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Note #150: The slings and arrows of outrageous statistics

• July 2024
• 7.3 – #392: What makes a game?

• June 2024
• 6.5 – #391: Where there’s a will, there’s a whey

• May 2024
• 5.9 – #390: On greeting strangers

• March 2024
• Note #149: I’m still standing (2024.3.31)

• February 2024
• 2.28 – #389: Standing tall

• January 2024
• 1.24 – #388: Review: Black Knight

• December 2023
• Note #148: Solstice (2023.12.22)

• November 2023
• 11.10 – #387: Back from Portland

• October 2023
• Note #147: A hasty farewell (2023.10.30)

• September 2023
• Note #146: Another September, another beginning (2023.9.10)

• August 2023
• 8.29 – #386: Review: Oppenheimer and the importance of denouement

• July 2023
• 7.25 – #385: Review: Mission: Impossible 7 and the dangers of AI
• 7.8 – #384: Some quick thoughts on our trip to Singapore

• June 2023
• Note #145: Wrapping up... and looking forward (2023.6.22)

• May 2023
• 5.31 – #383: On the importance of proper communication

• April 2023
• 4.21 – #382: Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

• March 2023
• Note #144: Emergence (2023.3.30)

• February 2023
• 2.28 – #381: Personal mythopoesis

• January 2023
• 1.15 – #380: Anemoia, nostalgia, and memory

• December 2022
• 12.31 – #379: The power of tradition

• November 2022
• 11.19 – #378: A pedagogical meditation

• October 2022
• 10.31 – #377: Some thoughts on the Itaewon tragedy
• 10.15 – #376: Banneton

• September 2022
• Note #143: A busy semester ahead (2022.9.9)

• August 2022
• 8.8 – #375: My ideal place to live?

• July 2022
• 7.23 – #374: A tale of two places
• Note #142: Back from Texas (2022.7.18)

• June 2022
• 6.17 – #373: Wrapping up

• May 2022
• Note #141: Freedom...? (2022.5.2)

• April 2022
• 4.10 – #372: Breathe free

• March 2022
• 3.11 – #371: Silver quarter
• Note #140: One down (2022.3.3)

• February 2022
• 2.27 – #370: Face to face

• January 2022
• 1.30 – #369: One month on
• 1.1 – #368: New year, new home

• December 2021
• 12.20 – #367: Old stuff, new stuff
• 12.11 – #366: Renovation begins

• November 2021
• 11.26 – #365: Moving

• October 2021
• 10.15 – #364: Review: No Time to Die and the end of an era
• 10.1 – #363: Review: Free Guy

• September 2021
• Note #139: The Queen's Gambit revisited (2021.9.22)
• Note #138: To remember (2021.9.12)
• Note #137: Diving back in at the deep end (2021.9.7)

• August 2021
• 8.21 – #362: One down...
• 8.11 – #361: Looking back on the Tokyo Olympics

• July 2021
• 7.8 – #360: Sun and sea in Yeosu

• June 2021
• 6.14 – #359: A public service announcement about knife safety

• May 2021
• 5.16 – #358: Cardamom coffee cake with fruit topping
• 5.1 – #357: Peanut butter cup pie

• April 2021
• 4.23 – #356: Serenity

• March 2021
• 3.13 – #355: Review: The Queen’s Gambit, series and book
• Note #136: Twenty-four (2021.3.5)

• February 2021
• 2.18 – #354: On the tyranny of genre
• 2.6 – #353: On Soul and the importance of shōkakkō

• January 2021
• Note #135: Time flies (2021.1.31)

• December 2020
• Note #134: Hindsight (2020.12.31)
• 12.21 – #352: The experiment

• November 2020
• Note #133: Zoomsgiving (2020.11.29)

• October 2020
• 10.31 – #351: Adventures in cake
• Note #132: Nearing the halfway point (2020.10.11)

• August 2020
• Note #131: Twenty-five (2020.8.31)

• July 2020
• 7.28 – #350: A little comfort food

• June 2020
• 6.29 – #349: Semester post-mortem

• May 2020
• 5.31 – #348: The perils of COVID reporting

• April 2020
• 4.19 – #347: Turning corners

• March 2020
• 3.21 – #346: Semester, interrupted
• 3.11 – #345: On untranslatability

• February 2020
• Note #130: COVID-19 update (2020.2.26)
• 2.3 – #344: It’s the end of the world as we know it

