Korean Diary 2: The Doomsday Vegetable Trucks |
In my previous diary entry, I explained the bizarre use of dance to promote a particular political candidate, and I admit to tripping over myself somewhat in trying to find an explanation for this phe...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:39:00 GMT |
Korean Diary 1: Danceneering |
It's cold in Korea. Bitingly, nastily cold. As soon as the summer humidity (and concurrent rainy season) has given way, in come the winds fresh from Siberia and chill you down to your nether-regions. ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:24:00 GMT |
A Batter Sausage and CHIPs |
Ah, chips. Is there anything they can't do? Computer chips have given us innumerable benefits, not least of which is the ability to multiply 256 by 29 without having to resort to the madness of mathem...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:57:00 GMT |
The Irish in Heroes (Season 2; minor spoilers) |
Having scoured the internet for&well, about ten minutes now, I think it's safe to say I'm the first to ask the following question, pressing and important in our times: What is with the Irish accents ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:39:00 GMT |
Henry VIII’s Waistline |
Has Sir Derek Jacobi nothing better to do with his time? It was recently announced that the lauded yet apparently under-worked actor has joined a group questioning the authorship of Shakespeare's ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:01:00 GMT |
A Life In Music |
I went to see a fortune teller last Sunday. Her place of business strangely enough, a Buddhist temple was at the foot of the Changwon mountains and I was taken there by taxi, a fact of which my gh...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:41:00 GMT |
Petition: End the Death Penalty in US & Japan |
www.PetitionOnline.com/EU270807/petition.html
"In the face of the ongoing state-sponsored killings and the three executions scheduled in Texas this week, the International Committee of the Texas Coali...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:52:00 GMT |
SAVE CAMDEN! (because Camden saves) |
Hello....
I'm appealing to anyone who might have a UK postal address to look at the below link.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/camdenmarket/
Camden Market as we know it risks extincti...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:58:00 GMT |
Soundtrack of my Life (the next Grammy-winner) |
Normally, I avoid these things like the plague, but this intrigued me...
IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?So, here's how it works:1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Playe...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:53:00 GMT |
A weekend on the mountain range |
The below blog - an excerpt from an e-mail sent to a friend back home - describes my latest weekend adventure, which took place near Jirisan, a mountain range west of Masan/Changwon (where I live). It...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:24:00 GMT |
