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A reader shares the 11 books they completed in 2021, including Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and Antifragile; literary fiction such as Midnight’s Children, The Sympathizer, and Tree of Smoke; and practical titles like Mastering Shiny and How to Take Smart Notes, with brief personal notes on each.

The Asian Turfgrass Center (ATC) has launched new video and audio channels — including a YouTube channel, the “ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods” podcast, and the “ATC Office Hours” podcast — to make turfgrass information more accessible to a wider audience.

A runner in southern Thailand describes an unexpected morning jog alongside six fighting bulls training on public roads, capped off by the sight of a lion on the town’s outskirts.

A video explanation explores the unique putting characteristics of zoysia grass greens, which Herbert Warren Wind famously described as roughly three times harder to putt than bermudagrass due to its erratic, multi-directional grain growth.

A food and lifestyle update covering a memorable duck noodle lunch, recent Lays Thailand chip flavor tastings, and a return to posting videos on the Asian Turfgrass Center YouTube channel, plus a brief mention of finally spotting a lion at a local menagerie.

Thailand’s fruit season runs from April through late summer, peaking with mangoes, durian, rambutan, and mangosteens — and a box of exceptional durian and rambutan from a small, high-demand orchard in Chantaburi offered a taste of why this season is worth the wait.

A traveling menagerie has set up near a local park, bringing five elephants—including a large tusker—along with at least a deer, and possibly a lion, raising concerns about the security of the animals’ enclosures after a deer was spotted grazing in the park.

A turfgrass manager shares three short videos explaining total organic matter testing, including how to calculate organic matter accumulation rates and sand topdressing requirements, while also expressing excitement about using the iframe Resizer JavaScript library to seamlessly embed a Shiny App OM246 calculator within a webpage.

Swensen’s Ice Cream’s salted watermelon sundae topped with sugar, chili, and dried fish gets a mixed review — the watermelon ice cream itself is excellent, but the chili overwhelms the delicate fruit and fish flavors, leaving the reviewer wishing for a better-balanced topping.

A homeowner shares hard-won practical knowledge from dealing with a rat infestation, including bait tips (dried shrimp), trap preferences (circular glue traps over square), and the surprising fact that two rats can multiply to 15,000 in a year.