Sorry for the delay in coverage, but our internets went down.

Coup Update: Wiley Thai PM Samak says there will be a referendum. The Economist says that if there is a snap election, Thaksin and Samak’s PPP party will likely win again, as the opposition, the PPP doesn’t care much for democracy. They are royalist supporters who want a new govt that is 70% appointed, 30% elected. The military, loyal to the royal family, has showed great restraint, to the point where they are refusing to act on a court order to remove the protesters from Government House. Police have been ordered to leave their batons at the office. Still no signs in Chiang Mai that anything at all is happening.

Fiction Update: Laura is helping me develop some characters for a novel, Slow Me Down, which I’m working on. I’m trying to apply the same outlining tactics I learned while writing the novella. Earlier this week I took a stab at a short story, which I was pretty happy with, but which is not very, shall we say, literary. I’ll be podcasting that soon.

Work Update: I’ll be teaching my first SAT prep course next month. The pay will be even better than I was told before, so I’m excited about that.

Travel Update: La and I have decided to not go to the beaches in October, as planned, and will instead go to Vietnam.