My jacket smells like saltwater. A long long time ago (for those who don't already know), my ancestors (on my father's side) were fi...

It's been a miserable, white-knuckled fight with a cold for me these last two months (that's the knock-down, drag-out in the subje...

OK. Fully aware that the last e-mail was a downer (so much so that I've received about a third of the normal number of responses to my ...

This one got more and more personal as I went on, so pardon the initial cuteness; I decided halfway through that it was only going out to ...

So anyway, I have no idea why I'm indoors right now, except that I'm recovering from a cold. The snow outside is, paraphrased from ...

Hi everybody. This letter is just to tell you that I arrived safely in Korea yesterday night. This area (Joongkye) is great -- there are r...

Because I've received some concerned e-mails. . . I'm doing fine in regards to the allergy stuff. The doctor gave me some pills to ...

There are two girls in the PC room near where I'm sitting; they're playing with webcams and laughing hysterically. It's really...

Hi everybody. This is personal news, but I'm writing a bulk (ish) e-mail (note the streamlined "to" list) because I don't ...

It is time for another bulk e-mail. If you did not get the first one, sorry; if you do not want to be on this list, sorry; let me know. In...

(January 2003) Dear Dellemans: Greetings and hello and such! I am here in Korea now, and starting my second week of teaching the kids....

I am posting these in chronological order, and I am leaving them mostly as sent, warts, typos, factual inaccuracies and everything. I am in ...