Rainbow
Daegu, South Korea. I met some friends downtown last Friday. Beer drinking weather. It was good.
View ArticleNew Samsung Stadium
Without a doubt, baseball in South Korea is a glorious, noisy, fried-chicken fueled thing. And this year Daegu’s club, the Samsung Lions, have moved into a shiny new mega-stadium on the outskirts of...
View ArticleIf You Didn’t Know Already, I’m A Hopeless Romantic And An Idiot
ORIOLES ARE 4-0 ORIOLES ARE 4-0 KEN SINGLETON GARY ROENICKE KEN SINGLETON GARY ROENICKE!!! — Cruelest Month James (@wetcasements) April 9, 2016 In local news, this Thursday night I’m going to my first...
View ArticleSo Cold I Want To Hibernate Updates
Trip Shakespeare, “Snow Days” It actually doesn’t snow that all much in lovely South Korea, and especially in Daegu because we’re surrounded by mountains (if that makes any sense). But damn, it’s...
View ArticleSwamp Season
Wow, two incredibly fighty and negative posts in a row. I blame summer in Daegu. It’s really frugging hot out there. It’s really frugging humid.
View Article“I’ve Got Class Like Pink Champale”
Beastie Boys, “Ch-Check It Out” live It’s Children’s Day here in lurvely Daegu, South Korea, and the weather is perfect. I had a marathon day of grading midterms yesterday and I’m more tired than I...
View ArticleFinally
Miles Davis, “Maiysha” It took a while, but Spring finally made it to lurvely Daegu.
View Article“Hide drugs behind the box of De Cecco”
Action Bronson, “Easy Rider” It feels like spring has finally arrived in lovely Daegu. Just kidding — it’s supposed to be cold and rainy Saturday and Sunday. But life is good and the semester is going...
View ArticleAttendance Lulz
Well, at week four it’s that time of the semester when everybody’s grandmother in the greater Daegu metropolitan area spontaneously drops dead.
View ArticleThat’s Why They Pay Me The Big Bucks
Apparently, I might be on local Daegu teevee tomorrow. They want to interview and/or position highly staged teaching moments with us furreners since our study abroad in US/Australia/Germany program has...
View ArticleAuthenticity
I hate to sound like a Korea snob (“You haven’t experienced the country until you’ve done this!”) but I guess it’s unavoidable at times. Most of my thoughts along these lines would definitely have to...
View ArticleFirst World Problems
For the first time since I’ve lived in Daegu (six years!) my local expat watering hole isn’t going to show a rebroadcast of the Superbowl. This is the worst thing ever since cancerHitlerAIDS. I’m...
View ArticleSaturday Night Makchang
Daegu, South Korea. Before and after Saturday night makchang, or grilled intestines.
View ArticleGatbawi (Buddha Hat Rock, 갓바위)
Ask a Daeguite their plans for the weekend, and chances are they’ll say they’re headed to Palgong Mountain, a range that wraps around most of the city. I’ve been to the major temple. Donghwasa,...
View ArticleSamsung Fighting!
Congratulations to my local Korean baseball team the Samsung Lions. They won their fourth consecutive Korean Baseball Organization championship last night.
View ArticleColor
Went hiking with my adult students yesterday. We went up Ka Fort Mountain to enjoy the fall colors. Not surprisingly, it was a bit crowded as people get out before winter sets in.
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