Archives
Welcome to the Liminality archives. This is where my journal entries make their permanent home, to make room for the latest entry on my front page. If you would like to link to an entry, please link to the archived version.
- November 2023
- Note #152: Off to the airport (2024.11.5)
- October 2023
- Note #151: The last gasp of October (2024.10.31)
- September 2023
- 9.15 – #393: Would I want to go back?
- July 2023
- 7.3 – #392: What makes a game?
- May 2023
- 5.9 – #390: On greeting strangers
- March 2023
- Note #149: I’m still standing (2024.3.31)
- February 2023
- 2.28 – #389: Standing tall
- January 2023
- 1.24 – #388: Review: Black Knight
- December 2022
- Note #148: Solstice (2023.12.22)
- November 2022
- 11.10 – #387: Back from Portland
- October 2022
- Note #147: A hasty farewell (2023.10.30)
- September 2022
- Note #146: Another September, another beginning (2023.9.10)
- July 2022
- 7.25 – #385: Review: Mission: Impossible 7 and the dangers of AI
- 7.8 – #384: Some quick thoughts on our trip to Singapore
- March 2022
- Note #144: Emergence (2023.3.30)
- February 2022
- 2.28 – #381: Personal mythopoesis
- January 2022
- 1.15 – #380: Anemoia, nostalgia, and memory
- December 2021
- 12.31 – #379: The power of tradition
- November 2021
- 11.19 – #378: A pedagogical meditation
- September 2021
- Note #143: A busy semester ahead (2022.9.9)
- August 2021
- 8.8 – #375: My ideal place to live?
- June 2021
- 6.17 – #373: Wrapping up
- May 2021
- Note #141: Freedom...? (2022.5.2)
- April 2021
- 4.10 – #372: Breathe free
- February 2021
- 2.27 – #370: Face to face
- January 2021
- 1.30 – #369: One month on
- 1.1 – #368: New year, new home
- November 2020
- 11.26 – #365: Moving
- October 2020
- 10.15 – #364: Review: No Time to Die and the end of an era
- 10.1 – #363: Review: Free Guy
- September 2020
- 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)
- July 2020
- 7.8 – #360: Sun and sea in Yeosu
- April 2020
- 4.23 – #356: Serenity
- March 2020
- 3.13 – #355: Review: The Queen’s Gambit, series and book
- Note #136: Twenty-four (2021.3.5)
- February 2020
- 2.18 – #354: On the tyranny of genre
- 2.6 – #353: On Soul and the importance of shōkakkō
- January 2020
- Note #135: Time flies (2021.1.31)
- November 2019
- Note #133: Zoomsgiving (2020.11.29)
- August 2019
- Note #131: Twenty-five (2020.8.31)
- July 2019
- 7.28 – #350: A little comfort food
- June 2019
- 6.29 – #349: Semester post-mortem
- April 2019
- 4.19 – #347: Turning corners
- February 2019
- Note #130: COVID-19 update (2020.2.26)
- 2.3 – #344: It’s the end of the world as we know it
- January 2019
- 1.23 – #343: Deep in the heart
- December 2018
- 12.22 – #342: On bread and definitions
- November 2018
- 11.28 – #341: Giving thanks
- October 2018
- 10.3 – #340: My favorites from Lindsey
- September 2018
- Note #129: Semester underway (2019.9.21)
- August 2018
- 8.31 – #339: Looking back on Europe
- June 2018
- 6.28 – #338: Review: Endgame
- May 2018
- Note #128: Winding down (2019.5.30)
- April 2018
- 4.24 – #337: Adventures in bread
- February 2018
- Note #126: Dental redux (2019.2.1)
- January 2018
- 1.25 – #335: One tooth less wise
- December 2017
- Note #125: Out with the old (2018.12.31)
- October 2017
- Note #124: The October gauntlet (2018.10.31)
- September 2017
- Note #123: Gearing up (2018.9.13)
- August 2017
- Note #122: The Soulik sidestep (2018.8.24)
- June 2017
- Note #120: Transitions (2018.6.26)
- April 2017
- 4.18 – #331: Untethered
- March 2017
- Note #119: Free at last (2018.3.28)
- 3.18 – #330: New beginnings
- 3.4 – #329: A day at the Olympics
- January 2017
- Note #116: Smartphone, evaluated (2018.1.18)
- December 2016
- 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
- October 2016
- 10.9 – #324: September reading review
- September 2016
- 9.23 – #323: The fall place
- August 2016
- 8.29 – #322: Total eclipse
- July 2016
- 7.31 – #321: Review: Dunkirk
- June 2016
- 6.30 – #320: The long process
- April 2016
- Note #113: Water, water everywhere (2017.4.27)
- 4.11 – #317: March reading review
- 4.1 – #316: Review: Beauty and the Beast
- March 2016
- 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 2016
- 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
- December 2015
- Note #110: Leaving (2016.12.29)
- Note #109: A week to go (2016.12.23)
- Note #108: Four weeks from departure (2016.12.2)
- October 2015