• January 2020
• 1.23 – #343: Deep in the heart

• December 2019
• 12.22 – #342: On bread and definitions

• November 2019
• 11.28 – #341: Giving thanks

• October 2019
• 10.3 – #340: My favorites from Lindsey

• September 2019
• Note #129: Semester underway (2019.9.21)

• August 2019
• 8.31 – #339: Looking back on Europe

• June 2019
• 6.28 – #338: Review: Endgame

• May 2019
• Note #128: Winding down (2019.5.30)

• April 2019
• 4.24 – #337: Adventures in bread

• March 2019
• 3.28 – #336: Happy thoughts
• Note #127: Spring (semester) begins (2019.3.12)

• February 2019
• Note #126: Dental redux (2019.2.1)

• January 2019
• 1.25 – #335: One tooth less wise

• December 2018
• Note #125: Out with the old (2018.12.31)

• November 2018
• 11.28 – #334: World Chess Championship
• 11.21 – #333: Traditions fair and fowl

• October 2018
• Note #124: The October gauntlet (2018.10.31)

• September 2018
• Note #123: Gearing up (2018.9.13)

• August 2018
• Note #122: The Soulik sidestep (2018.8.24)

• July 2018
• Note #121: Summer session ends (2018.7.30)

• June 2018
• Note #120: Transitions (2018.6.26)

• May 2018
• 5.23 – #332: Review: Ready Player One

• April 2018
• 4.18 – #331: Untethered

• March 2018
• Note #119: Free at last (2018.3.28)
• 3.18 – #330: New beginnings
• 3.4 – #329: A day at the Olympics

• February 2018
• Note #118: Trash disposal (2018.2.5)
• Note #117: Super blue blood moon (2018.2.1)

• January 2018
• Note #116: Smartphone, evaluated (2018.1.18)

• December 2017
• Note #115: Well, I’m back (2017.12.31)
• Note #114: Happy solstice! (2017.12.21)
• 12.17 – #328: Looking back and looking ahead
• 12.10 – #327: November reading review

• November 2017
• 11.30 – #326: As time slips away
• 11.11 – #325: October reading review

• October 2017
• 10.9 – #324: September reading review

• September 2017
• 9.23 – #323: The fall place

• August 2017
• 8.29 – #322: Total eclipse

• July 2017
• 7.31 – #321: Review: Dunkirk

• June 2017
• 6.30 – #320: The long process

• May 2017
• 5.13 – #319: The header from hell
• 5.6 – #318: April reading review

• April 2017
• Note #113: Water, water everywhere (2017.4.27)
• 4.11 – #317: March reading review
• 4.1 – #316: Review: Beauty and the Beast

• March 2017
• 3.17 – #315: The needy haunted house
• Note #112: Daylight Stupidity Time (2017.3.12)
• 3.7 – #314: Twenty years
• 3.2 – #313: February reading review

• February 2017
• 2.21 – #312: Review: Rogue One
• 2.17 – #311: Review: Hidden Figures
• 2.7 – #310: Extreme Beer Fest 2017
• 2.1 – #309: January reading review

• January 2017
• 1.30 – #308: A look around our place
• Note #111: Coming to America (2017.1.24)

• December 2016
• Note #110: Leaving (2016.12.29)
• Note #109: A week to go (2016.12.23)
• Note #108: Four weeks from departure (2016.12.2)

• November 2016
• 11.15 – #307: In the aftermath
• Note #107: Getting back on top (2016.11.5)

• October 2016
• 10.5 – #306: On Sully and doing your job

• September 2016
• Note #106: Gyeongju quakes (2016.9.13)

• August 2016
• 8.26 – #305: Scotland recap

• July 2016
• Note #105: Scotland bound (2016.7.26)
• Note #104: 9 Ounce Burger (2016.7.21)
• 7.16 – #304: Baekche Kimchi Jjigae

• June 2016
• 6.30 – #303: Return of the (Chicken) King

• May 2016
• Note #103: Easter in May (2016.5.18)

• April 2016
• Note #102: Spring crunch (2016.4.26)

• March 2016
• 3.22 – #302: McPherson’s BBQ Pub
• 3.16 – #301: Man vs. machine
• 3.7 – #300: Rainy anniversary
• 3.3 – #299: Original Pancake House

