Nikoley’s Sunday Scribbles #1

— Anything, not everything, but lots in-between | February 19, 2023

I've gone back and forth with this Newsletter thing. I won't bore you. You've either born witness or you can imagine. I guess it comes down to an inability to publish a newsletter adjunct to a blog that isn't rather like the blog it plays party to.

Or, its owner-operator. That would be me.

I'm the guy who can arise from my bed, desk, or any other place at any random minute, toss shit in a 30L, lock the door behind me 10 minutes later, and either head out on the motorbike or hoof it to the nearest Phuket Smart Bus stop...destination unknown, no reservations, no idea of return. All I know is that:

  1. I'll have a good time
  2. I'll take photos and videos
  3. I'll write and publish about it

With a life-design like that, how in holy hell am I supposed to put out a newsletter by an arbitrary fixed deadline, on specific days, twice per week? ... Especially when I always have multiple posts in various stages of draft and need to get those out when I get those out...exactly by then...not a minute sooner?

I'm living the life I've "always" wanted; and by always, I mean: since I was living and traveling abroad right out of college, 1984. I can't sit still; but that's only because I don't fuckin' wanna.

Ok? Capiche?

... So perhaps "scribbles" is apt. I'll just get up Sunday morning wherever I happen to be, grab the notebook and just tap away. That I should [usually] be able to do.

Banking, Fraud, and Theft

I began the day thinking damn, is there nothing at all Americans will actually fight for, anymore?


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Is It High-Fat or Is It “High-Fat?”

— Prepare for a no-BS dietary epiphany; scare quotes are the clue I’m very confident in guaranteeing that by the time you finish this post, you will: How could you have missed it? Well, it kinda turns out that we’re all a lot more ideological, biased, and confirmation-seeking than we care to admit. Even worse,……...


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How Do You Change The Weight of the “Water Weight?”

— It has been a very long time since I’ve seen anything new. This is new. It must have been sometime in 2008, 15 years ago…. About a year prior, concerned about my shrinking clothing, I started going to the gym, met with some initial success, blogged about it here, and someone commented that the……...


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Getting Free of Life-Draining Alcohol (6 months; video)

— And For Me, It Was Easy This is the modern, internet-era manifestation of an age-old characteristic of humans—when, at times, being on their best behavior. Everybody has seen it. Everybody has done it. In times past, it was the telephone and before that, it was a personal visit; I’m sure. It’s an imperative sometimes;……...


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Easier, Faster, Cheaper: This American is Starting a Business in Thailand

— Anything, not everything, but lots in-between | February 19, 2023 I’ve gone back and forth with this Newsletter thing. I won’t bore you. You’ve either born witness or you can imagine. I guess it comes down to an inability to publish a newsletter adjunct to a blog that isn’t rather like the blog it……...


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