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The Weather

Since I typically travel to Thailand during the low-season (rainy season), the weather in Thailand becomes an obsession. I find myself spending an inordinate amount of time on these sites:
Phuket Weather
Camille’s Samui Weather
Weather Underground -Thailand
Wind Guru
Weather Music Videos
The 10,000 Maniacs with Like The Weather

Crowded House with Weather With You live
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Mid-Week Videos

The Blue Aeroplanes with Jacket Hangs

Death Cab for Cutie with Soul Meets Body

Thailand Travel

I am travelling to Bangkok and (weather permitting) to Phuket this weekend. While I have been Thailand a number of times, I always do further research for new or interesting hotels, restaurants, activities, etc. I have found these blogs to be particularly useful:
Jamie’s Phuket
Real Thai (a great Thai food blog)
Thailand Voice
Phuket Weather [...]

Phuket Air Disaster Caused by Weather/Human Air

Phuket – Transport authorities say the bad weather was probably the main factor in Sunday’s horrific air crash at Phuket airport, but pilot error has still not been ruled out.
The One-Two-Go passenger airliner crashed while landing, killing 89 people. All the other 41 people on board were injured, many very seriously. Source
In 2001, [...]

Seperated at Birth

Actor Julian Beck (maniacal Poltergeist preacher) and Presidential candidate Fred Thompson

Korean Tycoons Love Wheelchairs

The Financial Times correspondent in Korea, Anna Fifield, comments on the Korean businessmen’s penchant for wheelchairs after running afoul of the law. The FT article is subscription only but Ms Fifield was kind of enough to paste it into this Marmot’s Hole thread.
As things get tough, S Korea’s bosses get rolling
By Anna Fifield in [...]

Friday’s Random Ten – Moving to Japan Edition

1. Coldplay – The Scientist
2. Fleetwood Mac – Sisters of the Moon
3. The Jam – Burning the Sky
4. Bruce Springsteen – Prove It All Night
5. The Jam – Going Underground (YES!!!)
6. Buffalo Tom – Birdbrain
7. REM – Pretty Persuasion
8. Josh Joplin – Happy at Last
9. Counting [...]

Indiana Football

While football powerhouses Michigan and Notre Dame are both 0-2 on the season, the Indiana Hoosiers are 2-0. I started thinking about Indiana football and started missing the radio broadcast of the game by the legendary announcer Don Fisher.
Few announcers could continue a broadcast unperturbed while being barbecued, but such professionalism is a hallmark [...]

Deepwater Drilling

Oil and gas drilling contractor GlobalSantaFe Corp. has ordered a drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd.
Houston-based GlobalSantaFe (NYSE: GSF – News) said the new ultra-deepwater exploration and development drillship, expected to cost $740 million, will be delivered in September 2010.
“Our decision to move forward without an executed drilling contract is clearly a departure from our [...]