C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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Japanese Society/Culture

Gun Control in Japan

There is a very interesting article regarding gun control in Japan up at GunCite. It’s a fascinating outline including the history of guns in Japan (did you know at one…

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June 25, 2004
Food, Oh, baby!, Photos

It’s Mango Season

Around these parts, mango season comes at the hottest time of the year. This year, luckily, we have been blessed with rain almost every week, which brings down the temperature…

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May 11, 2009
Society & Culture

Three Bags Full…

Speaking of sheep, get a load of this shit. What the fuck? I guess I like my coffee rainbow now. I only wear rainbow t-shirts. The tires on my car…

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March 14, 2006
  • Food,  Photos,  Site News

    LiteSpeed Image Test

    March 8, 2026 /

    Will this photo straight off my phone be resized automatically?

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    Maha Sarakham Restaurant Review – Little Tokyo

    May 2, 2013

    Roscoe’s Chicken, Long Beach

    June 9, 2012

    Fried garlic pork and omelette.

    January 13, 2016
  • Moblogging (Android)

    Moblog test

    March 7, 2026 /

    Yo does this work or whaaaat.

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    Night Beer Hiking in Downtown Chiang Mai

    January 27, 2011

    New underground gas tanks

    December 16, 2010

    Mountains of earthenware jars

    December 28, 2010
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Overheard at Big C

    March 3, 2026 /

    I picked up Mina at school a couple days ago and we stopped by (the about to die at any minute) Big C on the way home to do some shopping for the few things it’s worth going there for – coffee beans, pistachios, keto sweetener. Mina overheard a staff dude asking one of the butchers in the meat area,”do chickens have spines?” The butcher confirmed kind of incredulously that they do, indeed, have spines. This set Mina off laughing for a good couple minutes. Then we got to the checkout, where either my pronunciation when I asked the old lady running the register if they had bags was off,…

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    Matcha set – Eka Cafe

    May 16, 2014

    Edward

    December 1, 2025

    Winter Wedding Photos

    December 4, 2016
  • Cars,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    big load

    February 26, 2026 /

    On a windy day, you can see caravans of these bad boys shedding hay and weaving all over the highway.

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    Cool PEA Truck

    September 25, 2018

    Dogs and Cars

    August 26, 2011

    pod thing

    November 6, 2023
  • Exploits,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Thanon Tanao Entrance

    February 21, 2026 /

    The entrance to Khao San Road last August. Tee and I drove down from Sarakham to meet up with my cuz and his wife. Merriment ensued.

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    Why I Love Beer

    August 21, 2004

    ornamentals

    May 31, 2013

    Side trip to Elephant Island

    December 28, 2011
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    fish balls? pig balls? beeg balls?

    February 19, 2026 /

    This is Thai luk chin (ลูกชิ้น). I believe they were served at a highway noodle resto between Sarakham and Borabu on a uni trip with Tee last year. I haven’t used the word beeg for more than 20 years; it was Adam’s invention back in the day. Wrinkleh.

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    Funky Khao Soi

    February 8, 2017

    Dharmachakra

    October 18, 2023

    Around Mahasarakham: The OTOP Marketplace

    November 15, 2009
  • Photos,  Site News,  Work

    Modernized!

    February 10, 2026 /

    I stuck with the previous theme for quite a while, but it was really just a new take on the old two-column blog layout I’ve used since blogspot, yo. It’s been a QUARTER CENTURY! But we are not going to talk about that today. Below, I am adding a photo of a waitress (the owner?) of a plate lunch joint in Pattaya we ate lunch at last year when visiting students interning at hotels and resorts there. If the photo does not appear, my new template needs additional tinkering. When I wrote the word “below” in the first paragraph, I should have said “above,” because that’s where it appears on…

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    Jak the Bee Dog

    September 14, 2005

    Three Generations

    November 24, 2006

    Watching. Washing.

    March 7, 2011
  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Duck what?

    February 5, 2026 /

    So thicc.

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    Beef Basil Stir Fry with Lotus Seeds

    July 30, 2017

    Treasures from Japan – Part 2

    December 24, 2012

    Dynamite

    March 11, 2013
  • Exploits,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    A Shared Meal

    February 1, 2026 /

    Catching up with photos from last year. This was a trip to Pattaya in July to visit students interning at hotels with my pal Tee. We ourselves arrived with no reservations and had to stay at a seedy hotel run by nice old people that had wall-length mirrors next to the beds. We went out for noodles at 3 AM after people watching on the busy streets and I met the cutest doge. This may or may not have been the same night we checked out one of the new Indian night clubs at the end of walking street. It was a pretty crazy place and the 99% Indian crowd…

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    Silverlake Vineyard, Pattaya

    July 2, 2013

    Side trip to Elephant Island

    December 28, 2011

    Kinkadian Sunset

    September 13, 2015
  • Food,  Photos

    a nice iced latte from last year

    January 22, 2026 /

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    Mosquitoes Eating Fruit (Part 1 – Jackfruit)

    April 6, 2010

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    January 21, 2014

    Lethocerus Indicus (Giant Water Bug)

    December 15, 2020
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