From the daring mind of Mojave66: What are the five things you think that humanity needs in order to survive and evolve into a peaceful civilization? “Things” could mean a philosophy, a technology, a spiritual perspective, a type of government… anything. This is not such a hard question. I think humanity needs very little...
Read more →Today Lime and I returned from our trip and watched Shrek I (again, for me, in the hopes that we could watch Shrek II, though we found it had finished playing in Jeonju). Then we watched Van Helsing, becaused it was the most convenient movie for both of us (and she let me pick)....
Read more →For those who don’t reread old posts, you’ll miss a big update here, so I’m re-posting the info here… my letter to the Korea Times was published, at least on their website, under the Thoughts of the Times column, and you can view it here. Ooops, except I guess they found a title a...
Read more →That’s right, this is post #1000 here at eclexys. I’m just posting a little link because I really must get to bed soon. I spent all evening editing the letter to the editor which you can see in the previous post, and tomorrow morning Lime and I leave for our (short) trip to SongGwangSa,...
Read more →*UPDATE*: This letter is on the Korea Times’ website! It might even be in the newspaper today, though I won’t get a chance to check until tomorrow… Here’s the published letter, which is under Thoughts of the Times. From the BigHominid’s Hairy Chasms a nasty stench was emitted, which was regarding this opinion piece...
Read more →I know I’m in Korea, not Japan, but I haven’t seen a Korean Name Generator online, so I’m, well, settling for a Japanese name. Given that there are kanji characters (“hanja” in Korean, meaning Chinese characters), I suppose some Korean could render this for me, if they were so inclined… My japanese name is...
Read more →Again, over at Arts & Letters Daily, I found an interesting article about the women who founded those repugnant corporate marketeers of dissatisfaction, needless worry, and shame: The Czarinas of Beauty, an article by Stefan Kanfer about the founders of three of the world’s biggest cosmetics companies. Even in this time of Botox and...
Read more →Bush is going over the edge, say his aides. Not a surprise to the rest of the world, of course. Though now he’s doing spittle-flecked rants, calling anyone who disagrees with him unpatriotic, generally becoming a right old fascist. A vote for Bush really is a vote for more trouble than you want, Dear...
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