Posts Archive
All the posts from the blog, listed in chronological order.
2024
09 Feb – I should have brought earplugs
06 Feb – Books I read in 2023
09 Jan – Golf report
2023
18 Oct – Not a good sign
09 Jul – Business trip
15 Apr – In the interim
20 Mar – The full extent of my injuries
10 Mar – I've been looking for a reason to share this photo
06 Feb – Thinking of doing a taste test
22 Jan – Books I read in 2022
2022
27 Dec – A new taste
21 Dec – A narrow bridge, and a high one
20 Nov – Delicacies
30 Oct – Wrong turn at the grocery store
24 Oct – Not what I expected
23 Feb – I try six! new flavors
07 Jan – Books I read in 2021
2021
30 Dec – Podcasts and videos
29 Dec – I should have brought a camera
22 Aug – Grass grain growing hectically: a new video
20 Aug – Duck noodles, spicy Korean ramen, and YouTube
25 Jun – Durian delivery
20 Jun – Rumors of a lion
15 Jun – Uncommonly pleased
11 May – Watermelon dried fish sundae review
09 May – Last thing I needed first thing this morning
06 May – Last thing I needed first thing this morning
03 May – On the evolution of a [birdie] style
13 Mar – Dazed and confused
09 Mar – Durian Granola
18 Jan – The books I finished reading in 2020
2020
30 Dec – Reached today's goal
27 Oct – rturf 11: tidying data, ClipVol, and automatic reports
16 Oct – It was as if God had decided to put to the test every capacity for surprise
15 Oct – The Gateway Chip
07 Oct – rturf 10: summarising by group, and chart facets
03 Oct – My current training diet
29 Sep – Wet rocks are slippery rocks
26 Sep – A big morning at the bird club
20 Sep – Promising results after one week
17 Sep – rturf 9: libraries, plotting data, and decreasing green speed
15 Sep – Rethinking my training plan
14 Sep – rturf 8: the merge function to combine green speed and clipping volume
13 Sep – rturf 7: how I setup panes and theme in RStudio
07 Sep – Race report: slipping and sliding in Krabi
01 Sep – Blindsided!
31 Aug – rturf 6: RStudio projects or setwd
30 Aug – rturf 5: writing a function, and using ifelse
29 Aug – Tokay gecko makes an appearance
26 Aug – This all started with a mosquito
23 Aug – rturf 4: reading a file, making a calculation, and common summary plots
16 Aug – rturf 3: reading a file into R
12 Aug – What I did to learn R
02 Aug – A flavor retrospective
28 Jul – Getting started with #rturf
21 Jul – What's going on here?
13 Jul – The Narrow Road to the Slightly North
05 Jul – Weekends and bar-b-q
25 Apr – Mango season
16 Apr – I wasn't expecting that
01 Apr – So many developments
17 Feb – Kind of a weird deal
20 Jan – They're really good!
18 Jan – The golf section of the Business Mirror
02 Jan – The books I finished reading last year
2019
30 Oct – In which my trophy collection increases
12 Oct – A map, an intriguing new flavor, and a boat ride
27 Aug – A tale of two cities told in three tastes
02 Jul – And I wasn't disappointed
06 May – A lot of people are saying …
12 Mar – Just when I thought it couldn't get any better
2018
06 Nov – I was a guest on The Talking Greenkeeper podcast
10 Oct – On collaboration, part 2
21 Sep – For my Canadian friends
17 Sep – On collaboration
10 May – On my desk
2017
17 Nov – Hotels with a view don't come much better than this