• February 2016
• Note #101: All work and no play (2016.2.23)
• 2.11 – #298: In the lair of the hominid
• 2.6 – #297: On pizza and lovelorn vampires

• January 2016
• 1.14 – #296: New York pizza done right

• December 2015
• 12.24 – #295: Review: The Force Awakens
• Note #100: First snow (2015.12.9)

• November 2015
• 11.24 – #294: A little rectification

• October 2015
• 10.28 – #293: Martian interlude
• 10.21 – #292: Back to Korea
• Note #99: Mojo recovered (2015.10.10)

• September 2015
• Note #98: Still alive (2015.9.30)

• August 2015
• 8.31 – #291: Twenty
• Note #97: Some photos from Europe (2015.8.8)

• July 2015
• 7.29 – #290: Our trip, in brief

• June 2015
• Note #96: Hello, goodbye (2015.6.19)

• May 2015
• Note #95: Merry Buddhamas! (2015.5.25)

• April 2015
• 4.29 – #289: A night at the theater in Daehangno
• 4.22 – #288: A busy weekend

• March 2015
• Note #94: Out like a lamb (2015.3.31)
• 3.9 – #287: Padlock anniversary

• February 2015
• Note #93: Catching up on some photos (2014.2.27)

• January 2015
• 1.29 – #286: Review: International Market

• December 2014
• 12.23 – #285: The semester ends
• 12.20 – #284: Review: The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
• Note #92: Old Man Winter (2014.12.6)
• 12.2 – #283: An examination of “butthurt”

• November 2014
• 11.18 – #282: AFS meeting report

• October 2014
• Note #91: The Hermit Kingdom? (2014.10.16)
• 10.2 – #281: Biscuit quest

• September 2014
• 9.10 – #280: Experimenting with ancient grains
• Note #90: The second semester begins (2014.9.1)

• August 2014
• 8.20 – #279: Review: The Admiral: Roaring Currents
• Note #89: The hills are alive (2014.8.6)
• Note #88: Ah, yes, I knew I was forgetting something (2014.8.1)

• June 2014
• Note #87: So close... (2014.6.23)
• 6.18 – #278: Time for futbol!
• Note #86: The new office (2014.6.14)
• 6.8 – #277: Weta Workshop Fantasy Exhibition

• May 2014
• 5.6 – #276: Everything is change

• April 2014
• 4.15 – #275: Settled in

• March 2014
• Note #85: Opportunity (2014.3.12)
• Note #84: Seventeen years (2014.3.5)
• 3.2 – #274: The move

• February 2014
• 2.25 – #273: The end of an era
• Note #83: Transition (2014.2.20)

• January 2014
• 1.9 – #272: Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

• December 2013
• 12.24 – #271: Review: The Desolation of Smaug
• Note #82: The gift of fire (2013.12.9)

• November 2013
• 11.28 – #270: Translation award for Black Flower
• 11.13 – #269: A friendlier cheesecake

• October 2013
• 10.4 – #268: The language of rolling

• September 2013
• Note #81: Harvest moon on Mt. Yongma (2013.9.20)
• 9.15 – #267: A new experience
• 9.6 – #266: Wind and wave

• August 2013
• 8.9 – #265: Review: Snowpiercer

• July 2013
• 7.30 – #264: Gauguin at SeMA
• 7.22 – #263: Recovery
• 7.16 – #262: Under the knife
• 7.2 – #261: And that’s the way the apricot crumbles

• June 2013
• 6.24 – #260: Namdaemun reborn
• Note #80: Home from London (2013.6.11)

• May 2013
• Note #79: Leaving on a jet plane (2013.5.30)
• 5.25 – #259: Lasagna throwdown
• 5.19 – #258: The Great Malware Crisis of 2013
• 5.14 – #257: Prelude to a storm

• April 2013
• Note #78: The big four-oh (2013.4.25)
• Note #77: Back in action (2013.4.2)

• March 2013
• Note #76: Five questions (2013.3.14)
• 3.9 – #256: Celebrating with some braai
• 3.1 – #255: A night of creeping horror

• February 2013
• 2.22 – #254: Review: There (a play)

• January 2013
• 1.31 – #253: Keeping abreast of the news
• 1.24 – #252: One year
• Note #75: New year thoughts (2013.1.10)

