Archive for October 2026
Making Southern American Chicken Fried Steak and Gravy in Rural Thailand
This one requires a bit of an interlude or introduction. The video and transcript below are all about making the food—the chicken fried steak—but not much on how you do a proper gravy or sauce. That’s what I have to address here to fill in some blanks. You need a proper gravy or sauce, and…
Read MoreMen: No Such Thing as “Beer Belly”
Alcohol Doesn’t Become Fat. It Stops Fat Burning. This has been a pet peeve of mine forever, one I’ve heard since I was a kid. “He has a beer belly.” Nobody has ever had a beer belly. Zero people on the face of this planet have ever had a beer belly. You idiots always ignore…
Read MoreWhy I Sit and Watch While Everybody Else Works
Good morning, or mid-morning actually, from my perch here in northeast rural Thailand. I thought I might do a video post today. I transcribe the video and then put up a post at FreeTheAnimal.com if you’re interested in seeing both the video and the transcript, or either one, whatever you like. I use AI to…
Read MoreThe Day New York City Declared War on the Backyard Flame
In a move that landed with the subtlety of a dropped Weber lid on a concrete patio, Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood at a City Hall podium this week and announced that outdoor gas grills are now banned citywide for the purpose of cooking meat. The violation is a misdemeanor carrying a fine. Charcoal, however, is…
Read MoreNo Money No Honey
Copilot seems to be my go-to for images where it seems to discern my attitude and gets it right the first time. The prompt: There’s a well-known saying surrounding the SE Asia girl bar scenes: no money no honey. Make me a fun and fanciful image, wide landscape for a blog post header image envisioning…
Read MoreThe Criminal State of the State of California
Greetings, folks, from a crisp morning in rural Northeast Thailand. Quick explanation about that. Thailand up here in the Northeast has several seasons. Starting from January, it’s the cool season. Talking 60s, low 70s most of the time. And at night it dips down — sometimes low 60s, maybe even high 50s. Fahrenheit. In Celsius…
Read MoreThink back. How useful has Rubber been in your life? Think way back.
Little did I know—or care, frankly—but I’ve lived amongst rubber tree groves for years in various places, and I’m well acquainted with how the stuff is processed. Curiously enough, and I love curious people, the rubber tree sap flows out as that white goo you see in the title picture. It only flows in the…
Read MoreExterior Design: Crazy Fun or Rastafarian?
Well, my last post, arguing that what the world needs now is war—sweet war—in my judgment, fell on completely deaf ears. I got no signals whatsoever that it was well received. Just one stupid comment on it from some moron who thinks Catholicism is a cult. I know that kind of idiocy from way back…
Read MoreWhat The World Needs Now Is War, Sweet War
Western Christianity is the one that kept the Greeks. Islam met them earlier and then shut the door. Judaism produced brilliant synthesizers and never let them run the institution. OK, as a prelude to this particular post, I want to say upfront that I had significant help putting it together. I got up about 12…
Read MoreMen: Using the C-Word Will Positively Improve Your Life
Hey folks. Doing the near daily video as normal. If you’ve been following, I do them from my man cave perch, my patio overlooking the property here in rural Thailand. I’m doing it from my office this time, in front of my computer, because I need to reference something on my side monitor here. I’m…
Read MoreMen Building Stuff Undercuts Feminism and Males in Name Only (MINOs)
Males In Name Only = MINOs. Time for another video from me, with a subsequent blog post with the transcription of this video. I’m going to take you on a little tour. The theme is building. Build! Okay, let’s go. This is a property in northeastern Thailand, Mukdahan Province to be exact, and this is…
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