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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 58: A Siamese Summer!
July 22nd, 2010
Posted in Alabama, Asia, Bangkok, birthdays, culture, education, food, freaks, gay, Japanese food, lesbian, politicians, queer, Refudiate, restaurants, sarah palin, Thai, ThaiFood, Thailand
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- Welcome to episode 58
- A summer in Siam
- From Siam to Thailand…a brief history
- On enjoying the summer
- Being in Bangkok feels like a vacation
- Movies and more movies
- Back to the gym!
- Tom’s holiday insomnia
- Have always been more nocturnal anyway
- River cruises and costumes
- Getting to old to greet the dawn
- A 10 year reunion
- The same faces with a few more lines
- Fond memories and food
- Thais and Japanese food
- A culture of eating out and why?
- Thai restaurants in the States and abroad
- There are 2 Thai restaurants in my hometown
- Waiting tables at the Thai House
- Tom got a condo in Pattaya from Craiglist.com
- Good deal for a balcony with a sea view
- Facebook woes and thoughts
- Sarah Palin is just a loon!
- She’s like a squeaking dog toy or dripping faucet
- Why she bothers Tom so very much?
- Arrogant ignorance with a sprinkle of narcissism
- On claiming to speak for everyone when we hate you!
- On a brighter note…Tom finally got a new voice mail
- A voicemail from Jens in Munich
- Germany is on my list of must visits
- Email from our long lost Forrest of the Lonely Ice Floe.com
- Tom is excited that Forrest and Jay are coming to Thailand!
- Comments from LM and Andrea
- Mark suggests a Radish cake? J
- Huge shout out to Dylan…a new listener!
- Lurve to all my listeners!
- Tom begs for more comments
- The usual rambling closing remarks
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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 55: We Come in Peace!!!
May 22nd, 2010
Posted in anarchy, Asia, Bangkok, chaos, crisis, cults, culture, freaks, looting, Politics, REdShirts, riots, Thailand, tourism
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- Welcome to a very somber episode of the T.I.T. cast
- First of all I’m Safe and a HUGE thanks for all the concern
- Sadly to say….Tom was hugely mistaken
- Thailand’s Darkest hour
- The quite after the storm
- On being speechless in the face of disaster
- Arson and looting depicted on TV not random violence
- Premeditated destruction
- More like a cult than a political movement
- Hundreds of I.D. cards found in sewers below former camp
- Stockholm syndrome/indoctrination of hatred
- Will try to collect some photos and put them up
- So close to home yet so surreal…is this really happening?
- Watching from afar and building paranoia
- My “adventure” in getting back to Bangkok Friday the 21st
- I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again…Thai police are useless!
- Bangkok owes the soldiers a great debt
- Misrepresentation on CNN and BBC
- Why not hire staff that speak Thai…understand the culture?
- Not a battle between Rich and Poor!
- Excellent blog article from a Thai that explains the situation
- Huge arsenal of weapons found at the Temple next to the camp
- Bad feeling that this is far from over…
- The man behind the chaos
- Spotted last Wed. traveling under different name in Paris!
- Denials in English vs. feeding the flames in Thai
- Leaders spent 2 months preaching hate
- Many videos ordering followers to burn the city to the ground
- Stores and shops in the area robbed and looted before burned
- City still under curfew, but supposed to lift tomorrow evening
- Property damaged extensively in my neighborhood
- The Thai spirit is hard to beat
- Voicemail from Sean that moved Tom to tears
- heart warming encouragement from Facebook
- Rambling closing remarks
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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 51: Is This My Year?
February 15th, 2010
Posted in Asia, Chinese New Year, dating, emotion, freaks, gay, lesbian, love, queer, teaching, Thailand, TominThailand, Travel, Uncategorized, Valentine
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- Welcome to episode 51
- Tom’s got a cold
- V-day and Chinese New Year in Thailand
- Valentine’s day is cute
- An ode to love
- Love doesn’t always translate
- What is your concept of love?
- Love should never “complete” you
- not a good cure for loneliness
- How open are you with your heart?
- Happy lunar New year!
- Chinese New Year definitely trumps Valentines
- Tom is a tiger….grrrrr!
- Discovered his students really are monkeys!
- The Chinese descend on Bangkok to party
- To hot and crowded for Tom
- Looking more like another year in the countryside
- The nearest “city” Tom is considering
- A 30 minute commute?
- Pattaya here Tom comes…
- Summer gears up in Thailand
- Comments and emails from my listeners
- (Sorry Taylor…only got your comment after i’d recorded the show)
- FB wars over games?
- Rambling closing remarks and lurve
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