About six months ago my wife decided that she wanted to learn the ukulele. Don’t ask me why because I do not ask questions like that any more. At the time she also decided that this was going to be an enforced healthy family activity so I would resume playing the guitar… like it...
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This is a reply to Admin’s post (that’s his real name by the way – Klaus Admin) I am sorry to report that my colleague’s grasp of the Cyrillic alphabet is about at tight as his grip on reality. As anyone who reads Russian knows, those emails are being sent by the Russian Historical...
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Sometimes on this blog Pete and I get into rants about the good, the bad and the ugly of a couple of western guys living in Taiwan. Coming as we do from Australia there is much to be found that is different in our new surroundings and culture. Some good… some not so good....
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From time to time we receive contributions from our many fans. Here’s one from Francis in Bangkok. Francis is a cat trainer, a highly successful one, which has gotten him onto the A list for charity functions attended by very old ladies with lots of money but decreasing amounts of time… Here’s Francis’ letter...
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Or: Don’t Fart In Small Cars During A Heat Wave In Bangkok Here’s a definition for manners: non-enforceable guides or rules of conduct that grease the cogs and wheels of human relationships. That’s a mouthful but ‘non-enforceable’ is one point and ‘grease the cogs and wheels’ is the other. ‘Non-enforceable’: So far there is...
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It’s good news that the runner up for the Miss USA contest gets to keep her crown, not that this is any kind of major step for mankind but at least it’s a backward step for petty, sniping little pricks like the ‘celebrity’(?) blogger who tried to manipulate public opinion in support of his...
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