• December 2012
• 12.31 – #251: Detailed analysis: The Hobbit
• Note #74: Merry Christmas! (2012.12.25)
• 12.17 – #250: Initial review: The Hobbit
• 12.11 – #249: Some thoughts in anticipation of The Hobbit
• Note #73: It’s real (2012.12.2)

• November 2012
• 11.30 – #248: A day off

• October 2012
• 10.30 – #247: Editing Black Flower

• September 2012
• Note #72: Mountain after mountain (2012.9.27)
• 9.16 – #246: Dead horse
• 9.5 – #245: Review: Diving Belles

• August 2012
• Note #71: Time of change (2012.8.31)

• July 2012
• 7.31 – #244: A month in the States

• June 2012
• Note #70: Sneak peek (2012.6.2)

• May 2012
• Note #69: First sign of blossoms (2012.5.22)
• 5.5 – #243: The Arrival

• April 2012
• Note #68: The smoke clears (2012.4.27)

• March 2012
• 3.31 – #242: Plagiarism or not?
• Note #67: Milestone (2012.3.10)

• February 2012
• 2.8 – #241: Remembrance

• January 2012
• Note #66: The protest is over (2012.1.19)

• December 2011
• 12.16 – #240: Cottage pie

• November 2011
• Note #65: Avalanche (2011.11.30)
• 11.21 – #239: From zero to one
• 11.11 – #238: Strike a pose
• 11.5 – #237: Change

• October 2011
• Note #64: Back in the saddle (2011.10.31)

• September 2011
• 9.3 – #236: I’ve got a brand new piece of paper

• August 2011
• Note #63: Clean slate (2011.8.13)
• 8.7 – #235: So it begins...

• July 2011
• 7.23 – #234: What I learned in Hell

• June 2011
• 6.24 – #233: Thinking in the abstract
• 6.13 – #232: On the process of writing a dissertation
• 6.5 – #231: Winding down

• May 2011
• 5.10 – #230: Defense and consensus

• April 2011
• 4.26 – #229: A day and evening out
• 4.23 – #228: Impressions
• 4.15 – #227: In beta
• Note #62: Green light (2011.4.13)
• 4.11 – #226: The beginning of the end

• March 2011
• Note #61: Two things for you to check out (2011.3.31)
• Note #60: Surviving (2011.3.16)

• February 2011
• 2.15 – #225: Wikileaks and Truth

• January 2011
• 1.24 – #224: A little understanding
• 1.18 – #223: Five Looking West
• 1.13 – #222: The gentrification of Itaewon
• 1.4 – #221: Crème brulée

• December 2010
• Note #59: Another year (2010.12.31)
• Note #58: Merry Christmas (2010.12.25)

• November 2010
• 11.28 – #220: Prometheus reborn
• 11.24 – #219: System of control
• Note #57: A break in the clouds (2010.11.20)
• Note #56: Seoul Lantern Festival (2010.11.13)

• October 2010
• 10.29 – #218: The globalization of Korean cuisine

• September 2010
• 9.20 – #217: The bread journal
• Note #55: Typhoon (2010.9.2)

• August 2010
• Note #54: Turquoise beach (2010.8.24)
• 8.16 – #216: Persian lime pie
• 8.8 – #215: The Pomodoro Technique

• July 2010
• 7.24 – #214: Once more into the wake
• 7.13 – #213: Wakeboarding!

• June 2010
• 6.28 – #212: Now that it’s over for us
• 6.13 – #211: Let the games begin
• Note #53: On the eve of the World Cup (2010.6.10)
• 6.3 – #210: Participating in the political process

• May 2010
• 5.24 – #209: Musical Hwarang
• 5.17 – #208: Foreignness in translation
• 5.11 – #207: A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

• April 2010
• 4.13 – #206: Pizza for one
• 4.7 – #205: Show business

• March 2010
• 3.27 – #204: There’s no business like...