- 10.5 – #306: On Sully and doing your job
- September 2015
- Note #106: Gyeongju quakes (2016.9.13)
- August 2015
- 8.26 – #305: Scotland recap
- July 2015
- Note #105: Scotland bound (2016.7.26)
- Note #104: 9 Ounce Burger (2016.7.21)
- 7.16 – #304: Baekche Kimchi Jjigae
- May 2015
- Note #103: Easter in May (2016.5.18)
- April 2015
- Note #102: Spring crunch (2016.4.26)
- March 2015
- 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 2015
- 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 2015
- 1.14 – #296: New York pizza done right
- November 2014
- 11.24 – #294: A little rectification
- October 2014
- 10.28 – #293: Martian interlude
- 10.21 – #292: Back to Korea
- Note #99: Mojo recovered (2015.10.10)
- September 2014
- Note #98: Still alive (2015.9.30)
- July 2014
- 7.29 – #290: Our trip, in brief
- June 2014
- Note #96: Hello, goodbye (2015.6.19)
- February 2014
- Note #93: Catching up on some photos (2014.2.27)
- January 2014
- 1.29 – #286: Review: International Market
- December 2013
- 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 2013
- 11.18 – #282: AFS meeting report
- September 2013
- 9.10 – #280: Experimenting with ancient grains
- Note #90: The second semester begins (2014.9.1)
- August 2013
- 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 2013
- 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 2013
- 5.6 – #276: Everything is change
- April 2013
- 4.15 – #275: Settled in
- March 2013
- Note #85: Opportunity (2014.3.12)
- Note #84: Seventeen years (2014.3.5)
- 3.2 – #274: The move
- January 2013
- 1.9 – #272: Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- November 2012
- 11.28 – #270: Translation award for Black Flower
- 11.13 – #269: A friendlier cheesecake
- October 2012
- 10.4 – #268: The language of rolling
- September 2012
- Note #81: Harvest moon on Mt. Yongma (2013.9.20)
- 9.15 – #267: A new experience
- 9.6 – #266: Wind and wave
- August 2012
- 8.9 – #265: Review: Snowpiercer
- July 2012
- 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
- May 2012
- 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
- March 2012
- Note #76: Five questions (2013.3.14)
- 3.9 – #256: Celebrating with some braai
- 3.1 – #255: A night of creeping horror
- February 2012
- 2.22 – #254: Review: There (a play)
- January 2012
- 1.31 – #253: Keeping abreast of the news
- 1.24 – #252: One year
- Note #75: New year thoughts (2013.1.10)
- December 2011
- 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 2011
- 11.30 – #248: A day off
- October 2011
- 10.30 – #247: Editing Black Flower
- September 2011
- Note #72: Mountain after mountain (2012.9.27)
- 9.16 – #246: Dead horse
- 9.5 – #245: Review: Diving Belles
- August 2011
- Note #71: Time of change (2012.8.31)
- July 2011
- 7.31 – #244: A month in the States
- June 2011
- Note #70: Sneak peek (2012.6.2)
- April 2011
- Note #68: The smoke clears (2012.4.27)
- February 2011
- 2.8 – #241: Remembrance
- January 2011
- Note #66: The protest is over (2012.1.19)
- December 2010
- 12.16 – #240: Cottage pie
- November 2010
- Note #65: Avalanche (2011.11.30)
- 11.21 – #239: From zero to one
- 11.11 – #238: Strike a pose
- 11.5 – #237: Change
- October 2010
- Note #64: Back in the saddle (2011.10.31)
- September 2010
- 9.3 – #236: I’ve got a brand new piece of paper
- July 2010
- 7.23 – #234: What I learned in Hell
- June 2010
- 6.24 – #233: Thinking in the abstract
- 6.13 – #232: On the process of writing a dissertation
- 6.5 – #231: Winding down
- May 2010
- 5.10 – #230: Defense and consensus
- April 2010
- 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
- February 2010
- 2.15 – #225: Wikileaks and Truth
- January 2010
- 1.24 – #224: A little understanding
- 1.18 – #223: Five Looking West
- 1.13 – #222: The gentrification of Itaewon
- 1.4 – #221: Crème brulée
- November 2009
- 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 2009
- 10.29 – #218: The globalization of Korean cuisine
- September 2009
- 9.20 – #217: The bread journal
- Note #55: Typhoon (2010.9.2)
- August 2009
- Note #54: Turquoise beach (2010.8.24)
- 8.16 – #216: Persian lime pie
- 8.8 – #215: The Pomodoro Technique
- June 2009
- 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 2009
- 5.24 – #209: Musical Hwarang
- 5.17 – #208: Foreignness in translation
- 5.11 – #207: A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
- March 2009
- 3.27 – #204: There’s no business like...
