3:00 snapshot #759

[urbpan]

I cleaned the flying insect traps earlier this week. (Then began deploying them.)

I don't know if you follow Kinky Friedman on twitter, but I wanted to share what he said today. "During the VietNam war, I was in Borneo with the Peace Corps helping farmers who'd been farming successfully for 2,000 years learn to farm." I thought that was pretty damn funny.

Also on twitter, but also also on LiveJournal, I learned about a music video for an incredibly boring Bruno Mars song (that's not redundant, the man has some talent) starring Leonard Nimoy. You will believe an 80 year old man can be hilariously cantankerous without uttering a word! Google it, I won't link to it here.

And finally, from our good friend @MichaelPollan, here's a short video showing a small market in what must be an unbelievably densely populated corner of the world. Is there no place to sell vegetables nearby that doesn't feature regularly scheduled risk of death?

Comments

[plantmom.livejournal.com]

Re: the Pollan video, that's just crazy and amazing. Good lord.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Flying insects traps?! :shakes entomologist fist: :)

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes. I anticipated this from you sir! At least you aren't as waspish as the yellow jacket queens I hope to catch with my lure of dead fish dangling over dilute apple juice! (with a touch of hand soap to break the surface tension)

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

If you'd like to send me some preserved Yellow Jacket specimens for my insect collection I might be more understanding :)

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I'd be delighted to! Perhaps you could tell me exactly which species I'm battling!

[stonelizard.livejournal.com]

That video was hilarious. I think I am slightly more in love with Nimoy than before.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

The BF woke up, so I can tell you where that market is....

It's in Thailand, about 70 km south west of Bangkok.

Here are some nifty links.
http://blog.hotelclub.com/maeklong-market-maeklong-railway/

http://twentyandcounting.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/the-worlds-most-interesting-marketplace-maeklong-market-thailand/

http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-blog/maeklong-market-railway-thailand-the-train-that-goes-through-a-market/

Unsurprisingly, the market was there before the train.

I totally want to go visit it. Who's with me....

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the info!

[shellynoir.livejournal.com]

why dead fish? do hot dogs work?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Hot dogs might work. Dead fish are easier to come by at my work.