• February 2010
• 2.24 – #203: Chicago in Seoul
• Note #52: Dissertation update (2010.2.16)

• January 2010
• 1.16 – #202: The hibernation
• Note #51: Record snowfall (2010.1.5)

• December 2009
• 12.31 – #201: Backward and forward
• Note #50: In the thick of it (2009.12.10)
• 12.4 – #200: Liminal surge

• November 2009
• 11.26 – #199: Cupcakes and life
• Note #49: Some thoughts on interviewing (2009.11.17)
• 11.4 – #198: Throwing down the gauntlet

• October 2009
• 10.30 – #197: 10k followup
• 10.26 – #196: The Human Race
• 10.22 – #195: Review: District 9
• Note #48: Homemade farina (2009.10.18)
• 10.13 – #194: Nobel prize-winning sofa
• 10.6 – #193: New Writing from Korea

• September 2009
• 9.29 – #192: Son of soufflé
• Note #47: Pigeon man (2009.9.23)
• 9.7 – #191: New beginnings

• August 2009
• 8.29 – #190: Brief thoughts on life
• 8.15 – #189: Soufflé!
• Note #46: Home again (2009.8.1)

• June 2009
• Note #45: The home stretch (2009.6.12)

• May 2009
• 5.29 – #188: Review: Coraline
• Note #44: Gmail redux (2009.5.25)
• 5.22 – #187: Nitpicking the Matrix
• 5.11 – #186: Creative Writing 101

• April 2009
• Note #43: Promethean Candle Boutique (2009.4.27)
• Note #42: Dreamscape (2009.4.18)
• Note #41: Laid low (2009.4.16)
• 4.10 – #185: Thirty thousand little pieces of history
• Note #40: Seoul Podcast (2009.4.5)
• Note #39: Teatime wisdom (2009.4.3)

• March 2009
• 3.31 – #184: 140-character neurosis
• 3.28 – #183: A short trip down south
• Note #38: Important notice (2009.3.10)
• Note #37: Twelfth anniversary (2009.3.6)

• February 2009
• Note #36: Gearing up (2009.2.26)
• Note #35: On limitations (2009.2.19)
• 2.8 – #182: The power of prayer
• Note #34: Yeah, me too (2009.2.2)

• January 2009
• 1.27 – #181: On criticism
• Note #33: Some sentiments on translation (2009.1.21)
• 1.19 – #180: Season four of Lost
• Note #32: Not what you were hoping for (2009.1.15)
• Note #31: Happy (belated) new year (2009.1.8)

• December 2008
• 12.24 – #179: A little Christmas poetry
• Note #30: Madness (2008.12.15)
• 12.8 – #178: Mushroom lasagna

• November 2008
• 11.27 – #177: My introduction to Mr. King
• 11.20 – #176: Welsh Rabbit!
• Note #29: Priming the pump (2008.11.18)
• Note #28: Obama (2008.11.5)

• October 2008
• Note #27: The thing crisis (2008.10.30)
• 10.22 – #175: Voting
• 10.12 – #174: 10k report
• Note #26: Why I haven’t been writing much lately (2008.10.8)

• September 2008
• 9.28 – #173: Liminality doubleheader: bread and running
• Note #25: Korea’s international marketing (2008.9.18)
• Note #24: In training (2008.9.14)
• 9.3 – #172: Catching up

• August 2008
• 8.30 – #171: Five things I learned last semester

• July 2008
• Note #23: Nuts (2008.7.29)
• Note #22: Translator v. writer (2008.7.20)
• 7.13 – #170: Thin-crust pizza
• Note #21: Survey revisited (2008.7.9)
• 7.2 – #169: Back from the land of sun and surf

• June 2008
• 6.27 – #168: A light in the dark
• Note #20: Korean oral literature survey (2008.6.18)
• 6.13 – #167: Some literary translation news
• Note #19: The campus (2008.6.5)
• 6.2 – #166: Smash Lab vs. MythBusters

• May 2008
• Note #18: Kevin’s Walk (2008.5.28)
• 5.6 – #165: Review: Iron Man

• April 2008
• Note #17: Busy summer ahead (2008.4.28)
• Note #16: Another day, another year (2008.4.18)
• Note #15: Quick update (2008.4.7)

• March 2008
• 3.12 – #164: Liminality resurfaces

• February 2008
• 2.26 – #163: Cheese focaccia
• 2.22 – #162: After meeting some random evangelist
• 2.13 – #161: Visiting Namdaemun after the fire
• 2.10 – #160: Korean Beer Review: Cass Red
• Note #14: Some news (2008.2.5)

• January 2008
• Note #13: Omen (2008.1.29)
• 1.26 – #159: Season three of Lost
• Note #12: Interviewed (2008.1.21)
• Note #11: Talking seagulls (2008.1.14)
• 1.8 – #158: Gifts from the Hominid

