• Archive for January, 2008

    By the Way…

    by  • January 1, 2008 • PERSONAL • 0 Comments

    Happy new year, everyone! We had ice cream cake, pasta, and wine last night. We watched, oh, it must have been about the last half of season 2 of Carnivale today. It’s been relaxed and fun, especially aftar all the frantic scurrying of the last week or so. Tomorrow, I am back to scurrying:...

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    Readings, 2007

    by  • January 1, 2008 • BOOKS & AUTHORS • 8 Comments

    In 2007 I read the following books: Code: italics = reread asterisk = new (to me) author (*) bold = my favorites this year exclamation mark = !unfinished strikethrough = never finished, never will Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang (*) The Comfort Women: Japan’s Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War...

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    Duck!

    by  • January 1, 2008 • BOOKS & AUTHORS • 0 Comments

    I remember this story fondly! That afternoon in Seattle, reading it over and thinking, “Hey, this is weird…” … in a good way. It’s dark, but sweet, like a chocolate that you never had yourself as a kid, but probably will appreciate more for having waited till adulthood to taste. Eh? Anyway, my classmate...

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    “Grade Grubbing”

    by  • January 1, 2008 • teaching in Korea • 1 Comment

    It strikes me why Korean profs so often get their grades into the computer system so quickly. Yes, now, after so many years here… My grades went into the computer system at the Uni only a little more than 24 hours ago, and already, my email inbox is bursting with pleas. Last night —...

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