Got a rejection the other day from Fantasy magazine of my story “Triangle Man”, which is cool. Could probably do with another look and some reshaping before I send it off elsewhere. It’s a very odd little story and I’m not sure it’s actually fully bloomed, though I’m also not sure it ought to...
Read more →Someone I know and care about actually argued to me today that 9-11 was set up by and carried out by the CIA. Anyone know a good, non-hostile book that explains the origin of this myth and why it’s nonsense, without being overly pro-Bush? And if such a book doesn’t exist, why not? Perhaps...
Read more →First I want to say I’m basically happy with the care I’m getting at Yonsei Severance Hospital. So today I headed in to give blood for a test, and to do my treadmill EKG test as well. I did the blood in the morning, so I could eat lunch, and then took in a...
Read more →This book of short stories and a novella is excellent, mainstream fiction about Chinese-Americans, Chinese in America, America in Chinese, Chinese in China (a little), Chinese in Taiwan (a little)… Chang’s introduction for discussion groups suggests it’s a book full of stories about types of hunger and how they consume families, which makes sense...
Read more →Right, not to raise alarums, but… … for the last while, I’m not sure how long but long enough to know it’s been more than a few weeks, I’ve been rather constantly aware of my heartbeat. It’s not skipping beats. It’s not causing me pain. It’s not speeding up or anything. It’s just there,...
Read more →I don’t know which idiot set things up this way, but I cannot even comment on my own bloody website. Whoever set up this little proxy deal on campus — or at least, that’s what I’m told the symptoms look like — is a moron. People can send and recieve email from Korean servers,...
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