Live Forever or Die in the Attempt

Well, new year, new job. That seems to be the way things go for me in Korea. I'm getting settled in here at Hankuk University of Foreig...

I felt Irish last weekend. More Irish than the Irish people I know. But I feel kind of Irish when I spend a few days in a row in I Tae Won. ...

Do you ever feel like the whole world has gone stark raving mad? Or like the only person the body snatchers haven't caught sleeping yet?...

Happy pig year everybody. Yeah it's Loony New Year here in Asia once again. And things have been loony around here. It's that time o...

The other day I was walking down the street in Yong In and I saw a coffee shop with the familiar green logo, letters, interior etc. that was...

Who is the greatest street hockey player who ever lived? Would even he, or for that matter, she, (har har), know? I may not have been the be...

A few things pervade my thoughts this week. One is football. Of the NFL sort. I think the best game of the year was Indy/New England when th...

Okay, I’m no expert on what I’m about to write, but recent world events, movie viewing, internet surfing and distant echoes of past educatio...

Hey! What do you know!!! I posted a picture!

Well, I've marked all my exams. So my work for this contract is almost at an end. I should be feeling pretty happy about that. But I...

I was talking to a friend the other day who told me she saw a study of corrupt countries of the world that ranked South Korea as number one....

If you don't think racism is fun watch a Seinfeld now that Kramer's out. And if you still have any doubt, don't ask Mikey, he ha...

I was trying all week to come up with something to follow the previous trinity of entries. Then, as if by divine intervention, (or spiritual...

Have you ever lost, say, your keys and looked everywhere for them but couldn't find them? You were probably late for something because t...

For the past few days I have been hearing all kinds of amazing factoids about Ted Haggard being one of the most influencial men in religion...

The following entry is based almost entirely on theory, conjecture, and the unknown and should be regarded as such. Imagine as far back as y...

Well, I'm back from a two-week break for Korean Thanksgiving, (Chuseok). It was a couple of whacky weeks! I went to Yong In and met my f...

I know I said in my last entry that loving one's country is good. And I don't want to do away with national anthems being sung at sp...