I’m dreadfully late getting this out. I’m also behind in writing content with many posts in draft and many on a list.

And yet, I’m up and about around 04.30 every morning.

What in the hell is my problem?

Videos. I’ve created a monster and he is I.

I know this doesn’t sound like that bodes well for those out there who are not so much video, moreso the writing. I’m profusely sorry and I promise that my failings will right themselves soon.

It’s not just the video. It’s a whole damn new life. Ditching alcohol has radically altered every aspect of my life, and for the really damn good. It’s just that in charting and navigating this new course, I’m a bit disorganized, jumping from one thing to the other and for the moment, putting stuff in video is expedient.

Plus, I believe the investment in time and attention is going to pay off long term.

When I began producing the 50+ videos I’ve published since early July (about 10 weeks), I was at about 1,000 watch hours accumulated since my first in 2006, 16 years ago. I had close to 200 total videos published in that time. So, in just over 2 months, I’ve doubled total watch-time over 16 years and it keeps increasing, accelerating. I’m near a rate of 600 hours per month.

Plus, I’ve created a monster. Initially, I was content to do a single file take and upload it to YouTube with no editing. Ha, wait until you see the one I did yesterday morning.

Ridiculous. Not only am I doing title text, but transitions too.

And now?

Yep, two cameras, like the pros do. And, I even know how to get both cameras in sync, regardless of when you begin recording. Now I know what that clapper is for when they’re filing movies and TV shows with a bunch of different camera angles. So, yea, I start the cameras rolling and then do a loud clap. You then trim each camera’s footage to that exact clap-point and voila, your clips are all in sync on your editing timeline.

It’s pretty damn fun, actually. What seems impossibly daunting initially becomes just another of those things in life where you just have to jump in and take the challenge, sink or swim.

In this week’s video footage (reverse chronological order this time, because I don’t want you to have view fatigue before you get to my prideful newbie achievement):

1. Nai Harn Lake laps for 4.2 km to talk about everything
2. Hiking Invitation To Friends in the Rawai and Nai Harn Area of Thailand
3. Innuendo by Queen; A Reading
4. Tinder Serendipity With The Girls Of Thailand
5. Big Full-Body Gym Session Requires Big Grilled Chicken, Pork, and Veggies
6. The Laughable State of the Whole World and Crumbling “New World Order” Joke
7. Feeling Tired, So Tired, and Discouraged? I Can Definitely Help
8. One Month No Alcohol Over a 99 Baht Breakfast and a Surprise Ending
9. Improvements To FreeTheAnimal.com That May Tickle Your Fancy
10. My encounter with faux piety, sanctimony, and pretense at a restaurant
11. GoPro on My GPX Cafe Racer to Nai Harn, Phuket, Thailand…For a Morning Cafe Americano

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First thing, I now have audio-only.

• Podcast: https://anchor.fm/RichardNikoley
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Nai Harn Lake laps for 4.2 km to talk about everything

In this my most complex video edit yet where I use 2 camera angles on the motorcycle drive, I talk about general things on the drive over, then after coffee, I discus:

• CBS’ Survivor Star Russell Hantz and how meeting and interviewing him motivated me to do more video (interview here: https://youtu.be/kAAS-q5ipYs )
• Using the word ‘toilet’ internationally
• It was for the kids
• Tinder secrets
• What are the current signs in global politics pointing to and where did it start?
• Libertarians are a joke – Trump’s 2016 win was less than half of the cause for unbridled fury amongst the political establishment
• Mickey and Minnie are toast – Crossing paths with a former “flame” on the walk
• Jordan Peterson and an evolutionary psychologist on sexual selection (predictable)
• Biden’s stupidest ever speech and who is running his shit?
• MAGA Republicans are a violent threat to democracy?
• What does the Democrat and Left doubling down signal?
• Doubling down over and over on the stupidest, most fringe shit imaginable
• And what of Western Europe?
• That German Chancellor, and what happened to German men?
• The comeuppance everywhere is palpable
• Media and cable news is not information, it’s bias confirmation outlets for fanboys and girls
• Single-issue blogging and video
• Never make a joke about rosary beads
• Save the planet

Hiking Invitation To Friends in the Rawai and Nai Harn Area of Thailand

My friend network is extensive, even though highly weighted and dominated by the ladies.

