roadkill and other observations

My carcass

The phone rang. The NYPD wanted to talk to me. My father’s cadaver had to be identified. I was living 3,827 miles away in Denmark. After the call, I downed some whiskey and phoned my father’s number to hear his answering machine greeting, to quell the fear that I might forget the sound of his voice (29 years later I still haven’t. We still have occasional nocturnal chats in my dreams). Meanwhile, in New York, his partner took care of the cadaver ID formalities.

Shoe Wars: Puma vs Mizuno!

Spoiler alert; Puma wins, hands down. Just consider the sole. After 6.1 km (3.8 mi) the sole of the Puma Trailfox MTS-Water is rock-solid, not a trace of separation from the shoe body. The Mizuno Wave Prophecy 3? Look at the feature photo up there. The sole is hardly hanging on after only 1,829.7 km (1,136.9 mi). You could smuggle five generations of criminal rapist South American migrants into Texas in that gap at the toe. Bigly.

Capitalism: Dead on arrival

In 1981 I saw the film D.O.A. – A Rite Of Passage by Lech Kowalski at a cinema in Morristown, New Jersey. When the possibility to own films arrived with Beta and VHS cassettes, I made several attempts to purchase it, but it was not to be found. Then came DVDs and BluRay discs, but still, no luck. A year or so ago I found a seller in Japan on Amazon offering the DVD but at an unattractive price.

the faith pandemic

faith:
1 complete trust or confidence in someone or something
2 strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof

This morning I was told that I must have faith. My usual reactionary response was to contend that I’d rather have certainty, obviously having been influenced by the lyrics of David Bowie’s song Law (Earthlings on Fire).

Mae Salong Vegan Getaway

You can read about Mae Salong on Wiki Travel and Trip Advisor and Lonely Planet. To understand the culture of the place you might want to read an article published by the New York Times, or another published in Chiang Mai’s City Life web news. But all that is not the same as reading about what a vegan couple did while there in November 2019. In a nutshell, we walked around a lot and ate and read. For more details, read on…

Newsletter Number 2

So, if I recall correctly, this is what’s been happening since the last newsletter.

Chiang Rai Vegan Temple Crawl

Last month my wife and I spent a few days in Chiang Rai before retreating to the hills in Thailand’s north to do nothing but read and wander around tea plantations.

So before the hills we enjoyed Chiang Rai, an urban delight for us city-wanderers who enjoy local culture, food and coffee (but not always in that order). The first evening we dropped our bags and ran to Moom Mai for a meal. That was yummy and eclectic.

Newsletter Number 1

On 1 December 2019 I created this roadkill and other observations blog as a way to leave facebook by 31 December 2019, because zuckerberg, v. putin, cambridge analytica, fascism, ad nausea.

Oh dear… (now)

Walking

Vegan Venues of Singapore

A plant-based restaurant reference…

The world needs more lists like this, because, well, you do a search for vegan restaurants and the results come up with vegetarian restaurants and ordinary restaurants that have maybe one plant-based item on the menu, like a green salad or a glass of water. Hmph.

This is my humble effort to assist vegans seeking a healthy and ethical meal in Singapore.

The venue names are links to Google Maps entries where you will find all the details, reviews, photos, website addresses, directions and more.

Dig in!