For those who worked with him in Jeonju, you may be happy to know that Jason is still alive and kicking, somewhere out there in India. The link above is to a photo of him playing the guitar. Good to know he’s doing well.
Month: May 2006
john tallman’s site
Another person I sorta-know has a space online: john tallman lived in Jeonju and did up the cover art for a couple of Dabang CDs.
The Rest of Semester
I’ve been looking for a way to work in a podcast into one of my classes, especially the Media English class, but there just wasn’t room this time around. However, I did a slight overhaul of my rest-of-semester-plans with some of my students. Here are the results: Students in my Media English class are making presentations. This is for most of them in lieu of the Media Diaries which they were supposed to start keeping in Week 2, but which most of them never really started. It adds a little to the workload, since they’re supposed to be getting their …
It’s Only $300 Billion
A member of a mailing list I’m on passed on this article, It’s Only $300 Billion, which asks the question why it’s possible for America to fund a war in Iraq, but not to fund the Kyoto Protocol. I’ve thought of that before too, but you see, the mere suggestion is heresy. The War in Iraq is all about profit and control of oil freedom and democracy, while the Kyoto Protocol is all about ensuring a livable planet for generations to come, achieved the only way it’s going to be possible, with the wealthy leading the way since they can …
Out the Window, Over The Fence
I hear a baby screaming as loud as it can, crying and crying for something. A woman and man in the same room, screaming at one another. Slapping sounds, more screaming, and the baby wailing with redoubled efforts. Him, yelling even louder. More slapping sounds. A thud. Her screaming too. More baby-wailing, until it all calms down and all I can hear is the person practicing a passage from some piano etude, somewhere out there. And people think hell is a place people end up after they die. I’m pretty sure hell can be just out my window, and over …