The New World Economy!

This is a VERY rough draft of a satirical piece I’m thinking of working on and sending to a (leftist) magazine. What do you think? In today’s world, the most important thing about any industry is sustainability. Any investment you consider should be examined in terms of whether you can set up operations to continue profiting for a long, long time. And you’re in luck! We’re once again at the cusp of a big surge in an endlessly renewable resource for the American economy. Amazing as it might sound, it’s really, truly infinitely renewable, actually… at least, if you set …

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The Tail End of the Trip

Well, I now have my wits about me, so I am going to post a little more about the rest of my trip, which concluded with my return to Korea on Saturday (I arrived Sunday afternoon, and got to Jeonju Sunday evening). However, since I know that a detailed breakdown of all of my voyage may not interest everyone, I’m going to use the Extended Entry function and let you pop over the the full story if you are interested by clicking the “Continue reading” link below…

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Canadian?

Funny that I am Canadian, but while I’m not perfectly up to date, I am far more up to speed with American politics than with those in my own country. Ah well. Keisha recommended a show from the NPR series This American Life for me. I don’t want to forget it and so this post serves as a reminder to me to listen to it when I return home. It’s called Who’s Canadian? Maybe you should listen to it too, eh? Did you ever think about that? Hmm?

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Trip Stuff…

… that is probably of no interest to anyone but me, but I’m posting it anyway. I’ve been pretty happy with how this trip has been working out. Of course, there have been problems. The way my bank card provided a feast for a local bank machine was somewhat annoying, really. (And Marvin’s right to urge people to pee on the accursed things when they see them—though I was informed not only Bank1One but all newer bank machines in the USA are configured in this way, to magnetically destroy the stripe if the card is retained.) But overall, meeting so …

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