15 Nov – Nine years, one month, and 760 flights
24 Oct – On the cover of Bizgolf's September issue
08 Sep – Of geography and food
16 Jun – An impressive cap display
06 Jun – A revelation
26 Mar – A big city, and a small one
11 Feb – All kinds of new things
2016
31 Dec – It's been some year
29 Dec – Botany, maps, and potato chips
10 Dec – Traditional pre-race meals and the beauty function on my new phone's camera
09 Nov – Iconic views
08 Nov – Losing track of iconic dishes
19 Oct – Stakes and grass and other matters
14 Sep – Two greens in Japan
03 Sep – Birdies, pars, television, and potato chips
25 Jun – Article about the MLSN guidelines, now available as a preprint
02 May – Starts with a goose
01 Apr – Multicontinental birdies
26 Mar – A Short Grammar of Greenkeeping
19 Mar – Mostly sporting
06 Mar – New developments
06 Feb – Two years ago, this happened
02 Feb – Finish times at the Orcas Island 25k
26 Jan – Books, botanizing, birdies, and borders
2015
30 Apr – It's been a lot of great trips
31 Mar – March Golf Report
27 Feb – A February Miscellany
20 Jan – Unsolicited advice: part 4
14 Jan – Sabbatical Snow Summary
2014
28 Dec – December Golf Report: part 2
12 Dec – December Golf Report: part 1
11 Nov – Perambulatory couture
16 Oct – Continuing research: the imbibing idiot bias
14 Oct – Another unsolicited recommendation
26 Sep – September Golf Report
16 Sep – For those who refuse wasabi out of a tube
10 Aug – Traffic in Bangkok
04 Aug – Unsolicited advice: part 2
03 Aug – I love the Mediterranean in spring
26 Jul – Unsolicited advice
25 Jul – Three things I've been meaning to share
08 May – Consular matters
2013
11 Aug – An Early August Miscellany: dancing shrimp, seminars, races, and cross training
30 Jul – July Golf Report
16 Jul – In which everything was concluded to the satisfaction of everybody
10 Jul – Two interviews about grass
06 Jul – Botanizing my way through Japan
01 Jul – In lieu of a monthly golf report
23 Jun – Too Full of Adventure to be Briefly Described: 2
08 Jun – An extraordinary goya chanpuru
03 Jun – Of Kujira and Other Research
02 May – Extraordinary In-room Accessories
26 Apr – Of Air Travel, Avalanche Warnings, and Octopus Salad
2012
31 Dec – December Golf Report
30 Nov – November Golf Report
08 Oct – This Month in Air Travel: 7
30 Sep – September Golf Report
23 Aug – Of Sunsets, Beaches, and Botanical Walks
13 Aug – Hard at Work in the Yaeyama Islands
19 Jul – Magazines and Maps
08 Jul – Salubrious Thailand
03 Jul – Feature Article in GCM Magazine
01 Jul – June Golf Report
04 Jun – May Golf Report
08 May – This Month in Air Travel: 6
05 May – April Golf Report
15 Apr – Botanizing (and so much more) at Hawaii
29 Mar – March Golf Report
23 Mar – This Month in Air Travel: 5
08 Mar – Of Potato Chips and My Vicinal Diet
27 Feb – February Golf Report
12 Feb – This Month in Air Travel: 4
30 Jan – January Golf Report
2011
29 Dec – December Golf Report
27 Dec – The 2011 Sam Khok Awards
20 Dec – This Month in Air Travel: 3
03 Dec – November Golf Report
20 Nov – Dancing and Eating My Way Across India
12 Nov – Apyrexial in India
06 Nov – This Month in Air Travel: 2
31 Oct – October Golf Report
18 Oct – Reading List
30 Sep – This Month in Air Travel: 1
29 Sep – September Golf Report
