It seems facebook critical mass has hit.  Although it has always been a hit with the kids, there was only one other person on the site from my high school when I joined.  Here, of course, it is mandatory for keeping in touch with people as they move from country to country but it seems that in the last few months things have changed.  My "friends" ( Read more... )

Growing up in Montana means being off most people's radar geographically.   I grew up reading obsessively and I can still remember every book (by non-local writers) I read that mentioned Montana.  There were two.  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig and Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck.  The only times Montana was ( Read more... )

So I am on holiday now until something like the 28th of July.  I am not sure what to do but doing nothing is feeling quite good.  I have been reading 공지영's novel 즐거운 나의 집 (My Pleasant Home) again.  I never really found much time to read it during the semester but now with time off maybe I can get through it.  It is slow going.  some paragraphs are ( Read more... )