Getting By in Bangkok Vox 2009-11-10T14:03:10Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00fa96788a820003/ You want fruit with that? tag:vox.com,2009-11-06:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030123dde25b2f860d 2009-11-06T13:09:57Z 2009-11-10T14:03:10Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Banana latte is quite a change

Recently, the coffee shop on the ground level of the office building started offering a couple of Thai dishes for lunch. There's a food market just down the street that I usually go to, but the coffee shop is near, clean and (most importantly) air...

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]]> Halloween Bowling tag:vox.com,2009-10-31:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030123ddcbb8b0860c 2009-10-31T12:31:37Z 2009-11-08T23:47:52Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Waiting to Bowl

A couple of weeks ago my boss volunteered me and couple of my co-workers to spend Halloween day bowling at a charity event. I went bowling once when I was 10 or 11 and I think that experience was enough to last me a lifetime. However, refusing to ...

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]]> Weekend Glam Rock tag:vox.com,2009-10-25:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030123ddc8ae8a860c 2009-10-25T00:51:52Z 2009-10-26T00:08:33Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

VelvetGoldminePoster Placebo - 20th Century Boy

Friday was a holiday in Thailand, so I had a three day weekend. Mostly I just ran errands and took care of chores that I've been putting off. Yesterday evening I decided watched the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine. I'd never heard of the movie un...

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]]> QotD: Best-Seller tag:vox.com,2009-10-14:asset-6a00fa96788a82000301240b697aad860e 2009-10-14T15:04:50Z 2009-10-16T17:37:32Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom If you were going to write a book, what would you write about? I'd write a story about a Cajun boy named Gris-Gris that plays a guitar.

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]]> My Sister's Birthday tag:vox.com,2009-10-10:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030123ddd46551860d 2009-10-10T11:56:47Z 2009-10-10T13:43:20Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A & J 1965 - new baby sister A&J Easter Adrienne Easter 2 Dolly Adrienne, Jenn and Creola 1991 Jenn and Adrienne Dec 2002-2

My sister's birthday was yesterday. Of my four siblings she's the closest in age to me, but still 6 years older. She looked after me quite a bit and put up with me even when I was annoying. When I was very young, I would sneak into her room when s...

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]]> A Cats and Bananas Post tag:vox.com,2009-10-05:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030123ddbe38a2860c 2009-10-05T00:33:26Z 2009-10-06T00:03:35Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bananas havested Oct. 2009 NamPung and bananas NamTan in the leaves Green Bananas

This weekend we harvested some bananas from the banana tree. It's a bit of an ordeal involving climbing on the roof with a machete. It's a nice bunch but not as many as last year. Nevertheless, I'll be eating bananas for a while. I'll have to tak...

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]]> Only Partially About the Weather tag:vox.com,2009-10-02:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030123f166f95b860f 2009-10-02T13:38:37Z 2009-10-03T05:04:20Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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My last post was about my house flooding. Things have dried out and only a few shoes were casualties. The rain is still falling, but the house hasn't flooded again. The front yard has been turned into a swamp a couple of times, though. Just a ...

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]]> Nam Tuam Baan (House Flood) tag:vox.com,2009-08-30:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030110180a7bd8860e 2009-08-30T15:41:51Z 2009-09-03T23:48:50Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Water flowing in Flood in the den P'Josie surveys the scene Flood in the kitchen

I've lived through 13 rainy seasons in Thailand, but this is the first time my house has flooded. There have been several close calls, but this is the first time water has come all the way through the house. I really understand why Thai houses usu...

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]]> Today... tag:vox.com,2009-08-26:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030110180880c4860e 2009-08-26T13:42:46Z 2009-09-03T23:42:57Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bobbie J. - Alabama Bobbie J. - High School Pre-wedding Photo Dad and Mom - 1966 Bobbie and grandson - 1997

Is my mother's 79th birthday. She passed away in May 2007, but I still like to celebrate her birthday in some whay. She was named Bobbie for her uncle Robert. Her birth certificate actually had her gender as male for awhile. I guess there weren't ...

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]]> Lisztomania *brat pack mashup* tag:vox.com,2009-08-09:asset-6a00fa96788a8200030110180004d2860e 2009-08-09T01:45:40Z 2009-08-16T15:27:47Z silverchimes http://silverchimes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

phoenix - lisztomania *brat pack mashup*

A friend sent me the link to this YouTube video back in May. It's a cool video mashup and it reminded me of my university days, but with a new song. Since The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink feature predominately I thought of it when I heard of ...

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