03 Sep – Rakish Outtakes from Wuhan
02 Sep – A Rakish Tour of Wuhan
27 Aug – August Golf Report
19 Aug – Insights Into Golf, Life, and Turfgrass
07 Aug – Last Week, the Outtakes
31 Jul – July Golf Report
28 Jul – July Miscellany
18 Jul – Please, sir, I want some more
09 Jul – Reading and Writing
29 Jun – June Golf Report
22 Jun – It was a dark and stormy night
16 Jun – Cold, Cricket, and a Cathedral
06 Jun – Involving Another Journey
31 May – May Golf Report
19 May – On Sabbatical
30 Apr – April Golf Report
22 Apr – The long-awaited Park Grass article
12 Apr – Eastern Daylight Time
31 Mar – March Golf Report
27 Mar – Photos from an Epic Week at Canada
19 Mar – Melt My Pinky World
10 Mar – In which I encounter an old Acquaintance
01 Mar – February Golf Report
26 Feb – Too full of Adventure to be briefly described
06 Feb – Advice on Running
05 Feb – My Contribution to Global Warming
30 Jan – January Golf Report
25 Jan – A Rakish Guide to Central Hokkaido
22 Jan – On the Cover of Greenkeeper International
18 Jan – Last Week in 70 Epic Seconds
13 Jan – Seminar in a Tall Building
2010
30 Dec – December Golf Report
29 Dec – Words to Live By
26 Dec – The Inaugural Sam Khok Awards
24 Dec – An Inimitable Blaze of Dissipation
11 Dec – Songwriting and an Icon of Philippine Culture
10 Dec – Last Week, or 枕木
04 Dec – November Golf Report
29 Nov – Living on the road my friend
20 Nov – The Elephant Whisperer
18 Nov – The Manny Pacquiao of Golf: Part 2
16 Nov – The Manny Pacquiao of Golf: Part 1
03 Nov – October Golf Report
31 Oct – Dostoevsky & Carver
27 Oct – What is Quadracious?
17 Oct – An Update From the Northern Japan Alps
06 Oct – For a limited time only?
28 Sep – September Golf Report
22 Sep – On Restraint
20 Sep – On Progress
12 Sep – Grass & Cooking in Italy
07 Sep – Some Early Out-takes From Sicily
31 Aug – August Golf Report
22 Aug – Current Trends in Photography and Food
21 Aug – Frogs at the Market
19 Aug – Of Duck Livers, Shark Fins, Goats, Bird Nests, and Ya Dong
10 Aug – July Golf Report
24 Jul – Ponies, Rabbits, Cows, Birdies, and the Olympic Games
12 Jul – A Week of Quadracious Training
09 Jul – Wild Horses, Camels, and Birdies in the Desert
04 Jul – Fourth of July Weekend
03 Jul – June Golf Report
30 Jun – Tsuyu (rainy season) Tour of Japan
13 Jun – Climbing the Santa Ynez
11 Jun – On Farmer's Markets, Free Samples, and Almonds
05 Jun – Kebun Raya
01 Jun – May Golf Report
31 May – A Quadracious Sports Drink, or,
29 May – Tigers, Pythons, and the Chittagong Club
15 May – Step-by-Step to a Genuine Stunning Dish
13 May – Eating Well at Thailand
04 May – April Golf Report
22 Apr – Royce' Banana Chocolate
21 Apr – An Unprecedented Locomotory Feat
20 Apr – An Immense Arrear of Demands on My Attention
01 Apr – March Golf Report
31 Mar – March Spearfishing Report
29 Mar – A Long Shortcut to Suan Luang Rama IX Park
21 Mar – Quadracious Powder and More
15 Mar – A Busy Train Station
02 Mar – February Golf Report
28 Feb – Makha Bucha Day & Another Medal
20 Feb – Luang Prabang is . . .
12 Feb – Harmony & Amanda at Thailand: the outtakes, part 2
08 Feb – Harmony & Amanda at Thailand: the outtakes, part 1
04 Feb – January Golf Report
01 Feb – Harmony & Amanda at Thailand: the official photos
