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Archive for June 29th, 2008

Little bars of soap and heart-shaped beds, Part 1

Posted in Americana, Travel, Waxing Nostalgic on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Late last year, while looking for a halfway decent hotel for my fiancée and I to stay in Vientiane, Laos I pass on one of the cheaper guesthouses that are quite popular in the city and go with more upscale accommodations by choosing the Inter City Hotel.
 
I didn’t have much to go on—other than what [...]

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Man tries to eat landlady’s pet dog

Posted in My Life That Was Korea, Weird & Absurd on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Of all the years I have lived and worked in Korea I’ve come across some pretty weird and absurd news articles in the papers here, but this one—reported by the Korea Times a few weeks ago—is one of the most bizarre bar none.
“A 52-year-old man was caught for attempting to eat his landlady’s pet dog.The [...]

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Knee-high by the 4th of July

Posted in Americana, Illinois Valley, Waxing Nostalgic, tagged , , , , , , on June 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »

It was back in the summer of 1981, right around this time in late June and I was riding in a van with Dick Verucchi and Alan Thacker on our way to Dixon, Illinois for a gig at a youth center. The owner of the youth center knew Dick and Alan from their Buckacre days [...]

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