Author: Mark Egge

This is fun. After a month or so of being here, I speak about as much Thai as the average Thai speaks English. Which is to say that I hardly speak it at all– enough to know my numbers, ask and give me name, and proudly announce “phom phuut paa-sah thay nit-noy”– I speak a […]

Kho Kret

On Monday I went up to Ko Kret (Kho Kred)– a small island (in the technical sense of the word– surrounded by river on all sides) on the northern side of Bangkok. The region is known for its pottery, and rightfully so– never before have I seen pottery of such skilled craftsmanship or in such […]

Saxophone

I have a pet. A lizard. And a plant, but that’s a different story. But about my pet lizard… it’s a wonderful arrangement. He’s about two inches long, and has the uncanny ability to stick to the wall much in the same way that I stick to the ground. I don’t feed him, I don’t […]

Chiang Mai

Of course, one never thinks much about censorship unless either 1) in a political/philosophical university class or 2) being, in fact, censored. And, at present, I’m both. China has attracted a bit of press attention (that terrible, backwards Communist state! oh my! (note the sarcasm)) for censoring large segments of the internet– anything from pornography […]