Recent Posts Tagged With 'holidays'

• The Great Wall of China

  Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 02:01 in travel, sports, Culture, holidays, beijing, mongolia, thinking out loud, jinshanling, unny, the great wall of china, simitai

  Just finished it.  Climbed the Great Wall at Jinahanling and Simitai. We awakened at O’dark thirty (0500).  I know that’s difficult for some to believe.  Our driver arrived at about 0620 to pick us up from our Hostel–City Walls....

• Somtam Mafia

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 02:27 in travel, Culture, beauty, holidays, fun, friends, beautiful, thailand, mafia, thai food, thai girls, narcissus

  Somtam trying to crawl back out of my mouth...stuff is so hot it burns your lips Went out with the Somtam Mafia the other night.  Somtam is hot, hot, hot thai food that these girls down like a tub of ice cream.  I tried some of it and it burned my ...

• The Angry Turkey

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 14:33 in humor, holidays, funny ha ha, thinking out loud, angry turkey

  Don’t make me call ‘em! I will if I have to… (I love this pic.  It cracks me up.) Tagged: angry turkey, funny ha ha, Humor ...

• Family Reunion in Kabul!

  Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 01:03 in religion, family, humor, holidays, afghanistan, kabul, thinking out loud, unny, asscrakistan, religious values suck!

  Spent last night on the New Kabul Compound.  Yep!  After 5 years, it’s finally open.  Not finished yet, but, it’s open. I arrived last night about 5 PM and called Jonathan to meet me.  Wound up walking around the whole compound to fin...

• Shangri La Xi’an

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 13:35 in travel, holidays, commerce, xi'an, thinking out loud, unny, shangri la hotels

  This is the Hotel at which Unny and I will stay during our visit to Xi’an, China.  It’s a beautiful structure and, more importantly, it’s fairly central to everything we’ll want to see in the City. I love Shangri~La Hotels...

• Random Photos

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 13:35 in Culture, kids, holidays, cambodia, afghanistan, jayavarman vii, afghan candy, khmer statues, sohan azizan

  I bought this Statue of Jayavarman VII in Cambodia in December of 2008.  Carried it to Afghanistan and it’s been in my room here in Herat since.  I’m going to leave it in Afghanistan.  Just wanted to leave a piece of Cambodia behind i...

• Ladyboys of Thailand

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 13:35 in Culture, asia, beauty, holidays, sexuality, transgender, thailand, bangkok, thinking out loud, unny, ladyboys, 3g lady

  So!  You head on over to Thailand.  You land at Bhumi Airport.  You’re in Bangkok.  Krung thep.  City of Angels.   All there is left to do is jump in a Taxi and head on down to Khaosarn Road or Sukhumvit Road.   Ya check into you...

• Random Thoughts on the Week!

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 13:45 in religion, Culture, christianity, holidays, God, Spirituality, quotes, Islam, commerce, afghanistan, allah, political correctness

  Best Buy Ad Touting Muslim Holiday Sparks Debate Tuesday, November 24, 2009 A Best Buy ad with a Muslim theme is raising questions of how retailers should mark religious holidays. The ad on BestBuy.com wishes Muslims a happy Eid al-Ad...

• George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 12:49 in Culture, holidays, george washington, 1789, thanksgiving day proclamation

  Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation: WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Where...

• James Madison and Thanks Giving

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 10:02 in Culture, holidays, quotes, thanksgiving, james madison, the american republic

  “It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him. This duty is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society. Before any man can...

• New Atheist Holiday!

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 in atheist, humor, holidays, atheism, stupidity

  In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that...

• Private Dancer by Stephen Leather

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 06:57 in travel, Culture, holidays, literature, quotes, Pattaya, thailand, bangkok, insanity, nana plaza, patpong, krung thep

  It’s a damn good read. I read this book about 3 months ago.  It’s a fascinating read.  At the time I read it, though, I thought it to be all fiction.  Recently, I found out that it’s based on real events and real people.  Even ...

• Happy Halloween!!!

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 13:06 in Culture, humor, holidays, halloween, Nancy Pelosi, thinking out loud, wicked witch of the west

  The Wicked Witch of the West Tagged: Halloween, Nancy Pelosi, Wicked Witch of the West ...

• The Louvre

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 08:18 in travel, Culture, holidays, paris, louvre, mona lisa, unny, venus de milo, nike of samothrace

  Tagged: louvre, mona lisa, nike of samothrace, Paris, venus de milo ...

• Red White and Blue Muppets

  Posted on Sunday July 5th, 2009 at 03:16 in Culture, music, humor, holidays, muppets, 4th of july, jim henson, independence day, hooray for the red white and blue

  thought this was hilarious… Tagged: 4th of July, Hooray for the Red White and Blue, Independence Day, Jim Henson, Muppets ...

• A few pics from a recent trip

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 07:46 in travel, Culture, beauty, holidays, angkor wat, cambodia, thailand, bangkok, thai, siem reap, unny, chao phraya

  Wat Arun and Angkor Wat in dramatic repose… plus the silhouette of my beautiful girl. I shot the Angkor Wat photos at dawn and then took the one above and photoshopped it a bit to obtain the pink, green and blue effects.  Just thought it looke...

• America Fuck Yeah!

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 12:17 in politics, Culture, music, humor, holidays, quotes, military, south park, team america, thinking out loud

  Team America: World Police Movie Soundtrack Lyrics Trey Parker – America, Fuck Yeah America… America… America, FUCK YEAH! Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah, America, FUCK YEAH! Freedom is the only way yeah, Terrorist...

• Water Pics from Around the World

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 03:14 in travel, Culture, Photography, holidays, hawaii, cambodia, thailand, egypt, vietnam, aswan

  These are a few pics that I’ve taken throughout my travels.  Thailandfriends.com sponsors a monthly photo competition.  These are a few that I considered before submitting my final selection. It’s a decent site with some cool folks.  I...

• Merry Christmas from the Family

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 07:22 in holidays, merry christmas, robert earle keene

     Tagged: Merry Christmas, Robert Earle Keene   ...