The Adventursaurus... in Brief: Archive

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Mar 21st

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Mar 21st

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First Crash

The walk home last night was interrupted by crunching metal and honking horns. A silver sedan bumped a motorbike taxi as it turned into a driveway. Luckily it was on a soi, and traffic was slow moving. I saw the motorcycle driver sitting up, so I think he’s ok. A taxi driver stopped to block the accident scene and directed traffic around it. A few other motorbike taxis stopped and then...

Mar 21st

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Mar 18th

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E: The only advantage chopsticks have, period, is that with a single pair you can sword fight with a friend

E: But because a fork, like America, is indivisible, you need a second one do accomplish the same feat

Mar 14th

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Ongoing Fork Ettiquette Lessons

Today at lunch all the spoons were missing/dirty, probably due to the audit staff who have taken over the office this week. No worries, though, right? I can just eat my delicious stirfry with a fork. Just like at home. Well, about 5 minutes into my meal, the receptionist gets up and goes to find a plastic spoon for me. NEVER PUT THE FORK IN YOUR MOUTH!!

Mar 14th

Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3s →

tuneage: In this article for The Morning News, [Paul Ford] downloads and listens to all 763 tracks offered by the SXSW people and gives them a rating out of 5, and reviews them in six words…. As well as the reviews, there are also a number of charts, like rating distribution (average rating was 2.42 out of 5) and genre distribution, and other fun statistics, like all the bands with...

Mar 13th

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Mar 13th

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I just created a small geyser on my balcony. Apparently turning the water on full blast to fill the washing machine is a bad idea, because the hose connection will blow out and spray you with water. And your kitchen, because you left the door open.

Mar 13th

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Walking Tour of My Apartment (via Vimeo)

Mar 11th

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Mar 11th

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Best Habits to Pick Up In Bangkok

So when you go home you can bring up the fact that you lived in Bangkok: Writing dates dd/mm/yyyy Eating Thai style. Use the fork to put food onto the spoon, insert spoon into mouth. NEVER PUT THE FORK IN YOUR MOUTH! Ending every sentence with “ka” (for ladies only)

Mar 5th

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PAD threatens war →

We might be in for another coup! “The anti-Thaksin Shinawatra People’s Alliance for Democracy declared on Wednesday that the country had returned to a “lawless era” and predicted the government will sponsor a military coup.” For those not following along at home, Former PM Thaksin was ousted in 2006 in a bloodless coup (aka “The Silk Revolution”). In...

Mar 4th

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I thought the walk to work today was weird, but check out what I saw on the way home! His owner wasn’t very nice though.

Mar 4th

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Or maybe they were playing freeze tag...

I was hustling to get to work today, like vicious strides around food stalls and dodging motorcycle taxis, when I realized that everyone around me had come to a dead stop. A businessman in the middle of a staircase, a teenage couple waiting to go up the staircase, people in front of shops they had no interest in visiting, civil servants in their uniforms, all stoppped. And then I heard a tinny...

Mar 3rd

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Mar 3rd

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Mar 2nd

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Mar 2nd

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The Mae Shi :: I Get (Almost) Anything I Want →

and I want almost everything, and I want almost everything, and I get almost anything I want, and I get almost anything I want,

Mar 2nd

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It’s Saturday night, I’m in a hip new city, and I am terrified to go out. But I’m also starving, so here I go. UPDATE: Had some delicious Japanese Curry. Nothing went wrong :D

Mar 1st