Archive for October 2025
Living Inside A Global Myth
This is a very emergent, spur-of-the-moment sort of post, because I read something this morning that’s captured my curiosity for a few years now. I knew I had to write about it right now, while it’s fresh in my mind—not the sort of thing where I chew on it for a while before posting. It…
Read MoreThree Short Stories From My Thailand Life
OK, good afternoon, folks. I say good afternoon because it is afternoon here in Thailand—Pattaya, Thailand, to be exact—and it’s probably very late at night all across the United States. But hey, it’s afternoon for me, and that’s what counts. Anyway, I’m going to do three short stories today. The first one is about chicken…
Read MoreA Delightful Thai Family Dining Story
A couple of days ago, on Saturday, I was chatting with my Thai girlfriend, Far, about her son, Timmy, who’s 14 and a total character. He’s half-English, half-Thai, the product of a fleeting romance about 20 years ago in her village up in Mukdahan province. Some English guy in the clothing import-export business was visiting…
Read MoreThailand Visa Woes and Fantastic Girl
I’ve got two items to put out today on this fine Sunday—unrelated in some ways, but loosely connected if you squint. The first is about this past week, which marked my sixth time on the so-called retirement visa here in Thailand. My first one was back in 2020, so that’s the initial year plus four…...
What’s Important and What’s Not
Okay, so many people waste their lives sweating the small stuff. They’re always nitpicking on this thing and that thing and the other thing. I’m not like that. I keep things real for myself by thinking only of very big things—like big things that affect the whole world. And since I’m American, it is often…
Read MoreOutsized Israel
I start this post with a quick personal update: My gal is finally on her way back in the van after being gone for a month. She’s been tending to her house, her massive fruit tree orchard, family stuff, and the whole neighborhood drama. I’m genuinely stoked about it—beats solo life in Pattaya, Thailand, any…...
Personal Future Reflections on Money and Business
Since revealing here about a week ago that personal finances are “set for life,” no worries, it has been a week of adjusting to that reality. I’ve had money before, but keeping it required lots of work, and much of that was work I disliked or even hated. Much of that wealth got culled in…
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