Song Kang Ho
Michael Gallagher You didn’t ask, but I am going to tell you. Song Kang Ho is my favorite Korean actor, although that is not the most vigorously contested category I can think…
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Averna
I have fallen in love with Averna, a very satisfying liquor that I recommend everyone purchase as soon as possible. It can be served on the rocks or neat; I…
Revolutionary taxes
The following is an announcement from the U.S. Embassy in Seoul to all American citizens registered with them. I am still on this mailing list because, frankly, I like being…
My head and all things trivial
I have to come to terms with the size of head. It is large, a noticeable genetic trait in my family. I have endured much derision for it and I…
Automobiles in Korea
I was reading an article of one Robert Neff, a longtime resident of Korea, and a fascinating historian. Everytime one of his articles would appear in the press, there was…
The art of the one-liner
Since brevity is the soul of wit, I offer these. They are all short jokes meant to make you laugh. They can fly right by if you are moving too…
Thoughts for the day
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”– Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect…