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Now this is what error reports should look like…
Rule of Law? Rule of Law? Oh, the Irony!
The Rise of the Russian Criminal State by David Satter Updated Link: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State by David Satter David Satter writes about the rule of law and its necessity in order for democracy and capitalism to succeed, something which, as the world knows, has not happened in Russia. He’s right, of course, Russia has become a horrible criminal state. But I couldn’t help reading the beginning of the article with a slowly mounting sense of irony. Consider this excerpt, from the middle section on “Kleptocracy in the Guide of Reform”: Perhaps more important than these economic features, …
Raspberry Wine, Korean Indie Music Labels, and Japan
Basically I am cutting and pasting from an email to a friend here. Let’s see. The folk village I went to on Saturday with my friend was fun. Pictures coming soon, probably tomorrow. Will be buying a digicam this week, probably. Today one of my old students — who is now someone else’s student, a little girl names Su Yeon — brought me a nice big bottle of bok bun ja sent by her mom! (Raspberry wine, purportedly with powerful effects on a man’s virility… which I can neither confirm nor deny.) She didn’t even bring one for her new …
Music I Recommend
Note (4 Feb. 2012): I originally wrote this post back in August 2003. However, at the time there were downloadable MP3s in the post. I was, let’s say, not so aware of copyright issues. Anyway, I’ve updated it with embedded videos from Youtube for almost all the original songs today (4 February 2012). ORIGINAL POST (4 August 2003): Lately I’ve uploaded some music to my server that I am recommending via one of my friend’s Korean Daum Cafes. Since I am hosting it here, I’m going to include the links on my own blog. I suppose I shall have to …
Plans Growing Solid
I note that, yes, more and more of my posts of late have been in the gord’s life/life in korea categories. I have a bunch of draft posts about crossdressing African child soldiers, and about Bob Hope, and other things, but I’ve had no time to develop much about this stuff. Anyway, I will say a tiny bit about my short term plans: I will be working for two more weeks, and then during the third week I will be briefly going to Osaka to get my new work visa processing done. It’s a paid-for trip (necessary as it’s required …