Now y'all can talk about how you knew me back when...

You know, back before I became a media sensation.

Granted, the fine folks at Khaosan Pathet Lao news service did not deem me important enough to mention, but there I am in the photo front and center (or front, and to the right, as it were).

The Vientiane Times, Laos' english-language newspaper of record, the motto of which is 'all the news the Party says is fit to print' went a different direction. No picture of me. Rather, they thought that Minister Souban was the star of the show. As if.


They did, however, get my name right. Last time I spoke in public, my rousing success was credited to Political Officer Greg Chapman. That guy was always looking for reflected glory.


Word.