Wild Tanuki

• My Friend Almost Died in Thailand 7 years ago My friend almost died in Thailand last year. Berlusconi went to visit his mother in Phuket. She lives there now. He brought his Chinese girlfriend, Chowling. They flew from Tokyo to Bangkok and had one hour to make their domestic flight connection. He didn’t realize they’d have to exit...
• Tinder in Japan for Europeans Who Smell 7 years ago I visited Tokyo the first week of May. It was Golden Week, a one week holiday in Japan. I met friends I hadn’t seen in two years. One friend is from Maine and was visiting Tokyo too. Every time I think of Maine, I think of Stephen King’s IT. I didn’t like the book but […] The post Tinder in...
• Richard Feynman on Bitches, Japan and Titty Bars 7 years ago Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman! Girls are Bitches After the Manhattan Project, Feynman taught physics at Cornell. During one summer vacation, he traveled to Albuquerque, where he fell in love with a girl and kept in correspondence with her after returning to Cornell. He got word that she was...
• Doing Laughing Gas and Hitting Women on Khao San Road in Bangkok 7 years ago It was Gene’s birthday. He wanted to go to Khao San Road, the very first place I went to in Thailand nine years ago, the night I fingered a menstruating hooker. I did go back there a couple of months ago, when a friend came for a visit, but we went during the day and […] The post Doing Laughing...
• Sightseeing in Yangon: Shwedagon Pagoda and Big Buddahs 7 years ago The cab driver from yesterday picked us up in front of the guest house in the morning for a full day of sightseeing in Yangon. He brought his brother, who spoke better English, and he stayed with us half the day. Our first stop – almost every stop – was a temple / pagoda. Stepping […] The...

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