• December 2007
• Note #10: On the disintegration of the family gathering (2007.12.28)
• 12.23 – #157: Korean Beer Review: Black Beer Stout
• Note #9: The results are in (2007.12.19)
• Note #8: Halt! Who goes there? (2007.12.17)
• 12.12 – #156: Thoughts on a recent conference

• November 2007
• 11.30 – #155: Random thoughts
• 11.24 – #154: Review: Light at the End of the World
• Note #7: This is not funny (2007.11.20)
• Note #6: Dori’s fable (2007.11.11)
• 11.7 – #153: Taking a step back

• October 2007
• Note #5: NaNoWriMo (2007.10.31)
• 10.29 – #152: Platinum Beer Buffet
• 10.24 – #151: Five writing strengths
• Note #4: Gmail update (2007.10.19)
• 10.16 – #150: Dear Gmail
• Note #3: Coding again (2007.10.14)
• Note #2: Calzones revisited (2007.10.10)
• Note #1: Autumn weather at last (2007.10.5)

• September 2007
• 9.30 – #149: Out with the old, in with the new
• 9.21 – #148: A difficult decision
• 9.11 – #147: Scattered thoughts on a recent visit

• August 2007
• 8.11 – #146: Review: D-War

• July 2007
• 7.29 – #145: Response to Water from a Skull

• June 2007
• 6.11 – #144: Translation and context

• May 2007
• 5.24 – #143: Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 3
• 5.20 – #142: Another milestone

• April 2007
• 4.25 – #141: Review: Water from a Skull
• 4.18 – #140: Reaction to the Virginia Tech tragedy
• 4.16 – #139: Review: 300
• 4.9 – #138: Trying my hand at baguettes

• March 2007
• 3.26 – #137: Calzones at last
• 3.15 – #136: Poetry in negotiation
• 3.11 – #135: Dinner and a movie
• 3.5 – #134: Ten years

• February 2007
• 2.28 – #133: Fondue and choucroute with the Big Hominid
• 2.12 – #132: Operation Stromboli
• 2.7 – #131: Ultra-efficient mode

• January 2007
• 1.19 – #130: Season two of Lost
• 1.6 – #129: Thoughts on the podcast

• December 2006
• 12.29 – #128: Christmas and its aftermath
• 12.24 – #127: The semester is over
• 12.5 – #126: Policing cuisine

• November 2006
• 11.19 – #125: After the novel

• October 2006
• 10.23 – #124: The quest for pie
• 10.13 – #123: The slow death of cursive
• 10.10 – #122: Crisis of purpose

• September 2006
• 9.29 – #121: What’s in a name?
• 9.16 – #120: Coming up for air
• 9.2 – #119: Sprinting for the mentally challenged

• August 2006
• 8.23 – #118: Night of the living ravioli

• July 2006
• 7.29 – #117: Some comments on comments
• 7.24 – #116: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 4: New York state of mind

• June 2006
• 6.22 – #115: Breaking the Spell

• May 2006
• 5.14 – #114: Of denizens and civil servants
• 5.9 – #113: Review: My Wife Got Married

• April 2006
• 4.25 – #112: Sudden stories
• 4.16 – #111: Khrystos voskres!
• 4.2 – #110: What is religion?

• March 2006
• 3.26 – #109: The contemporary music exposure project
• 3.18 – #108: Chez Hominid
• 3.15 – #107: Three years and counting
• 3.5 – #106: Lent introspection

• February 2006
• 2.28 – #105: A visit from home
• 2.16 – #104: Ultrashort narratives
• 2.1 – #103: My outward face

• January 2006
• 1.23 – #102: Adventures in meatspace
• 1.17 – #101: Panis ex machina
• 1.2. – #100: Korean film week

• December 2005
• 12.24 – #99: Focal point

• November 2005
• 11.30 – #98: The aftermath

• October 2005
• 10.24 – #97: Once more into the breach
• 10.16 – #96: The big picture
• 10.6 – #95: Balance redux

• September 2005
• 9.25 – #94: The concept of ajumma
• 9.18 – #93: Anxiety
• 9.8 – #92: Get the balance right

• August 2005
• 8.31 – #91: Ten years
• 8.21 – #90: The adventures of Babelfish
• 8.15 – #89: It
• 8.9 – #88: Us versus them

