I think perhaps I took a bump on the head recently that I may have forgotten about. Evidence of this newfound madness can be seen in my initial excitement about Miss International Queen 2006, which soon turned into bemusement with regards to the whole affair, only to later become an outright denouncement of the evils of beauty pageants and all …

Ladyboys intrigue me, I won’t lie about that. They are a kind of enigma. To be a part of a pageant of the magnitude of Miss International 2006 would have been highly interesting, not that the concept behind it really convinces me that it is at all worthwhile. My problem with an event such as this comes with the pretense …

This came in tonight from The Nation: “Having fought a rearguard public-relations battle for more than a month, the leaders of the September coup and their interim government are planning a frontal attack this week in which they will announce that progress has been made. “The highlight will be news of the much-anticipated probe into assets of key leaders of …

It’s true, there’s a sucker out there just waiting to be matched to a young Thai princess. The Land of Smiles is officially the last resting place of the hopeless and the failed, and I would probably go so far as to include myself in that generalization in some shape or form. A report, in the Associated Press no less, …

After the initial excitement about being asked to judge Miss International Queen 2006, my feelings of joy were soon turned into feelings of resentment and bemusement. The short story is this: I didn’t get to go. The long story is not particularly exciting, but I guess I should tell it anyway. It was the editor of Guru who first suggested …

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