21 Jan – Four Views of Yuzawa
20 Jan – Winter Turfgrass Seminars at Japan: the outtakes
16 Jan – Minke Whale Curry
10 Jan – Another Race, Another Medal
09 Jan – Websites, Seminars, and Writing
02 Jan – 10K Medalist!
2009
31 Dec – December Golf Report
25 Dec – Hua Hin reconnaissance mission
19 Dec – A Feathered Phenomenon
10 Dec – Who is Mirah Woods?
30 Nov – Golf Course Visits and Tournament Sponsorship in Philippines
30 Nov – November Golf Report
28 Nov – A Memorable Thanksgiving Dinner in the Philippines
16 Nov – Golf Digest Interview at Singapore
11 Nov – October Golf Report
10 Nov – Hamburger Spaghetti, Oysters, and a Wedding
16 Oct – The Durio: an interesting cookie concept
11 Oct – An Unexpected Juxtaposition
10 Oct – A Special Oktoberfest at Bangkok
04 Oct – A Genuine Stunner, or, Termites In My Kitchen
30 Sep – September Golf Report
17 Sep – What To Do In The Rainy Season?
16 Sep – August Golf Report
08 Sep – A Rakish Tour of Oregon
26 Aug – Asian Turfgrass Center's New Magazine Advertisement
25 Aug – Introducing the Tautologously Edacious Diet
17 Aug – Fusion Cuisine and the Sam Khok Diet
16 Aug – Seafood at Siracha
14 Aug – The Best Postcard Ever
02 Aug – July Golf Report
30 Jul – Boarding Passes & Cleaning Offices
23 Jul – Durian & Great Expectations
22 Jul – Rambutan: The Hedgehog of Fruits
16 Jul – A Grandiose But Not Necessarily Misplaced Confidence
10 Jul – A Hortulan Note
03 Jul – General (and Technical) Presentation Tips
01 Jul – June Golf Report
20 Jun – What Makes Us Happy?
17 Jun – Take Your Golf Clubs to a Salubrious Place
14 Jun – The Slimming Effect of Vertical Stripes?
10 Jun – Camels & Skiing at Dubai
08 Jun – Exercise and the Sam Khok Diet
03 Jun – Can I Eat Rice Krispies Treats on the Sam Khok Diet?
02 Jun – Can I Eat Eggs on the Sam Khok Diet?
31 May – May Golf Report
30 May – Marukatayawan Palace
17 May – Speak No Evil
12 May – Sam Khok Diet: Before & After
10 May – Amphawa Floating Market
05 May – A Prawn Party
30 Apr – Another SHOCK
26 Apr – Two Snacks: One Dolorous, One Resplendent
25 Apr – The Mango Tango Ice Cream Bar
24 Apr – Mother's Day Gifts
23 Apr – Great Advances in Men's Grooming Products: II
05 Apr – Dissipated in Dallas: or, Guy’s 28th birthday
04 Apr – Pre-Masters Workout
02 Apr – Hawaii – Underrated
29 Mar – Window Seat View
28 Mar – Great Advances in Men's Grooming Products: I
24 Mar – Spring Skiing at Nagano – 春分の日
18 Mar – Oliver and Pip
17 Mar – SE Asia Seminar Week
03 Mar – New Writing Project for ゴルフ場セミナー
28 Feb – The REAL Sam Khok Diet
23 Feb – Beautiful Grass
21 Feb – Rice Farm Special
24 Jan – The Sam Khok Diet
18 Jan – Five Great Things About Hokkaido
15 Jan – From Sapporo to Niseko
06 Jan – ELE-POO Fertilizer
05 Jan – My Gecko Oliver
04 Jan – Roadside Food Vendors – Weekend Special
2008
29 Dec – Monthly Turfgrass Photos 2008 – Done!
29 Dec – Christmas in Thailand
26 Dec – Sustainable Turfgrass Management Seminars
27 Nov – Thanksgiving in Thailand
15 Oct – Jumbo Pokemon to Fukuoka
14 Sep – Sariwang Kambingan, or Yagi Sashimi
05 Sep – Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
27 Aug – Make it Suntory Time
18 Aug – A poignant shopping experience
09 Aug – Airport safety
29 Jul – Sunrise, between Taiwan and Okinawa