• July 2005
• 7.29 – #87: Translating without a net
• 7.22 – #86: Life and fairness
• 7.15 – #85: Unexpected developments

• June 2005
• 6.30 – #84: Rain
• 6.19 – #83: Being right
• 6.14 – #82: Making time
• 6.5 – #81: Revenge of the Sith

• May 2005
• 5.25 – #80: Citizenship and ethnicity in Korea
• 5.12 – #79: What women really want
• 5.1 – #78: A look at Lomography

• April 2005
• 4.16 – #77: Crime scene investigation
• 4.8 – #76: Google scares me

• March 2005
• 3.31 – #75: Skin deep
• 3.14 – #74: Blog hysteria
• 3.9 – #73: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 3: spring fever
• 3.2 – #72: Winter miserableness

• February 2005
• 2.23 – #71: Have internet, will travel
• 2.14 – #70: Peeling the onion
• 2.6 – #69: Super Monday
• 2.2 – #68: Under the weather

• January 2005
• 1.24 – #67: Old flame
• 1.20 – #66: The system is DOWN
• 1.12 – #65: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 2: electric boogaloo
• 1.5 – #64: At the crossroads of communication
• 1.1 – #63: Taking stock

• December 2004
• 12.15 – #62: The tower and the sea
• 12.11 – #61: It’s that time of year again

• November 2004
• 11.27 – #60: Thoughts on NaNoWriMo
• 11.1 – #59: Organized insanity

• October 2004
• 10.18 – #58: Fictional tremors
• 10.12 – #57: Write something

• September 2004
• 9.27 – #56: The night before Chuseok
• 9.21 – #55: Always look on the bright side of life
• 9.9 – #54: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 1: der Anfang

• August 2004
• 8.31 – #53: Citius altius fortius
• 8.23 – #52: Translation and writing
• 8.3 – #51: Meanwhile, back at the ranch

• July 2004
• 7.21 – #50: Through a glass darkly
• 7.9 – #49: Commentary on Black & White

• June 2004
• 6.26 – #48: On terror
• 6.22 – #47: A man with a plan
• 6.11 – #46: Much ado about nothing
• 6.3 – #45: The other side of the fence

• May 2004
• 5.21 – #44: The fine line revisited
• 5.12 – #43: The politics of apathy
• 5.1 – #42: On the inside looking out

• April 2004
• 4.26 – #41: Going digital
• 4.19 – #40: Walking the fine line
• 4.12 – #39: Ecce homo
• 4.9 – #38: The “b” word

• March 2004
• 3.31 – #37: Notes on the creative process
• 3.25 – #36: The secret ingredient
• 3.19 – #35: Deep thoughts
• 3.15 – #34: One year in cyberspace
• 3.12 – #33: Looking for my way
• 3.4 – #32: Two hearts, living in just one mind

• February 2004
• 2.23 – #31: A glimpse of the darkness
• 2.15 – #30: The fish
• 2.9 – #29: Thicker than water

• January 2004
• 1.30 – #28: Coming home

• December 2003
• 12.24 – #27: Some thoughts after arriving
• 12.15 – #26: Some thoughts before leaving

• November 2003
• 11.22 – #25: Planaria
• 11.15 – #24: Outside these ivory walls

• October 2003
• 10.15 – #23: Four hours
• 10.7 – #22: Lost and found
• 10.1 – #21: The safety net

• September 2003
• 9.11 – #20: Still waiting, and remembering
• 9.5 – #19: On the road again

• August 2003
• 8.26 – #18: I want to believe
• 8.15 – #17: The day that light returned

• July 2003
• 7.31 – #16: Catching up with Liminality
• 7.14 – #15: Great expectations

• June 2003
• 6.28 – #14: Memories: the early years
• 6.19 – #13: Going overboard
• 6.12 – #12: A football experience
• 6.3 – #11: It’s just a word, right?

• May 2003
• 5.29 – #10: The end of the beginning
• 5.12 – #9: Enter, stage left
• 5.03 – #8: The neighborhood wakes

• April 2003
• 4.28 – #7: Getting into the groove
• 4.22 – #6: Three generations
• 4.18 – #5: A bump in the road
• 4.7 – #4: Meaning and translation

• March 2003
• 3.29 – #3: The space in between
• 3.21 – #2: Storm clouds on the horizon
• 3.15 – #1: Breathing again