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Lumphini Park is a park in the middle of the massive city of Bangkok. It is located right in the business area and is over 140 acres of land. BTS Skytrain Silom Line Sala Daeng Station is nearby. MRT (Bangkok) Lumphini Station and Si Lom Station are nearby. It is also easy to take a taxi there as every taxi will be able to find the park. I would call it Bangkok's Central Park. There is a great deal to do inside the oasis from the city. You can ride bikes and train here. They have marked road signs that show you how far you bike and many take advantage of the great trails through this beautiful park. You can work out at the outdoor gym. They also have a swim place there and another gym but I love watching the outdoor gym. It reminds me a bit of Muscle Beach at times. You can take a ride on the paddle boats. There are different kinds to choose from. You will see many different kinds of animals in the park. An abundance of birds, reptiles and other critters are always out and about. You will see a variety of beautiful flowers and scenery. Some people just relax. You will see many bring a mat and tap a lunch nap or just sit and read a book. The park is very relaxing. Some people are there to play. I love playing chess in Washington Square Park and there is a group of guys that place chess here every day. Some people are there to just enjoy life. After all, you are in one of the greatest cities on earth. How could not enjoy enjoy it?

He really is a detestable person. Not nice in so many ways. Just really awful. But without a doubt, and far and away, one of the two bestest, most talented, most knowledgable sex workers I have ever encountered in my life. A true sexual animal, as well as a predator, who has and will knowingly use his body to get any and all that he can. If anyone here is fortunate or unfortunate enough to have an encounter him, approach with more than a modicum of trepidation and get ready for the ride of your life. Yours, IHOP aka FavelaDweller

The new addition is a bit confusing and distracting IMO..... But if its some sort of progress or enhancement, I guess it will be considered a Good thing by some. Not a Fan !

The longer this episode goes on the more Snowden is looking like a sorely needed whistleblower in the right place at the right time. When one considers the revelations of the sweeping multiple programs that capture data on virtually all Americans email and internet activity, the lies, the half-truths, and the omissions about the existence and content of these programs that have been made (some under oath), and the heavy handed actions of the US and UK governments and some Western Europe allies acquiescing to pressure, with regard to forcing the plane of sovereign head-of-state to land by denial of airspace overflight and the illegal detention of the partner of a journalist working on the Snowden story. I don't know about anyone else, but this is not the America I was taught in school that we are, or were, that the founding fathers founded, that we fought several wars over two hundred years to preserve. Where is the Constitution? Where are civil liberties of individuals? We have a Constitution to guarantee a balance between the individual and the state. That balance is being, has been, eroded. It seems the government has become a bully in its pursuit of what should be due process dictated by law ... and the Constitution. Sure, we knew some things were going on to help anti-terrorist detection. Some were uneasy with some or all of the Patriot Act, others saw it as a trade necessary for security. However, what we were told is not what it turned out to be, or certainly it turned out to be a lot more than what we were told. It is unclear if any of these apparent government excesses would have seen the light of day without Snowden. What I do know is that they had not been exposed before him.

Now there are two Portuguese-speakers living in the White House. E para voce, querida, uma vida incrivel, sem carapatos e pulgas.

And for you, dearie. an incredible life, without fleas and ticks

The boys wanted to go to the soccer game when Barcelona was in town. It was a huge deal for them as they both love soccer and they love Barcelona. I told them to go buy some tickets at Ticketmaster and they did. They were lucky they did as they both told me of issues at the game with fake tickets and people paying for 2nd hand tickets, getting ready for the game and then not getting in. Imagine that: face tickets in Thailand! A true shocker isn't it? They wanted to go really early and they spend most of the afternoon there walking around doing whatever guys do at these events. I didn't ask many questions. But, I did notice a few too many photos of girls. They said the entire crowd had to go through 1 small little door and it took forever to get in. They both thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it made me happy to see them smile and laugh so much that night. They did tell me that a small bottle of water was 80 baht inside. They took a few pics and said it was OK for me to post there here in case others want to see what the games are like in Thailand. They took mostly video of the day but I was able to find a few pics. Enjoy.

