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Last week was a virtual vacation for me even though I went to work every day.  It was discussion week, meaning no lessons and no homework, just preparation of open-ended discussion questions to give the students practice speaking.  What’s more, our students were reassigned so that I led several small classes of high school students [...]

Back, Baby, Back!

I suppose I’m in a regularly-scheduled rut at the moment.  It’s not just a blogging rut, either, but an activity rut during the week.  Of course, I’m out and about on the weekends trying to utilize every precious weekend minute to the fullest, but the weekdays just cause me to lose all energy.  It’s a combination [...]

DJ Soon?

I’m thinking again of starting an Internet radio station like the UrbanSoulNation that propelled me through many late night during graduate school.  Maybe I don’t have enough music or selective tastes or enough money to do it right, but I can always   out of something with a million excuses.  On the bright side, it would [...]

Twern’t Nuttin’

There is a silver lining to losing my wallet and everything in it last Saturday.  Namely, it’s that I got a snazzy new wallet!  Of course, it has only a Korean bankcard in it now.  I’m missing my foreign registration card, my “old” Korean bankcard (I’d had it for less than one week), my driver’s [...]

Rudeness

Tonight, I made my third trip to the Earth, Wind and Fire sauna.  I skipped the hot tubs, though, and only stayed in the sleeping area for 20 minutes.  What I really wanted (and paid 8000 Won for) was the hot shower because, since my gas had been turned off, I may or may not [...]