May 2012
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Feels like a Stone Roses type of day, some live...
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So Facebook is trying to build a smartphone again.... →
Greedy ol’ Zuck won’t quit until he reaches his desired global domination. Facebook is becoming Videodrome.
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Employees of Facebook and several engineers who have been sought out by recruiters there, as well as people briefed on Facebook’s plans, say the company hopes to release its own smartphone by next year. These people spoke only on condition of anonymity for fear...
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Cool Story, Bro..
Admittedly, it’s been too long since I’ve last checked in. Admittedly, having a Tumblr while living abroad is the hip, near passe thing to do. Well, deal with it. Plus, in my defense I’ve been scribing on this bad-boy months before my departure, and will continue to juxtapose work and travel stories with completely unrelated nonsense. Also, I don’t rock a...
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Bourdaining So Hard
In an effort to keep it (semi) succinct, a recap of the first two days in Bangkok, in unordered list form:
Roaming aimlessly sans-map for hours (pleased to see no other whiteys), Khoasan Road raging and the necessary escapes to the less tourist-ridden, cheaper nightlife streets, fish spa, $3 dank meals, eating crickets (no roaches), hungover convalescence on the rooftop pool sessions, free...
Same Same, but Different
12:20 AM local time. The 2nd and final flight is soon to touch down in Suvarnabhumi Airport. My mind is running similar to that of a kid on Christmas morning, sitting in anticipation for his parents to wake; I have a general idea of what is on the horizon, but still have no idea what to expect.
It’s great to be back for the obvious reasons such as the opportunity to teach again,...
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Away We Go
Buy the ticket, take the trip.” Well, Mr. Hunter S, my friend John and I certainly are heeding your advice. I write this from the undersized but fortuitously aisle seat I was assigned on China Eastern Airlines flight 588. Side note: I’m finally (relatively) “tall,” the 5’ 10”giant towering over most of my fellow passengers! Using the odiously poor,...
