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The Journal of a Raucous Expat Living in Rural Thailand

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It’s taken me a few days to figure out how to frame this post. It’s about what I’m actually doing on my own out here in rural Thailand. The header image pretty much shows where we’re at right now with the man cave build, sitting on top of the concrete-block structure that’s going to be…

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Happy “Fuck Off! Day.” The US Constitution and every single federal thing that has ever come after The Declaration of Independence in these last 250 years have been steps backward. Fuck off says it all. That is all. Enjoy your beers and BBQs.

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Something quite monumental happened yesterday, and I’m going to write about it. All the daily political antagonism is mostly just an eye-roll and a yawn to me. I never engage in the social media back-and-forth over it because that’s for stupid people—people who don’t really look at the long swath of history in anything. They…

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When everyone claims to chase truth, who’s actually catching it? In a world where “truth-seeking” has become a badge of honor, the question isn’t who says they’re doing it—it’s who really is. This post takes aim at the self-proclaimed rationalists, skeptics, and thinkers who wear epistemic virtue like armor. Are they pursuing truth or protecting…

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We’re so busy and tired. Every day. Sunup (05:15) to sundown + is how we live out here in rural NE Thailand. Every day, I’m up beteen 04:00 – 05:00. I like the dawn coming on. I feel substantially alive and well. Honestly, there is too much going on to document even close to everything.…

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