30 June 2024

Moved to Substack

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After almost three years of not writing, I've moved my writings to Substack. I do my best to publish a new post every Sunday morning, Vi...
25 January 2021

"You got MARRIED???"

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Yes, we did! Seventeen months ago, now... Very happily, as it turns out... ViLa and I met in October, 2015, and've been together e...
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02 February 2020

What do the Republicans stand to lose if they do the right thing?

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In the past, I've suggested you read AND SUBSCRIBE to Jim Wright's wisdom. Why haven't you done it, yet? He's a decorated ...
29 January 2020

Tom Nogler

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My good friend Tom Nogler's heart gave out. A good man suddenly gone too soon. There will be a Memorial on 01 February at the Capit...
03 August 2019

The False "Freedom" of NOT wearing a motorcycle helmet...

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Yes, there are too many laws in most places, many of which keep the poor, poor and the rich, rich. Motorcycle helmet laws are NOT among th...
21 July 2019

So You Want to Come to Vietnam and Ride a Motorbike? Part 7 — One Photo Sums It Up

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This is the best photo I've seen yet of what it's like to ride a motorbike in the cities of Vietnam... no one who lives here would t...
25 April 2019

Ho Chi Minh

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The person, not the city known to the locals as Sài Gòn... Everyone who is at all paying attention knows that Ho Chi Minh fought for ind...
27 February 2019

It's Vietnam

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Just when I think I can let up a bit from the doom and gloom of daily motorbike riding here in Vietnam, something else comes across my scree...
21 February 2019

Da Lat Coffee

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As I read the article below, it hit me that my more recent posts, although very real-world, lean toward portraying Vietnam as doom-and-gloom...
18 February 2019

"Only the good die young"

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A few months ago I got an email from a guy in Richland, WA telling me that he was coming to Vietnam to ride, probably with his nephew. He as...
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09 February 2019

So You Want to Come to Vietnam and Ride a Motorbike? Part 6 — Death

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As you know if you've read my blog for any length of time, I don't pull punches. Motorized two-wheel vehicles are inherently dange...
01 February 2019

"agoda", the hotel booking site, is a POS

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Why can't people just 1) Tell the truth and 2) Admit it when they don't? In search of a new "regular" hotel for my mo...
22 January 2019

So You Want to Come to Vietnam and Ride a Motorbike? Part 5 — Meme

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This explains the bus (and truck) drivers in Vietnam...
18 December 2018

So You Want to Come to Vietnam and Ride a Motorbike? Part 4 — Rules?

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In case you've missed them... Part 1 is here . Part 2 is here . Part 3 is here . I've read many articles about riding in Vietn...
23 November 2018

So You Want to Come to Vietnam and Ride a Motorbike? Part 3 — Tips

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A bit of what follows was touched on in either Part 1 or Part 2 .  Part 4  includes a couple bits repeated from previous parts because read...
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28 October 2018

So You Want to Come to Vietnam and Ride a Motorbike? Part 2 — Reality

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If you haven't read Part 1, it's here . From yesterday's news: "Road crashes are a leading cause of deaths in Vietnam,...
25 October 2018

The Ease of Switching to Medicare — Part 2

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If you've not yet read "Part 1", it's here ... Uh, yeah. It wasn't over... This morning, 8 hours after I posted Pa...
24 October 2018

The "Ease" of Switching to Medicare

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That it's a government-run program under the regime of the Perpetually Lying/ Ignorant/Nationalist/Fake Self-made Billionaire/Hate-Monge...