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The Journal of a Raucous Expat Living in Rural Thailand

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— Move to the Country You Love and Make Every Dollar Worth Ten As it’s part of my new work with Zon (my Grok Bot), which is only now starting into its third day, I already blogged yesterday about how I completely redesigned this website from the ground up, from scratch, in the space of…

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— If Dr. Mike Eades can do it, then so can you and I. Last night I was reading Mike’s latest The Arrow. His 1st section begins by talking about how his life is changed, describing it in two words. Well, my life has changed. Or, I guess, more accurately, my life has been changed.…

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OK, so last night and this morning I was gearing up to do one of my sit-down video posts laying out my thoughts on the disastrous midterm elections. I’ve seen every hot take imaginable on X—everybody’s got an opinion—and I figured I’d throw mine into the mix. But in the end I just couldn’t bring…

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Formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken. I prefer that true-to-form name. This is interesting to me on a number of levels, so let’s share. You probably aren’t aware that KFC dwarfs all other American fast food outlets in Thailand, put together, by 3-to-1. In densely populated urban areas, especially ones with foreigners living or touring,…

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So I’ve been real-life friends with Dr. Michael Eades—author of Protein Power and plenty else—for quite some time now. We trade emails back and forth now and again. He also puts out a weekly newsletter called The Arrow, which he started in 2021, and I’ve been reading it ever since. The man never misses a…

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