This is the greatest TV intro I think I’ve ever seen. It’s from a pretty interesting show … Deadliest Catch …. and it my first video on youtube. Enjoy.
Another day passes, and again I’m the wearier for it.
Today I’m also slightly seedy owing to a few beers to celebrate the news of Mint’s ultrasound, or as it’s pronounced in Thai, “undersound”. There are quite a few words, now that I think of it that when “borrowed” into Thai, the pronounciation changes. “Watson’s” (the [...]
… but he left for work 5 minutes ago.”
- Marge, The Simpsons 16×09, Lisa’s Wedding
Mint is on her way to Chiang Mai, which means I’ve got two days of living da vida loca. And I have plans, let me assure you of that. I’m meeting someone today for coffee who may actually become a friend [...]
To be realistic, only my mother will find this as hilarious as I thought it was, but I’m posting it anyway:
“Just we go เดิน (walk) and see dog. Dog say “huong huong huong huong huong!” (dogs don’t “woof” in Thailand, they “huong”). You say “stupid dog! Why you huong my girlfriend?” Three years ที่แล้ว (ago), [...]
It seems that the new blog version doesn’t handle subscriptions properly. Great. I have just reset some options and screwed around with something and we’ll see I guess if this makes a difference.
Most exciting news is that the rogue US$50 note has been exchanged! I persisted in trying many, many (many) exchange places and eventually [...]
I have a theory.
In my mind, the best salads are those in which you’re not just eating lettuce until you get to the end and there are all these tasty bits left. The best salads are where the lettuce-eating-boringness is offset by frequent explosions of flavour of the tasty bits. The key seems to be [...]
There are exactly three things I am into at the moment.
The first is I have started rewatching The Outer Limits, which is great. I used to love that show, and frequently curse Channel 7 like a sailor when they changed programming at the last minute and showed some other crap instead. There’s a different face [...]
I may be the most annoying person in the world to watch TV with in another language:
who’s that?
are they a boy or a girl?
who’s that?
is he her father?
why are they sad?
who died?
Until the TV was turned off and TV watching was declared “over”.
Godfrey briefly took the lead in the stock market game, but we’re back [...]