It was a routine night at a sobriety check point in Bedford County Friday. Until one deputy heard knocking sounds coming from a car trunk.
Bedford County Deputy Allison Key asked the driver, 32-year-old Fiona Ann Enderdy, what was in her trunk. Enderdy replied, "A Goat!" She wasn't lying. Deputy Key had the trunk opened and there thrashing around was a goat, bound at the feet and panting heavily in the sweltering heat. An animal control officer taking part in the DUI Checkpoint said the trunk
Richard Jordan had everything he was told to want: cars, a new house, and a fiancee. Then his fiancee left him. So he sold everything, bought a Lamborghini Gallardo and set out across America. This is his amazing story.
This is a love story, but not a conventional one. Sure, there's a woman. There always is. But it's when the woman split that the real romance began. This is the story of Richard Jordan, a man who lost love and then found it again in an exotic Italian sports car and the ope
I'm sure most farangs know or know of the author Christopher Moore. He's been writing novels featuring Asia for many years and I've enjoyed many of his books. He recently posted on his blog some thoughts about Thailand's recent problems after hearing speakers at the Foreign Correspondents Club Thailand.
Here's a rather lengthy excerpt from his blog post that I thought was interesting.
The Asian mindset is premised on speech as gentle and aimed at expressing sympathy and understanding.
After doing some in-depth research into my personal productivity during the red shirt protests and subsequent curfew, I discovered the following:
The drop off at the end was last night at the drunken darts event - the first night with no curfew.
We're going to be doing drunken darts starting at the Hideaway in about an hour. Check out here for full details.
http://www.thailandfriends.com/?name=Journal&view=journal&jid=70661&juid=59252
About a year and a half ago I bought a nice new MacBook Pro from iStudio here in Bangkok. I loved that computer. It was the only other thing I was proud whipping out in public (the other being cash, you pervs).
After returning from Hua HIn on Sunday, Ked and I decided to grace the Hideaway with our presence. I set my MacBook Pro on the living room window sill which is the only place I can get wifi reception at the moment until my DSL is set up.
It rained that night but that's usually no
