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I can only find consolation in vowing to go on writing as long as I have a breath of life left in me, against the infamous maxim, "_Chacun chez soi, chacun pour soi_."

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Thais are very fond of dogs, including so-called 'soi ally dogs'.

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Yet stroll down, say, Soi Cowboy - a soi is a side street - and you hit a long row of girlie bars where sex is for sale, without a shred of subtlety.

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In facthearing the word soi can only remind meof KaowSoi, a Chiang Mai curry noodle soup, with no relation to the street in Bangkok (soi just means ’side street’), one of the best thingsI had while visiting Thailand a year ago.

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But instead of money, this year we're going to hand out Biggest Government Waste for the biggest time waster of the year -- the soi disant "Supercommittee."

Chris Weigant: My 2011 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2] Chris Weigant 2011

So it's smart of the folks behind Afingo Fashion, the soi-disant "first online platform to merge social networking and fashion industry sourcing," to establish their presence with "Behind the Seams," a series of real-life panels on Friday to feature insiders like Steven Alan and Fern Mallis.

Jenni Avins: Fashion, Journalism and Another Social Network Jenni Avins 2010

Walk any soi alleyway in Bangkok and you're likely to run into Western men being comforted by Thai women, karaoke bars blaring Madonna songs from the late 1980s and the scents of Thai spices wafting from kitchens along the street.

Melanie Nayer: One Night in Bangkok Melanie Nayer 2011

So it's smart of the folks behind Afingo Fashion, the soi-disant "first online platform to merge social networking and fashion industry sourcing," to establish their presence with "Behind the Seams," a series of real-life panels on Friday to feature insiders like Steven Alan and Fern Mallis.

Jenni Avins: Fashion, Journalism and Another Social Network Jenni Avins 2010

Walk any soi alleyway in Bangkok and you're likely to run into Western men being comforted by Thai women, karaoke bars blaring Madonna songs from the late 1980s and the scents of Thai spices wafting from kitchens along the street.

Melanie Nayer: One Night in Bangkok Melanie Nayer 2011

But instead of money, this year we're going to hand out Biggest Government Waste for the biggest time waster of the year -- the soi disant "Supercommittee."

Chris Weigant: My 2011 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2] Chris Weigant 2011