They’re very nice here. I think Singapore wins the “Most Sensible and Relieving Airport” prize for my recent travels, but Melbourne Airport wins “Nicest Folks Working There” prize. (Canberra is second — the barmaid muttered at Ian, I think, but he was allowed into the security area with me, even though he wasn’t flying himself, which is pretty cool.) Off I go. I’ll be in Korea tomorrow.
Month: September 2006
Make Glue Out of Him, It’s Time, My Friends
Shawn has written eloquently about the Harlan Ellison-groping-Connie Willis scandaloid. I think that’s what it’s about, and it’s applicable. How embarrassing for those of us who don’t think that being a writer entails the right to behave like a dick for life. Has the man ever apologized? I read his intro to Dick Lupoff’s Space War Blues, and was amazed how the man seemed unable in any way to apologize. To anyone. He’s lucky Connie didn’t drop-kick him on the spot. I know she’s too classy for that, but he deserved it. Must just be that she’s so much more …
Visited Countries…
create your own visited countries map or vertaling Duits Nederlands That’s changed a fair bit in the last few years. Still need to visit Europe sometime, and would like to do Cambodia, China, Vietnam, maybe some of Africa, and some of South America. Someday…
On The Ever-Raging English Teachers in Korea Debate
One of the best posts I’ve seen to date on the ongoing Foreign-English-Teachers-Are-All-Sex-Maniacs mediafest in Korea can be read at Scribblings of the Metropolitician. As for me, this crap is old news. A few weeks after arriving in Korea, I was accused of being a sex maniac and a tempter because I was having a conversation with a female Korean bartender, who was explaining the names of the various bar snacks to me. Which says a lot about the idiot who was saying that to me, much more than it says about me. Most human societies are obsessed with sex …
Osama Wanted Who?
Even if the source is not reputable, and the story perhaps total B.S., this story is still entertaining. (via Austin Kleon)