The Nation, English language newspaper in Bangkok, used my internet post in their actual paper Letters section again. They really like me over there it seems. My opinion seems to be “radical” enough for the more liberal The Nation. Perhaps I should try to score another part time writing gig with them again. After all, I used to write for their weekly magazine, Femme for Women....
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Two beers! That’s one beer more than my usual alcohol capacity, a one beer wonder that I am. I’m well alcoholized at this point. What a perfect time to blog, although I could never compete with MacDaddy on the drunken rant writing department. I just got home from a night out in LA with a bunch of friends, former HSXers–people I used to work with at the Hollywood Stock Exchange–plus a few others. I worked the OakMonster magic and pulled together a small gathering at, now my new favorite pub, St. Nick’s on 3rd. And even managed to drag Brandon...
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Thai Olympic medalists and atheletes arrived in Bangkok to much fanfare. I still can’t get over it. 8 frelling medals, man. EIGHT. That’s HUGE!...
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James “Scotty” Doohan bids Hollywood Walk of Fame star–an effort put together by his son Chris and his fans, including Brandon and myself–on Tuesday. Thanks for the good times, Scotty. **UPDATE** Here’s the coverage of the event....
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Just watched the American version of Godzilla for the first time after all these years. Since I grew up with the Japanese Godzilla, I felt like I would be betraying my roots by seeing the US Godzilla. Mutated iguana. Give me a frelling break. The damn thing can’t even breathe fire, and you’re calling it a Godzilla? Oh yeah, all 2 times that it “breathes fires” in this US version. If you watch closely, you’ll see that Godzilla’s breath/roar sends cars flying, and the collision of those cars cause explosion. Godzilla’s breath fans and pushes the flames. That is no...
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3 Gold (2 women’s weightlifting, 1 boxing) 1 Silver (boxing) 4 Bronze (2 women’s weightlifting, 1 women’s Taekwondo, 1 boxing) This is the best Olympics ever for Thailand, and best ever for Thai women. It’s been emotional....
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