Jerry-rigged: You make do with what you've got...

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Spectacular skies continue...

Spectacular skies continue here. As a chronicler of sunsets and rainbows (and the occasional sunrise), I continue to observe and report.

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I see green and blue and white.

Spectacular skies of late, with wonderful shades of blue and fluffy white cotton candy clouds. Everything here is green in the rainy season. Complaints? None to report.

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I am confident that even I could catch some fish here...

Of late, my skills as a fisherman have been called into question. Something about too many trips of catching zero fish. Something about my being unable to thread living, writhing earthworms onto a fishing hook. There is something to it. I used to catch more. I used to thread worms onto the hook without a thought.

Still, while not the fisherman I once was, I am confident that even I could catch some fish at the pond shown in the video below.

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Sunday, July 23rd. Vincent Flagg Memorial Day.

Did you ever have a friend who was a really great person, and you kind of knew it, but you kind of took it for granted, and then one day that friend was gone from this earthly plane? How to honor that special person? How about an annual memorial day on their birthday? Sounds good to me.

I don't think I have to report, Vince, that we did a little bit of earth shaking on Sunday, the 23rd. I felt like you were right there with us.

Vincent Richard Flagg - Born 1956 July 23rd
Will live on as long as we remember him. Didn't you see the movie Coco?

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Random Bangkok photos.

Just some random photos from the recent trip to Bangkok to meet an old friend. Making new friends is great, but I cannot deny the validity of the Chinese expression: 老朋友最好!!! Old friends are best!!!

Note: Although my brain remembers 老朋友最好 as a Chinese expression, it's possible that it's not. But I'm a somewhat older guy now, so humor me, please.

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Back in the day, they used to walk home from school here too...

You know how years later you revisit places you've been before?

View from our Bangkok hotel window...

From the hotel we normally stay at, we have a good view of planes landing at ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง / Don Mueang International Airport. But we stayed in a different hotel this time in order to be within walking distance of a BTS Skytrain station. Don't think you can't teach an old dog to learn new tricks. In this new hotel, we had a good view of planes taking off from Don Mueang International Airport. And a very nice sunset/moonrise as well.

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BRANDS Essence of Chicken: Accept no substitutes.

When you're on a road trip in Thailand, and you're feeling kind of rundown, well, there's only one solution. Get yourself to a 7-11 and buy some BRANDS Essence of Chicken. Drink it in one shot, without tasting it, like you're drinking some nasty whiskey. Within an hour, you'll feel much better. (Shouts in a Charles Barkley voice...) I guarantee!!!

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Jinglen, much bigger than Jingjok...

Here's a photo of a จิ้งเหลน / jinglen / skink. These are much bigger than our constant house companions, the จิ้งจก / jingjok / gecko. For the record, we bought a little net, and three or four jingjoks have been captured and relocated recently. 

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Unidentified possible bird nest.

Sighted an unidentified possible bird nest in the evergreen tree next door. The access hole is quite small. If this is, in fact, a bird nest, then it must be for a very small type of bird. Observation continues...

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