Turner is a young Berkeley grad who, when the world’s economy tanked, decided to man up and make shit happen by living life overseas and funding his escapades by doing interesting travel jobs while “chronicling what happens when you give the road map the finger” in his blog, Around The World In 80 Jobs. Which eventually landed him in Thailand where he went mano y mano with the dreaded Hilltribe ladies, working as a tout on Khaosan Road. His blog entry is a hilarious look at the ultimate street sales life. And though he is straight, his coverage of on-line dating in Bangkok will sound familiar and give you a laugh or two too (um, you’ll have to click through his blog for that entry you lazy bastards!)

The nine-minute short film The Language of Love tells the story of a young gay teen struggling with his sexuality and the love he feels for a boy in his French class, which should plant roots in the heart of anyone who has experienced the wonder, fear, and excitement of first love. Or as one commenter on Youtube put it: “As a straight male, this is was the gayest thing I’ve ever seen, and it was absolutely fucking brilliant.”

Tesco Lotus Employees: Listen up! Making do with the paltry wages your employer pays you isn’t the only way to put baht in your pocket. This enterprising guy at WallMart found profits and added a new dimension to the term ‘customer service’ at the same time.

Christian recently sent me a link to a blog by a young gay Thai guy into farang who he met on GayRomeo that I’ve linked to before, which while not news did remind me I hadn’t recently checked out his blog. So I did. And you can too. Providing insight into the gay Thai mind, his latest entry is about why they always know best. And now with its addy fresh in mind I’ll add Thai Gay, I Am to my blogroll too.

In honor of May being National Masturbation Month, the joys of choking the chicken is covered in this Paris publication from 1844. Or not.

Evening Dreams is a cute piece of fiction about Nut, a gay bar boy, who hopes this farang won’t tell him he loves him. Yet.

Last week I linked to a test to determine how ladyboy-like your mind was. This week we’ll make it a bit more simple and see if you can identify one or not. With a 1 in 5 chance, it shouldn’t be that difficult. You’d think. I’m glad I got it right or otherwise I’d have to seriously start thinking about expanding my horizons.

Island Male Graphics is the work of photographer JR Williams who specilaizes in shooting hot young men in an honest, intimate, bold, sexy and glamorous editorial style much as the way female models have historically been shot.

I don’t unless I’m trying to appease Noom for something stupid I’ve done, and even then though he’ll gaze wistfully at the free non-air-conditioned buses he knows not to push his luck, but I thought a link to a primer on using the bus system in Bangkok would be a good Cheap Bastard Tip Of The Week. Until I ran across this humorous blog entry, 7 Ways to Get Lost On A Bangkok Bus. BTW, Stickman reports the new gates they installed at Departures at Suvarnabhumi to keep you from exiting to grab a taxi upstairs that I mentioned last week have been installed but are all sitting wide open and are not in service. God I love Thailand!

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