Comedy Break: Old, but still so good…
I’ve had this attraction to history for as long as I can remember, so there are a few distinctions about my life that strike me in ways that others may… Read more »
Category: Recommendations
Listen: “This is Water”
I mentioned David Foster Wallace recently because I’m going to attempt his book Infinite Jest shortly (after I finish Conrad’s Nostramo). And perhaps it’s because I may have searched for… Read more »
Dog and Bike: Most Excellent
Ryan Van Duzer’s back at it yet again. I’ve written about him a few times now. He’s always so refreshing and engaging, and his videos kind of take me away… Read more »
The Dream is Enough
Back in January, I did a piece on a YouTube video about building a cabin on some back-acre farmland in Michigan. It was absolutely enthralling and I must say, over… Read more »
Follow-up: Trees on a Slope (나무들 비탈에 서다)
Just a few days ago I wrote about some of my reading and put in a word for a Korean author, Hwang Sun-won, and his book Trees on a Slope…. Read more »
Reading Around
I’ve been all over the place with my reading lately. As I mentioned recently, I’ve whipped through two of Peter Benchley’s better novels, The Deep and Jaws, within the past… Read more »
What sorcery is this?
I went to the moving pictures tonight. Very cool. Very interesting. There was a film there called “Dune,” and I got to see it. It was pretty epic. I liked… Read more »
A Bit Much…
Not long ago I was singing the praises of Hometown Cha Cha Cha, a Korean romance drama. It was good fun, and I liked it plenty because it was a… Read more »
Another bit of Funny
A conversation today ended with someone telling me to “have fun,” which usually reminds me of a line from the movie Rocketman — “Fun is my Chinese neighbor’s middle name”… Read more »
Duoz (두오즈)
I’m always looking for good restaurants, and I know my fair share in the area. I’ve sung the praises of Queenstown up in Dongtan, and we ate there just last… Read more »