OK hito....1-2-3.....OH MY !

I like and agree with Oz. That would probably be our only connection and my memory of it forever!! When I was in Buenos Aires in 2005 or 06, my second visit to this fabulous city, I engaged the services of an escort who gave me the, the "Best Fuck" in my life; he reached my "G" spot and had me calling out his name. Afterwards, I saw him on each of my visits until 2010 and 2011. ...could have had him during the latter date, but I guess my shyness overcame me; I lost out and have been damning myself ever since, but I still remember our first and second times and will continue to remember.

You are a bad, bad boy AS. You cost me some money. I just peed my panties, but at my age, more often than not, they are the disposable ones. Yours, IHOP akaFavelaDweller

What is wrong with me? My first thought was... http://www.stsulpice.com/

Lily has stated that she may get married to her long time partner. She was asked many years ago to come out and she didn't. But, everyone knew of her sexuality and knew her partner. About 15 years ago, I was lucky enough to have a dinner with you after the Tony awards. She was lovely and very entertaining. I admit I have always liked her even before I met her and I even like her movies that didn't do well, like the one where you was a sister with Bette Midler. It is great that so many people are now feeling more and more comfortable in sharing with others about their sexuality.

Suggestion for the wedding cake - Bloody Vagine Topper Yours, IHOP akaFavelaDweller

There are so many stories concerning him. Good, bad, indifferent and some truly terrible. But so many would cum off as bad, fourth-rate porn. Better told over a glass of something flavorful. Drunken bittersweet memories of an ancient bag of bones. Yours, IHOP akaFavela Dweller

A few of my favorite, "intelligent" French organs Ludovic Canot Thierry Lamasse Francois Sagat Yours, IHOP akaFavelaDweller

Me three!!! Yours, IHOP akaFavelaDweller

thank you!

The French have more security and intelligence organs than any European country. If there had been any conspiracy, they'd have uncovered it. Can you imagine the leverage they'd have had over the British?

Edward Snowden is a patriot By TREVOR TIMM | 8/10/13 9:45 PM EDT Updated: 8/11/13 11:33 AM EDT politico.com Does President Barack Obama think we’re stupid? That’s the only conclusion possible after watching Friday’s bravura performance in which the president announced a set of proposals meant to bring more transparency to the National Security Agency — and claimed he would have done it anyway, even if Edward Snowden had never decided to leak thousands of highly sensitive documents to The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald. But even as he grudgingly admitted that the timing, at least, of his suggestions was a consequence of Snowden’s actions, the president declared, “I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot.” When you look at what has changed over the past two months, though, it’s hard not to wonder, “What could be more patriotic than what Snowden did?” First, the results: More than a dozen bills have already been introduced to put a stop to the NSA’s mass phone record collection program and to overhaul the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which has reinterpreted the Fourth Amendment in secret, creating a body of privacy law that the public has never read. A half-dozen new privacy lawsuits have been filed against the NSA. The Pentagon is undergoing an unprecedented secrecy audit. U.S. officials have been caught deceiving or lying to Congress. The list goes on. These actions have been accompanied by a sea change in public opinion about surveillance. Poll after poll has shown that for the first time ever, Americans think the government has gone too far in violating their privacy, with vast majorities believing the NSA scooping up a record of every phone call made in the United States invades citizens’ privacy. While the administration certainly doesn’t believe Snowden is patriotic, Americans do. A Quinnipiac poll conducted this month found people agreed, 55 percent to 34 percent, that he is a whistleblower — a large margin that crossed party, gender and age lines. A recent Reuters poll showed only 31 percent of the public thought he should be prosecuted. Obama claimed in his press conference that Snowden stole his thunder, that he was one who tried to initiate a surveillance debate prior to Snowden’s leaks. But, he complained, “rather than an orderly and lawful process to debate these issues and come up with appropriate reforms, repeated leaks of classified information have initiated the debate in a very passionate but not always fully informed way.” That argument just doesn’t comport with reality. In his speech in May on national security, the president did indeed announce a review of surveillance policy. What he failed to mention, though, was that the very same speech was spurred by another leak — of the Justice Department white paper justifying drone strikes on Americans overseas. There’s been no change in transparency surrounding drone strikes since the speech, as Obama himself proved later in the press conference when he refused to confirm a drone strike took place in Yemen last week — there were several. The fact is Obama has had years to initiate a debate about surveillance but instead has actively stifled it. Although, as he acknowledged Friday, he was a huge critic of the PATRIOT Act as a senator, his administration actively opposed privacy and oversight amendments in 2011. Similarly, in December 2012 — just eight months ago — the administration opposed all oversight fixes to the FISA Amendments Act. It passed unchanged with little debate. The FISA Amendments Act is the law that, as The New York Times reported on its front page last week, the NSA has used to “search the contents of vast amounts of Americans’ email and text communications into and out of the country.” Obama didn’t say a word about the Times’ bombshell story Friday, nor did he mention the Guardian story from the same day explaining how another loophole in the FISA Amendments Act allows the NSA to search its databases for Americans without a warrant. Just how much has changed since Snowden went rogue? Two cases tell the tale: In litigation over the administration’s secret legal interpretation of the Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act a few months ago, the government wouldn’t even give a page count of its opinion, let alone what it said. Similarly, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for the 2011 FISA court opinion ruling NSA activities unconstitutional led to the release of 30 pages completely redacted. On Friday, the administration released a full white paper of its secret legal interpretation of Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, which the NSA has used to vacuum up every domestic telephone record in the country without suspicion. The administration also announced that the 2011 FISA court opinion ruling some NSA surveillance unconstitutional will be released nine days after its Aug. 12 deadline. Obama said that if Snowden is truly patriotic, he would come back to the United States and make his arguments in court and leave it up to a jury to decide. Unfortunately, there’s no public interest exception to the Espionage Act. The administration has managed to convince courts in recent years that issues like a leaker’s intent to inform the public, the value of the leaks or the lack of damage that the leaks have caused to national security are inadmissible in court. Obama also boasted that he has enhanced protections for whistleblowers. But as the Center for Public Integrity reported after the speech, the president’s executive order “specifically excluded intelligence contractors like Snowden.” Whoops. As New York Times reporter James Risen — who knows a thing or two about whistleblowers — said on CNN recently, “We wouldn’t be having this discussion if it wasn’t for [snowden]. That’s the thing I don’t understand about the climate in Washington these days is that people want to have debates on television and elsewhere, but then you want to throw the people who start the debates in jail.” But Risen made another, less publicized appearance this week at the annual National Press Club awards dinner. What he said there is even more poignant. “I don’t think there’s any personality that’s more American than a whistleblower,” he said. “The entire personality and DNA of America [is made up] of people who wanted to have their own kind of government and be free of oppression. And I think that is the heart of what a whistleblower is. It’s somebody who believes civil liberties or freedom or corruption are important issues that they need to talk about, and their right as an American is to talk about it with the press.” If Congress passes meaningful NSA reform, Snowden may go down in history as the most influential whistleblower in American history. What could be more patriotic than that? Trevor Timm is executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and defending public-interest, transparency journalism. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/edward-snowden-is-a-patriot-95421.html#ixzz2bggjzsJM

I'm looking for twinkier boys, and several have quickly responded!

"A Ride of your life" really is a great recommendation! LOL Love your stories. And, photos!

