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Happy Birthday, Hoover!

Well, Oz, that's kind of a personal question. But, I will tell you that back in college I was enthralled with the guy who won the spelling bee. They gave him the title "Master Speller." I'd think of his bulging crotch, so full of good stuff, that if he came he'd be a Master Spiller. Once he won that title though, he became less interesting to me. He joined the debate team, and, sure enough, soon was named "Master Debater." But what cute name could I come up with for that? Master Spiller sure, but Master Debater? I don't think so.

I've always wanted to have Kickapoo tattooed on my leg, but I see that it can look good on the torso too.

A 59 year old Florida woman has died after being in a diabetic coma for 42 years. For 37 of those years, her mother stayed faithfully at her bedside, turning her over every two hours. For the last 5 years, the sister of the now deceased woman has performed the watch. It's a sad story. The mother felt that her daughter was happy despite the coma, and chose to keep her alive and devote her own life to the daughter's care. The mother felt the presence of another mother in the room with her- that presence, she thought, was the mother of Jesus. Author Wayne Dyer wrote a book about the mother's promise to always be there for her daughter. These facts are gleaned from an LA Times article on the death: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-woman-dies-after-42-years-in-coma-at-home-20121123,0,735117.story In 2005, the LA Times wrote a feature piece on both the woman in the diabetic coma, and the story of another mother who chose to end life support for her son after 12 years of being in a coma following a motorcycle accident at 25. The contrast between the two stories makes interesting reading: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obara-column-one-20121123-m,0,4503559.story?page=1 When we think life is hard, it is stories like these that make you think some more. Perhaps the first mother was delusional in thinking her daughter could feel happiness, yet even the other mother who ended life support still waited 12 years to do so. Letting go must be very hard for a mother. If I am in a coma, feel free to let me go! But when...???

Costco did take the keyboard and mouse back without the packaging or the receipt. I went to get another one since the price was right, but there were no more keyboards of any kind.

But thanks for acknowledging who had it first!

That's what they get for raising their rates so high!

Yes, we are getting off area and off price. My original thought that was on my first night, why spend big bucks for a room that you enter at 2 am? Would the lower-priced Tarntawan be a good substitute? If I am going to pay big bucks,then the Le Meridien is awfully nice and right in Patpong. Or the Hilton Millenium on the river- a great place. I stayed at the Renaissance and did not like all of the security. It was thought to be a target for terrorist attack.

He's good at standing at attention, and boy, can he do drills.

I know that Spider Man is eating well this Thanksgiving.

Thanks for the info, firecat. I did stay at the Centre Point Ratchadmari this year for a few nights and liked it.

In real life, there would be numerous erections in that video.

We also canceled cable tv and don't miss it. In response to lurkerspeaks, libraries are not allowed to censor the internet. Kinko's does though. At least that has been my experience.

Cannot that rich friend of yours help out? I think his name is Rich, or Rico maybe... Seriously though, good luck with the finances. I have been broke and it is no fun. But things can change...

I saw him in Evita, from my fifth row seat. I did not take my eyes off of him much, as he is just a delight to look at. I had seen him twice before, once at a Tower Record signing, and once just on the street after a film shoot. He seemed quite friendly.

Remember when Stephen Gately of Boyzone came out in 1999? It was huge news then and finished the band. I used to like hearing his nasal singing on their tunes, Some time after the band broke up, I had occasion to see him live, playing Joseph in the show Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I had a great seat, so got a real good look, only to be a bit disappointed. How anyone could have missed that he was gay mystified me, as my gaydar was quite abuzz.. But the girls in the audience didn't care- they hooted and hollered. Gately died at the age of 33 from a pulmonary edema. My favorite song:

Thanks, hito. I will try tomorrow.

I rounded off, as my point wasn't the passage of time since, but the memory that stays with me. By next year I could be in heaven with JFK, screwing women together. So I had best report my memory now!

For years, once common thing has been that everyone knew where they were and what they were doing the moment they heard that the president had been assassinated. Now as the population ages, plenty of folk see his death as ancient history. But I am one of those who remember distinctly where I was- in class in school. An announcement came over the PA, where a breathless priest announced that news had come over the wireless that the president was dead. He actually used the word wireless to describe the radio. We all headed to church. The entire weekend was devoted to watching the television. Every minute we could get of news was not enough. Then Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald as the nation watched in horror. Could things get any worse? What were the Soviets planning? In my opinion, Jacqueline Kennedy kept the nation whole that weekend. Her grace under pressure and subdued grief was something we all admired. Time passed, and Johnson became entrenched in the office. That it was 50 years ago seems stunning. Kennedy would now be 96 if he had lived.

Recently I bought a new Logitech wireless keyboard from Costco. It came with a wireless mouse. Everything worked well, so I tossed the packaging. I cannot find the receipt. But, yesterday the keyboard developed a glitch. The main thing I noticed was the failure of the delete key to delete. I am well within the return period, but have tossed all the packaging. Any advice on how to get this working without having to return it?

Thanks Oz. I remember seeing the advertisements for the Holiday Inn when I was last there. but this trip I won't be traveling solo, so small rooms might not work out.

Thanks for the reply, Casteran. I have walked by the hotel and know the area. But it's a comfortable bed I want most. Le Meridien had the most comfortable beds and is just down the street. But their prices are up. Booking.com has it at $260 a night, whereas other sites are half that. I paid $105 in January. The Crowne Plaza is,I believe, previously a Pan Pacific. I stayed there for its soft opening and paid $126 a number of years ago. I had to check out as it was so noisy from room construction,which, of course, the front desk denied was happening. You could hear it everywhere since the hotel faces an atrium. Do you have any Asia travel stories to add? I love hearing those.

Oh, you mean I could go back and "unlike" the posts of mine that I checked "like" on before I understood that it was for others to say, not me? I wish I didn't know that...

Any reviews on this hotel from posters here? I hate to pay big bucks for a hotel when I am only going to arrive about 2 a.m. The Tarntawan is about $89 for a deluxe room, which is higher than I thought it would be. What I want, though, is a comfortable place to be following a 24 hour or so trip across the ocean. Sleep will be what's on my mind before bar boys. So far I am only in the planning stage- this after telling myself no trip to Thailand next year. (Blame Oz and his highly exciting posts on Thailand!) The hotel very subtly says on their website "no joiner charge."