Archive for September, 2008
The Simpsons Hits Twenty. Twenty!
I never thought I’d see the day. The Simpsons, possibly the most consistently funny show on television, has just started its 20th season. I remember watching the first episode back on December 17, 1989 when I was 14 years old and thinking it was pretty stupid (you may have figured out that 2008 - 1989 [...]
The Bare Minimum You Should Know When Traveling
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the seven years I’ve lived in an entirely different culture where people who look entirely different from me and speak an entirely different language, it’s that things are different here. I know, I catch on quick. But after seven years, you build up a repository of cultural credit, [...]
Biking Around Bangkok
Biking around Bangkok is something I really like doing, which freaks a lot of people out. Most automatically assume that it’s nothing more than a date with death, but I Greg to differ (ha!). If you’re patient, know how traffic works, and keep your wits about you, city riding can be really rewarding, especially [...]
Underrated Things: Lucky Number Slevin
One of the few rewards of the much-maligned visa run (which I’ll write about later) is that maybe you’ll get to see a not-bad movie on the bus ride to the hell-hole that is the border with Cambodia. I found myself stuck on one of these runs a while back and saw a movie that [...]
A Welcome Lull in the News
Because I’m a nerd, the first thing I do when I wake up is roll out of bed and into my command station computer desk to check what’s going on the world via my Netvibes RSS feed. When I checked things out this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see no screaming headlines about protests, [...]
A Few Words on Thailand’s (latest) Protests
Thailand has a funny way of ‘re-educating’ those of us who didn’t grow up here. From opening our eyes to Asian history to shattering preconceptions about race, food and poverty, every day that you live here teaches you something new. Since the continually developing protests have started, I’ve gotten a few emails from friends asking [...]
