Blown To Smithereens

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

A Personal Rule of Thumb

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 When I was young I had lots of friends. School is good for that. But I had some friends I didn't meet at school. When my Mom had my sis...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

The Cult of Inconvenience Part II

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 So, where were we? I had just tried to do a visa run to Osaka and ended up with a new phone plan. Pretty much. So I called Mr. An at Sokcho...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The Cult of Inconvenience

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 This was going to be my "first trip of the year" post but Fate and my habit of self-sabotage to create blog fodder dictated other...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

First Hike of the Year

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 Since early December the majority of my thoughts, efforts, writing, talking, texting, chatting, and stress have been about the whole work s...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Conspiracy and Contrivance

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"Where tyranny becomes law rebellion becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

Bent on Walking Straight Lines

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 Not too long ago while coming home from Quiz night in Songtan I heard a girl who was descending one of the requisite calisthenically yo-yoi...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Sick of Academia

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 Well, here we go again. Of all the ways I could start a post I think THAT statement might require as much of a "NNnnnnngo on..." ...
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Dave MacCannell
I taught ESL in Asia for a long time. Now I'm home. I've spent almost 3 years in Canada soaking up the reverse culture shock and in the not so United States soaking up the "freedom." Now I'm going back to Korea to finish my career (I hope).
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