New! South Korean SF author Djuna's Memoir of a Joseon Bride, which includes a short story translated by Jihyun Park and me, is coming soon (2026) from Honford Star. Click here to preorder.
New! South Korean SF author Djuna's Not Yet Gods in a new English translation by Jihyun Park and me, coming soon (2027?) from Kaya Press. Click here to visit the Kaya webpage for the book and preorder it from the publisher!
New! Further Strangeness: Twelve New Knights, Seers, and Myths for Mythic Bastionland is an unofficial and unlicensed supplement for Chris McDowall's wonderful new game, and my entry for the Mythic Bastionland Game Jam. Available for free over on my itch.io webpage.
New! Circe's Grin is a system-agnostic old-school RPG adventure, and my entry for the Appx. N 2025 game jam. Available for free (for now) on my itch.io webpage.
New from Knight Owl Publishing: Isle of Joy is a harrowing old-school adventure on a mysterious island full of secrets and stories. Order a copy on Knight Owl's website.
Something Tookish! is a Brindlewood Bay RPG hack for those who want to solve mundane, cozy mysteries in a halfling village. With art by Justin Howe! Get your copy on itch.io!
Now available: FERMENTVM NIGRVM DEI SEPVLTI (Black Yeast of the Buried God) from LotFP! Text by me, illustrations by Gonzalo Æneas, layout by Jacob Hurst, editing by Joshua Blackketter, maps by Alex Mayo. OSR adventure set in a brewing abbey in historical Westphalia.
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Ah, I get it. This is yet another ploy in an attempt to convince us that you actually use toilets. I will not be fooled!
(The narrator sounds like Henry Czerny from Mission Impossible I.)
Indeed, a ploy, a ploy, old boy, indeed.
He does.
been using this video with my advanced class for a couple of semesters now. it’s really funny and you can download a high res version from the producers site.
Really? I thought about using it in class, but the majority of students are female and I’m not sure how it would go over!
Students love it. guys like it more than the girls, but the girls get it too. I did it as part of the “your favorite youtube” event. Each student chose one and that’s the one I chose.
Huh… well, then!
If I knew of a Korean male student going to study abroad, then I would definately make sure he watched this, but as I’m ostensibly supposed to teach my (mixed) students how to pass the listening section of their University test that they’ll take in 2 weeks, then I don’t really get the chance to bring it up.
But I do hint at it when I tell them not to take their pink clothes with them, which like you saw on my blog strangely comes up in a LOT in their practice exam papers!
Pink clothes or being too friendly in the toilet aren’t necessarily bad things…but it really is a different country out here, eh?
Yeah, it is a different country. I too think the pink clothes aren’t a big issue — though seriously, I still don’t get it after all this time. As for the toilet friendliness, I’m not sure I don’t think it’s weird how weirded out we are about it. But anyway, as Charles recently observed, I don’t pee, so it’s not much of a big deal to me.
Actually, when I discussed this video with Lime, she said there’s a “movement” in Korea that encourages men to sit down when they use the toilet. Sin Hae Chul (some kind of rocker/social commentator) is one example. I didn’t know there was a movement, but apparently there’s a movement of “enlightened men” in Korea do this, especially at home.