Fritz Leiber would have been 100 years old today, and I'd like to think that somewhere people are gathered in a ChiChis celebrating. Not likely since it’s Christmas Eve but I can hope ( Read more... )

Continuing with the bullying posts...
( Part 1 can be read hereI'll posit that there are two types of bullies, whether or not they are exclusive entities from each other or simply two aspects of one behavior I'm not too worried about at the moment. For want of better terms I'll call one the Predatory Bully and the other the Herd Bully ( Read more... )

This is going to be an at least three part series of posts on bullying as witnessed over the last year that I'll relate to bullies in the workplace and their contribution to overall workplace toxicity levels. That'll be the Ukulele Story ( Read more... )

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This is the second of my posts about ESL teaching in Korea. ( The first is hereWhat sparked my desire to write these was a friend saying they were considering teaching abroad. What follows came out of that conversation and like most advice it comes from having made mistakes. This part will focus on the application process and the second part will ( Read more... )

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There’s this one house with a big garden I pass on my way to and from work. Every now and then I see the old couple that lives there. The old woman in particular has a way of sneaking up on me. I’ll be walking along when suddenly I'll hear someone laughing at me, and the old woman will be standing less than four feet away from me ( Read more... )

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