• Archive for September, 2003

    Teen Girls Magazine Bible?!?!?

    by  • September 4, 2003 • PERSONAL

    ABCNEWS.com : A Cosmo-Style Makeover for the Bible? Okay, this is just bizarre. Found it on Adam’s site, the oft-recommended a violently executed plan. (Thanks Adam!) Revolve is, we are told, some kind of adaptation of Christian scripture. We are amused, horrified, but at least not quite at a loss for words… I understand...

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    These Days…

    by  • September 3, 2003 • PERSONAL

    I’ve been sleeping poorly and eating less than usual, but still basically in a good mood and feeling better-rested than before. (Could this have to do with much-reduced net access?) I’ve been very busy writing on one of my other blogs, which I’ll once more plug here: New Sophist’s Almanac, a blog run by...

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    Tibet Dream #1

    by  • September 3, 2003 • PERSONAL

    On Monday Night I dreamed that was going on a trip to Tibet. I flew to Bangkok to buy a ticket there because, as everyone knows, the tickets in Bangkok are cheaper no matter where in Asia you are going. When I arrived, however, they told me that I would have to go through...

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    Work…

    by  • September 2, 2003 • PERSONAL

    Well, my students are… hm. They’re interestingly varied. Things that work extremely well in one class fall flat in another. I think in another week or so I’ll have a good enough idea of the level of each class and tailor my basic lesson to each group, without the pain of planning 11 different...

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    Computer Resurrection!

    by  • September 2, 2003 • PERSONAL

    Yes, the computer is back to life! I am absolutely ecstatic. It turns out the problem was not a Windows problem, not a virus problem, but rather a problem with my hard drive. It cost me W180,000 (which is about $200) to get it fixed, and now it’s running better than it ever has....

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    Interblog Interview

    by  • September 2, 2003 • PERSONAL

    I saw this on A violently executed plan and decided to do it. The original seems to have started at Green Boogers, or at least that’s where Adam saw it… Thanks for the questions, Adam! (1) What do you like the most about living in Korea? It’s hard to formulate an answer to that...

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