My drug of choice.

 

20250330

The Ides of March.

 

20250315

Still doing the sunsets.

Still doing the sunsets--when possible (air pollution and extreme heat/humidity). Will probably always do the sunsets until, you know...

20250228

Got onboard a stationary 747.

At the Airplane Park Korat, you can go onboard a stationary, retired Thai Airways 747. This might be the first time I realized how truly huge these planes are. Screw the bean counters at Boeing, but to all the people who build these planes: Respect!!!

20250112-1159

Jer-Bear: I think I kind of liked that nickname...

Grateful to still be outside the cage looking in... These are the apparently fun-loving หมีหมา / dog bears (Malayan Sun Bear) at the Korat Zoo.

20250112-1547

Hand saw: Quite a little workout...

2025014-1700

Red ant nest: Some good eating here...

I am told that people enjoy eating red ant eggs from red ant nests like the one in the video below. I have not yet tried them, and that's okay.

20250120-1810

In Thailand, cool weather is a bad thing.

Let's be honest. Thailand is hotter than hell most of the time. But there is that rare period in parts of December and January when it is relatively less hot. This year, we are blessed with an abundance of relatively less hot weather. Sounds great, right?

Wrong! Due to atmospheric conditions at this time of year, if the temperature goes down, the pollution goes up. You can still go outside. You just have to wear an N95 mask. Perhaps that's one of the benefits of Covid. We got used to wearing face masks.

20250122-0932

A new record!!!

This is the worst air quality reading I've seen so far: 196 on 20250107-0825.

Sitting inside with the air purifiers running, I could be anywhere, even in outer space. Space Station Thailand, indeed!

20250107-0825

A Christmas Eve swim is pretty great...

I mean, I got a chance, a window where the air pollution index was not too high, and the temperature was great at 23 degrees. I felt actually cool. Which brings me to the point of this post:

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of my people all around everywhere!!! 

I'm not going to get around to individual emails this year (or maybe any future years). Like the lady said when she went viral some years ago: "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

If, by chance, you were wondering about Ol' Jerry, and what he's up to, and if, by following Internet conventions, you found your way here, then this is it. I'm back in นครราชสีมา / Nakhon Ratchasima. The transition from CannTellTroy to here was hard. Just now being completed in some ways, I guess you could say.

I miss you all. Have a great winter holiday season, and Lunar New Year will be here before you know it on Wednesday, January 29th. You may not know this (because this is only my personal theory), but Chinese New Year marks the end of winter and the beginning of early spring.

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