Who knows why see didn't wear the seatbelt? Perhaps the shoulder portion might have mussed her hairdo? The lap portion would have wrinkled her dress. She was on the rag and had cramps? She didn't think about it. In any event, she wasn't. She wouldn't have died in that tunnel in Paris, most likely. Her heart would not have been torn apart from the impact of the collision if I correctly remember the coroner's published report. Yours, IHOP akaFavelaDweller

Obviously, BO not only thinks we are stupid, he knows it. Best regards, RA1

Little Johnny watched his daddy's car pass by the school playground and go into the woods. Curious, he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Jane in a passionate embrace. Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could hardly contain himself as he ran home and started to tell his mother. 'Mummy, I was at the playground and I saw Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went back to look and he was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, and then he helped her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane...' At this point Mummy cut him off and said, 'Johnny, this is such an interesting story, lets save the rest of it for supper time. I want to see the look on Daddy's face when you tell it tonight.' At the dinner table that evening, Mummy asked little Johnny to tell his story. Johnny started his story, 'I was at the playground and I saw Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went back to look and he was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants Daddy off, then Aunt Jane and Daddy started doing the same thing that Mummy and Uncle Bill used to do when Daddy was away on the oil rigs.' Moral: Sometimes you need to just shut up and listen to the whole story before you interrupt!

The thread of the Dollar vs. Real brought back some memories. Good thoughts. Some sweet. Others bittersweet. Maybe even in milk chocolate with some fresh cream? Decades ago, I can remember when Opie came into town like gangbusters from Baltimore. Almost immediately, hellzapoppin' took over the Windy City with her bad clothes and oh-so-bad Afro. Conspicuous consumption, eating up a storm and partyin' with the Baton "girls!" As a joke, when something seemed nigh impossible, my response would always be a "when Oprah turns white. Which was so, so very terrible and oh so, so, so very racist. An ex-employee and a coke whore always would be saying "I won't hold my breath" which I began using instead as well. My response to the possibility of the 2.50 mark got me to remembering that expression. I still use it down here, but it just doesn't translate. "I won't hold my breath" just doesn't mean anything here as "nao vou prender minha respiracao." Ditto with Brasilians saying "se Deus quisir" which we translate as ""God-willing" and on the contrary, "God-willing" which here is translated almost directly from the Arabic ""inshallah" as "oxala" My favorite "I won't hold my breath" is used here with the expression "vou esperar sentado/deitado" as "I am going to wait seated or lying down." I just doesn't have the same ring to it here. However, things definitely can change. And after what happened last week, when a woman worth over TWO BILLION DOLLARS was not permitted to buy a $38,000US purse in Zurich Switzerland, gentlemen, I think I can definitely state "OPRAH HAS TURNED WHITE! My next thought was what DID Opie buy for herself to salve her hurt feelings? A chalet next to the Suvretta House in San Moritz owned previously by a Niarchos? Maybe Liz and Dick's old place in Gstaad? Had to be something ginormous to make up for that alligator purse that the sales woman thought that she couldn't afford. Then it came to me. She marched herself over to Sprungli on the Paradeplatz and salved her hurt feelings with a 2 kilo ballotin of Truffes Du Jour. Simple, quick and the sugar and chocolate rushes most likely had a calming effect. Yours IHOP akaFavelaDweller

It is pointless to argue with you about this. But merely to note that the bad apples now include: - The current president - His predecessor - The Director of National Intelligence - The leaders of Congress - The members of the FISA Court - The officers and staff of the NSA A "few" indeed.

It is clear to me that no one in power learned anything from the embarrassment of the Evo Morales airplane fiasco. One would think we are back in WWII with the international intrigue and heavy-handedness. It is very informative learning that the UK is as heavy-handed as the US, whether by their own initiative or by request; and the laws detailing UK seizure of electronic devices at international transportation terminals.

Slate has a pretty sharp evisceration of Christie's anti-gay-marriage position: http://mobile.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/chris_christie_s_legal_brief_on_gay_marriage_pure_nonsense.html?original_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dchris%2Bchristie%2Bgay%2Bmarriage%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari

Msclelovr, Um, if you really do want the best, and if you are willing to pay for it, he will take your body to heaven, and send your mind south, he'll spoil you so bad, you'll hate every other guy you will ever touch, he'll put his mouth on your mouth, and his tongue on wherever you want it, he'll indulge your every fantasy, and then give you those fantasies one by one. All for you. Just for you. Has been for the past month. Yours, IHOP akaFavelaDweller