- December 2008
- 12.31 – #201: Backward and forward
- Note #50: In the thick of it (2009.12.10)
- 12.4 – #200: Liminal surge
- November 2008
- 11.26 – #199: Cupcakes and life
- Note #49: Some thoughts on interviewing (2009.11.17)
- 11.4 – #198: Throwing down the gauntlet
- October 2008
- 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 2008
- 9.29 – #192: Son of soufflé
- Note #47: Pigeon man (2009.9.23)
- 9.7 – #191: New beginnings
- August 2008
- 8.29 – #190: Brief thoughts on life
- 8.15 – #189: Soufflé!
- Note #46: Home again (2009.8.1)
- June 2008
- Note #45: The home stretch (2009.6.12)
- May 2008
- 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 2008
- 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 2008
- 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 2008
- 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 2008
- 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 2007
- 12.24 – #179: A little Christmas poetry
- Note #30: Madness (2008.12.15)
- 12.8 – #178: Mushroom lasagna
- November 2007
- 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 2007
- 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 2007
- 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 2007
- 8.30 – #171: Five things I learned last semester
- July 2007
- 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 2007
- 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
- April 2007
- 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 2007
- 3.12 – #164: Liminality resurfaces
- February 2007
- 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 2007
- 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 2006
- 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 2006
- 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 2006
- 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 2006
- 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 2006
- 8.11 – #146: Review: D-War
- June 2006
- 6.11 – #144: Translation and context
- April 2006
- 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 2006
- 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 2006
- 2.28 – #133: Fondue and choucroute with the Big Hominid
- 2.12 – #132: Operation Stromboli
- 2.7 – #131: Ultra-efficient mode
- December 2005
- 12.29 – #128: Christmas and its aftermath
- 12.24 – #127: The semester is over
- 12.5 – #126: Policing cuisine
- November 2005
- 11.19 – #125: After the novel
- October 2005
- 10.23 – #124: The quest for pie
- 10.13 – #123: The slow death of cursive
- 10.10 – #122: Crisis of purpose
- September 2005
- 9.29 – #121: What’s in a name?
- 9.16 – #120: Coming up for air
- 9.2 – #119: Sprinting for the mentally challenged
- August 2005
- 8.23 – #118: Night of the living ravioli
- July 2005
- 7.29 – #117: Some comments on comments
- 7.24 – #116: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 4: New York state of mind
- June 2005
- 6.22 – #115: Breaking the Spell
- March 2005
- 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 2005
- 2.28 – #105: A visit from home
- 2.16 – #104: Ultrashort narratives
- 2.1 – #103: My outward face
- January 2005
- 1.23 – #102: Adventures in meatspace
- 1.17 – #101: Panis ex machina
- 1.2. – #100: Korean film week
- December 2004
- 12.24 – #99: Focal point
- November 2004
- 11.30 – #98: The aftermath
- October 2004
- 10.24 – #97: Once more into the breach
- 10.16 – #96: The big picture
- 10.6 – #95: Balance redux
- September 2004
- 9.25 – #94: The concept of ajumma
- 9.18 – #93: Anxiety
- 9.8 – #92: Get the balance right
- August 2004
- 8.31 – #91: Ten years
- 8.21 – #90: The adventures of Babelfish
- 8.15 – #89: It
- 8.9 – #88: Us versus them
- July 2004
- 7.29 – #87: Translating without a net
- 7.22 – #86: Life and fairness
- 7.15 – #85: Unexpected developments
- June 2004
- 6.30 – #84: Rain
- 6.19 – #83: Being right
- 6.14 – #82: Making time
- 6.5 – #81: Revenge of the Sith
- May 2004
- 5.25 – #80: Citizenship and ethnicity in Korea
- 5.12 – #79: What women really want
- 5.1 – #78: A look at Lomography
- March 2004
- 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 2004
- 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 2004
- 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
- September 2003
- 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 2003
- 8.31 – #53: Citius altius fortius
- 8.23 – #52: Translation and writing
- 8.3 – #51: Meanwhile, back at the ranch
- June 2003
- 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 2003
- 5.21 – #44: The fine line revisited
- 5.12 – #43: The politics of apathy
- 5.1 – #42: On the inside looking out
- April 2003
- 4.26 – #41: Going digital
- 4.19 – #40: Walking the fine line
- 4.12 – #39: Ecce homo
- 4.9 – #38: The “b” word
- March 2003
- 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 2003
- 2.23 – #31: A glimpse of the darkness
- 2.15 – #30: The fish
- 2.9 – #29: Thicker than water
- January 2003
- 1.30 – #28: Coming home
- November 2002
- 11.22 – #25: Planaria
- 11.15 – #24: Outside these ivory walls
- June 2002
- 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 2002
- 5.29 – #10: The end of the beginning
- 5.12 – #9: Enter, stage left
- 5.03 – #8: The neighborhood wakes