Lunar new year, that is. It’s the first of the year for East Asia, everyone. May oodles of good fortune be yours this new year. 새해 복 많이 받으세요! Since I didn’t make any new year’s resolutions for the solar calendar, I may try to do some up for the lunar one instead… we’ll see what I feel like tomorrow.
Month: February 2005
Weird Expat Romance Rumors
Over at Ahssa!, you can read a sample of the kind of story that every expat hears at least once while living abroad: the strange romance gossip story. These kinds of stories are inescapable, really. Everyone has at least heard at least one, and most of us have firsthand experience something as weird as this. I’m no exception.
The Women of Unit 707
After a long day of researching Korean-specific geomancy (for my novel, something I hadn’t anticipating needing to know so much about for the rewrite), I found a look at a totally different side of Korea quite interesting. The Digital Chosun Ilbo has a photo-essay about a female special forces team that’s worth a gander. Thanks to KimcheeGI of Budaechigae, who, yes, got it from someone else…
Human Pride
Everyone’s favorite Big Hairy Hominid linked to this wonderful little piece about being
Some publishing hoaxes…
Some publishing hoaxes, like the Sokal Hoax (see Sokal’s own archive), are somewhat sel;f-righteous in trying to tar a whole group of disciplines by finding the weakest link in the chain and exploiting it, instead of joining with the people in the field who are doing good, worthwhile work and boosting their efforts. (Sort of like using those crackpots who believe in cold fusion to damage the credibility of all scientists.) What’s more, it’s not just humanities academics who are to blame for this state of affairs. But courtesy of Metafilter, check out this hilarious scifi hoax, Atlanta Nights. Great …