downer on my celebration of the Talk Like a Pirate Day! Check here for updates: BBC International. Screw CNN in the US, they’re too fuckin’ slow. 19Sep the Blog. Someone’s quick! Bangkok Pundit. The ever so trusty Paknam Web Forum. And, of course, the unconventional yet emotional reporting of our very own Gnarly Kitty....
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Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, Arrrrrrgggh! This entry be updated through out the days as me get more pictures. Capt’n Bubbles, the Jolly Pirate of the South China Sea, welcomes ye ter the Talk Like A Pirate Day…Arrrrrrrrr! First, see the Pirate Turtle Brownies that Captain Bubbles baked last night! Then, learn to talk pirate. And of course, no day be better than t’day fer a miliary coup. Thailand is having one now. Check yer BBC.com (because CNN doesn’t have ditty!) Avast!! There be more on the way!...
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yarrgh Originally uploaded by theoakmonster. Tomorrow be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ye better strut your pirattitude out there or Captain Bubbles will come over and slap ye, ye mangy blige rats! Arrrrggggh. P.S. Check out my other internet borrowed baby, everyone please welcome my Trojan “nephew”, Joshua Heygood!...
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momandkids Originally uploaded by theoakmonster. Here’s the picture of us at the hospital the day before I left. That’s my oldest brother on the left and the middle one on the right. She’s looking pretty good, y’all. Like I said, if she could yell at me to hang up the phone when I call to talk to her because I was wasting money, she’s doing swell. 🙂 And here’s one of my brother and his wife with mom. (My sister in law is soo pretty!)...
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Yes. The Trojans beat Nebraska Cornhuskers to pulp yesterday 28-10. We didn’t have a good start to begin with, and on the 3rd drive of the game, this happened. Surely an injury that ends this season. Please all wish Ryan Powdrell the best. And pray for the Trojan offense to shape up after such loss. Also, even before the game, there was another kind of pain many of the current USC students experienced outside the Coliseum. Apparently USC sold 12,000 Activity Cards, essentially your season tickets for almost all home games, but only alloted 8,000 in the student section. The...
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