I got an email announcing the opening of this new news site, Truthdig.com, under the motto that, as stated by A.J. Liebling, “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” This month there’s a feature by Orville Schell called China: Boom or Boomerang? that looks promising. Check it out.
Month: November 2005
‘Zoiding
Poking around Rudy Rucker’s place, I found a neat little Asteroids Applet I thought you all might enjoy as much as I did. For a few minutes, anyway.
glenn branca: the official web site
Like guitar? Then I bet you’ll like glenn branca.
Dear Tom Cruise,
Do you still think that there’s nobody who needs psychoative medications? It’s alright, Tom. Just breathe.
Do you know any high school kids?
UPDATE (24/11/2005): Uh, what happened? The roads weren’t blocked this time, nothing like last year when they were jammed insanely tightly. I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary, actually. Maybe I was misinformed, but I wasn’t the only one… other people at work had heard the same as me. If you do, please give them something nice tonight. For many of them, tomorrow is going to be a brutal day. Yes, tomorrow is the day of the University Entrance Exams. It’s a day of unbelievable stress, of pressure, of anxiety and it’s also the release from a year (or …
A Few Links for Ezra Pound Fans
First, an interesting (if problematic) assessment of the Cathar heresy and the basic dualist impulse one often senses in people confronted with the theodicy — the paradox of evil in a world created by a good deity, by Hilaire Belloc. Second, an interesting snippet on Neoplatonism at Wikipedia which, far from incomplete, refreshes my memory and makes it clear to me why Pound was so into Plethon and Psellus and the rest of this lot. Lastly, an essay I’ve seen around before, but one which points out some interesting facts regarding the relationship between Ezra Pound and the Occult, a …
Not Just EFL Stuff
I know, if you’re not a registered user, it looks like I’m mainly writing about EFL stuff. You have no idea what’s being posted, here, in terms of the full variety, unless you’re a subscribing user and signed in. All kinds of stuff about my writing projects, my thoughts on recent American politics (and future American politics), expat life in Korea, and all kinds of other stuff are all popping up… for signed-up users. Don’t put it off… it’s such a short process, and you get so much more out of the site.
Various Links of Interest
Links of interest found on the Lost Nomad‘s site: One BBC reporter’s diary of Bush’s Asian tour A judge with what seems like a proper appreciation of Gilbert & Sullivan (or at least their call to let the punishment fit the crime). And via peemil (first point also discussed by Lost Nomad): Do they want to rectify all misconceptions of Korea, or just the ones they don’t like? Take a wild guess… Damned cool jello sculptures. While he lacks the compassion uncritical praising content that most Koreans demand of their critics, usinkorea has a lot of interesting things to say, …
Got Trackbacks Working
Thanks to a comment from EFL Geek, I was reminded that trackbacks were not working on my site. Well, it looks like it’s working now; not just if you ping manually, but the autodetect seems to be working. That’s cool. Phew! Let me know if it doesn’t work with your particular blogging software, please, my dear readers!
Kobe Beef
American Japanopodcaster Kobe Beef is someone whose show my Japan-enthusiast friend Marvin would enjoy — intelligent discussion of American politics, Japanese history, and a naughty Japanese word in Nihongo time (Japanese-language time) were all featured in the episode I listened to. Maybe some of the rest of you, too.