I can’t remember one of my more memorable experiences in Bangkok. But I do have a vague recollection of how it began: I hooked up again with the male half of an Aussie couple I’d met in Cambodia who believed the best way to get to know the locals was to spend the evening getting smashed at a cheap watering hole. Even when that hole is just a small table set up in an alleyway. He had a bit of genius about him, although possibly running on the demented side. No problemo: dementia and ya dong – the Thai version of moonshine – go hand in hand. This article provides a quick overview of the typical ya dong stand found in Bangkok . . . give it a read, then try it out yourself and Bangkok will never be the same again.

In Thailand, all males turning 21 must participate in the military draft lottery. Drawing a black card: exemption. Drawing a red card: two years of military service. Drawing a rich farang to buy your way out of the lottery: priceless. Unfortunately for ladyboys, while they may be exempt from standing at a urinal, they too still have to participate in the military draft. Draft Day, a nine minute video, examines the subject of how the third gender prepares for the draft.

While learning how to work a zipper seems a much easier way of going about it, if you really want to know how to calculate just how big he is, here’s a step-by-step primer.

This infographic about Thailand for touri is mildly interesting for its numbers but made it to my End of the Week post because it says that ‘yet’ and ‘here’ are rude words to Thais. Huh. I’m assuming that means those two English words sound similar to two rude Thai words. Anyone know?

As promised here’s yet (ooops!) another heads up that the Bangkok of the Mind blog is once again up and running. Bkkdreamer’s blog is filled with personal tales of a farang and his Thai boyfriend’s daily life in Bangkok, which tends to be but a backdrop to his lusty interest in young Thai men who live in the slums by his home. Well written, often intimate, and strangely captivating, it was always one of my favorite gay Thailand blogs until it went dark quite awhile back. Prior fans and newbies will be pleased he’s blogging once again.

I like the smorgasbord pix approach this week’s NSFW Tumblr, Cum In Me, uses to display all the hot naked male flesh it offers. You can quickly pass over the twink shots and enlarge the shots of the hot hunks that catch your eye. That you get a few hundred pix all on one page ain’t bad either.

Who knew getting a wedgie could be fatal?

Video clips of cute puppies and kittens doing funny things have never been a draw for me despite how often they go viral. And thanks to all of you for not sending me those clips. Dolphins using puffer fish as a recreational drug to catch a buzz, however, is a different story. Huh. I never realized they had dolphins in Colorado.

While Bangkokians are all preparing for the planned Shutdown on Monday and dreading the sardine-in-a-can experience that means using the BTS and MRT will entail, Sunday is a much better choice for a thrilling ride if you live in one of the participating 60 cities where the annual No Pants Subway Ride event will be held. Consider it a flash mob of flashers. Bangkok is not on the list. Yet. Unless someone quickly registers it. Hong Kong and Beijing both participate though, so if you’re thinking it’d be a good time to get out of town now you know where you should go.

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