First, something from my mailbox that I meant to post earlier:
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/opinion/28tue4.html
Google apparently has a tracker to show which governments have shut off access to which sites.  It's hoped that publicizing such data will shame those gov's into being more open.
My question is--where the Hell is it?  Is it blocked from here, ( Read more... )

So I get a bunch of stuff done.  Did find the place to get my phone recharged, though I'm going to go back and get a better phone later.  Picked up a drink blender which I'll keep and a radio which I'll have to return.  There's nothing wrong with it per se, except that it can't bring in any radio stations.  My little clock radio will get one or two ( Read more... )

I'm walking home from the train station--really I shouldn't have gone anywhere with this raging sinus infection, but I had to get my pants measured--and I pass the people in the cute little uniforms and the trucks blaring their messages with their candidates' names and faces on them.  I remembered, June 2nd is election day ( Read more... )

...and I will, after the videos load.

The trip started out late but what the Hell, it's a holiday weekend and we've got nothing but time.  There's a note in my notebook "six beautiful ajummas".  By trip's end there were seven--let me explain.

As I've no doubt mentioned "ajumma" means literally "married woman" or "aunt", but culturally is a woman of ( Read more... )

The concept of a holiday for recognizing children is nearly unthinkable to me as an American.  "Children's Day"???  What day isn't?  I'm still not sure why Korean society sees a need to set aside one day a year to treat kids.  Compared to American kids these kids are doted on, indulged.  Sure, what's expected of them is a lot higher, more study, ( Read more... )