So my girlfriend Lime told me some really nice, happy news the other day. Here’s the story: She went for lunch with one of her friends whose younger sister is a freshman student where I work. Now, the friend has never taken a class with me, but even last semester she’d heard good things about me. Well, this semester she has her Freshman English class in a room next to the room I’m teaching in during that particular hour, and apparently her classmates who study with me have said positive things about the class. Well, what they actually said was …
Month: October 2005
A Bit More
I was going to post a longish post fawning over the music I heard at the Jeonju Sori Festival, and my personal reactions, but I was asked today to write a two-page article about it (for translation and publication in a Korean magazine, I think a local thing). Because of this request I’m going to put off writing anything about it until tomorrow or the next day. Meanwhile I’m working on getting that website online for my friends, which should be up in a day or two. But I will say for now that the musicians who stay most strongly …
Cut Off But Still Around
I cannot express to you how badly Hanaro sucks. I lost my internet connection with them on Friday night, just after service became impossible, and it stayed off until this morning. Despite my phone calls, nothing at all was fixed and, despite the fact I successfully pinged their router, and the router would not connect out, they insisted there was no problem there and that the problem needed to be solved by a technician, in my apartment. I told them in response that their service is terrible, their “help” is never available, and that I am so profoundly dissatisfied with …
Atlas Games: Charting New Realms of Imagination
You can get a copy of Ars Magica 4th edition in PDF free here. Since I’ve never checked out the system, looking around for free sounds good to me.
For You Monster Lovers
The listing is pretty extensive–though not quite exhaustive–at Gareth Long’s Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts. Fun fun!