Back To This Business

I’m back in Korea. And look at the first news article I see on my return, translated and in my email box: Subway Farter Attacks Fleeing Man On the 20th, a 57-year-old Mr. Mun was charged without detention at the Kangdong Police Station in Seoul for assaulting a subway passenger who expressed displeasure at his […]

Miniscule World

You know, the world is small. It’s insanely small. My back hurts, I’m tired from a day-long ride in planes (though it’s only a taste of what’s to come in a few days), and I am in Montreal. I’ve been in the city an hour and a half, and already run into someone I knew […]

The Rare Nice Moments

This week, Ritu asked: What are the five nicest things you have ever done for someone else? I’m the kind of person whose efforts at being nice always end up in micro-failures. I promise to send someone something, and then can’t find it; or pack it up and neglect to mail it for months on […]

My Rudest of Awakenings

This week, Laura asked: Here’s a question you may interpret however you wish: name five most unpleasant awakenings you’ve experienced! These, unfortunately, have been many and varied. I think the five worst were these: Worst of all, was after a horrible, awful, dreadful weekend-long fever. I had nightmarish dreams of one of the girls who […]