Anyone in the area who wishes to join me, let me know. You don’t have to do it barefoot like I do, and we can slow it down and/or shorten it as needed until you get used to it.

Innuendo by Queen; A Reading

Just messing around. Not even a dry run. And, it’s recorded off the native mic in the MacBook Air. Here’s a link to the official video. Powerful song.

Official Queen music vid: https://youtu.be/g2N0TkfrQhY

Tinder Serendipity With The Girls Of Thailand

In this episode I explain how to get better results with dating apps, in particular, referencing my experience in Thailand—very rich noble hunting grounds—where it pays to be gentlemanly with the Thai ladies.

And if you do it right, serendipity can happen…such as in the little bit crazy story of my happenstance encounter last night.

Mentioned in the video, Anthony Colpo. Here’s the referenced post with the section on dating apps.

https://anthonycolpo.com/some-uncomfortable-truths-about-sexual-assault-the-failure-of-metoo-the-evil-of-dating-apps-much-more/

Big Full-Body Gym Session Requires Big Grilled Chicken, Pork, and Veggies

Short little vid of my tiny kitchen in Thailand, but very capable.

The Laughable State of the Whole World and Crumbling “New World Order” Joke

Random observances and laughs about all sorts of things.

By the way, have you noticed that the term Covidiot means exactly the opposite of what it meant in 2020?

Feeling Tired, So Tired, and Discouraged? I Can Definitely Help

Being tired and discouraged is part of life, and most especially when striving to create, produce, and achieve your own style of excellence.

Use them to your benefit.

One Month No Alcohol Over a 99 Baht Breakfast and a Surprise Ending

Officially a month, month number two comes with added limits.

My Super Easy No-Alcohol Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7Cgzwrbmtzgg91pOZo_UImX4x-Tc1Cum

Improvements To FreeTheAnimal.com That May Tickle Your Fancy

This is a video summary of this public-access post at FreeTheAnimal.com:

https://www.freetheanimal.com/2022/09/improvements-to-freetheanimal-com-that-may-tickle-your-fancy.html

My encounter with faux piety, sanctimony, and pretense at a restaurant

I made the grave mistake of talking to this guy.

GoPro on My GPX Cafe Racer to Nai Harn, Phuket, Thailand…For a Morning Cafe Americano

Nicely trimmed clip of the drive out through town, then Bank demonstrates how to make an Americano…the hands-down way to have an American styled drip coffee but way better.

Then it’s the trip back home by means of the scenic route along the sea cliffs and winding road.

…Well, quite a week, then, wouldn’t you say?

I’m psyched and proud of it. It’s like the blog itself, 5,075 posts over 19 years, one every 1.4 days on average. And now, it seems like I’m just as gung-ho doing videos.

I can do both and in fact, relish the thought of doing both for a long time to come. In the immediate, there’s an emphasis on video—trying to get those watch hours to quality for monetization—but all y’all can help with that so I move through this process more quickly.

To the extent your conscience guides:

1. Subscribe to the channel.
2. Watch as many video as your time and interest will allow, and as much of each as you can withstand. You can always leave it running in a tab and turn down the volume.
3. Click Like if you don’t hate it. So, anything better than abject hate and loathing is a Like.
4. Post a comment. Ask a question, critique, give suggestions, and make a request for a video topic you want me to do.
5. Share the vids to any and all you think might watch and listen, or, be of help. For instance, send the no-alcohol playlist to friends, family, co-workers, and associates who drink too much, too often…AND where you have a relationship that’s close enough for that sort of thing. Please share on your social media liberally.

Finally, you won’t want to hear this (or maybe you will), but I have 4 videos in the can that I haven’t even begun editing yet…