more about gender in Korea. It's weighed on my mind lately. I have a few female students looking for a job these days. I don't kn...

In 2003 a land-claim dispute between Korea and Japan started heating up. There are a couple of islands called Dokdo in Korea, and Takashima...

The newly elected president of Korea (to be inaugurated in February. . . I think) is thinking of closing the ministry of women's equalit...

There's a movie called D-War or Dragon War that you might have heard about, but haven't seen (unless you're one of my readers wh...

I offered a solution for how to save the world earlier on this blog . Here's another. It was tagged on at the end of the previous post...

Remember my post a long time ago about dancing with the crazy old ladies on the boat? I tried to describe the music then, eventually giving...

Two American institutions, together at last. I'll put a proper post in here sometime, but I've been busy lately, and haven't had...

So I drank the Heroes kool-aid after all. I don't have a TV at my house, and don't really miss it, but after seeing a few episodes o...

Jim Carrey back before he "made it"

from a professional. my own pictures. It was fun. If you see a clown in a bright orange hat in these videos, it's me. 11 auspicious pe...

For me, in the words of my old Creative Writing bud, Sparkey, 2007 has been kickdonkey awesomepants, friends. A rundown of reasons for the s...

Lists and point form are dead giveaway signs of sloppy, lazy writers. Though they'd say it's just that they're very organized t...

This is what's been rocking my speakers this year: Old friends: Tom Waits (especially Rain Dogs and Alice) White Stripes (especially W...

A guy named Brad Neely, from Austin, has recorded a voice-over for the entire first Harry Potter movie. It is sometimes overwrought, someti...

I claim no copyright for Mr. Kim's article; I'm simply reprinting it here for my personal use, in order to show my friends and famil...

There's this columnist in the Korea Herald (the English newspaper my school subscribes to.) I don't always agree with him, but he u...

A few more thoughts on Christmas in Korea, interspersed with pictures I took downtown on Sunday afternoon and night. Plus a mini-story or t...