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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

One Night in Bangkok

So, yeah, there was a coup in Thailand today.

"The coup went largely unnoticed in Bangkok’s popular tourist districts, where foreigners packed bars and cabarets, oblivious to the activity about two miles away."
Posted by Nancy at 8:01:00 PM

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I'm a single, sometimes poet with great friends, great family, and plenty of laughter in my life. I love children's literature and puzzles and language and poetry.
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