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Category: Blogging
Day-to-day minutiae.
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A-aaaaand, we’re back!
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SNAFU narrowly averted. Yays.
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Den of Geek on the Star Wars TIE fighter
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Colin Cantwell’s design for the Empire’s short-range [TIE] fighters is one of the most distinctive visual motifs of Star Wars. In a decade newly (perhaps foolishly) obsessed with the possibilities of solar power, it seemed at the cutting edge to make that source of energy a part of the craft’s design. The shape and dynamic…
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(On the tomb of) Yun Hye-yong
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Yun Hye-yong was a singer with the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, a North Korean orchestra. In May 2009, according to the Chosun Ilbo, author Chang Jin-song published a poem, “Kim Jong-il’s Last Woman”, in which it was alleged that Yun was a mistress of Kim Jong-il. The authenticity of this claim remains unclear. This poem was…
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My interview with Arjen Duinker
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Well it’s taken me
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Lee Si-woo on history, tragedy and the DMZ
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History is always cruel to the defeated because it belongs to the victor. History offers a future to the latter, but tragedy to the former. In spite of this, tragedy is beautiful because a solution presupposes the problem that caused the loser to lose, and because as the saying goes, human beings present only those…
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Sunshine for Kim Dae-jung
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Kim Dae-jung, a former President of the Republic of Korea (1998–2003), and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on 18 August 2009. This poem was first published in Jacket2 (USA, 2012). Läs på svenska.
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50/49 redux
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& later I realised
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Some Classic Korean Manhwa Titles
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Manhwa is a Korean comic form
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Morgenland reviewed by Adam Fieled
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“The message is change; the Buddha would be proud.”
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Thomas Mars on Radiohead lyrics and magnets
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We’re fascinated with the idea of every word fitting perfectly with every chord so it creates a new standard of beauty . . . It’s almost like Radiohead are using those word magnets. That’s my worst fear — the magnet thing . . . Thomas Mars of Phoenix
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Some interesting Korean book titles …
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… discovered recently: ‘I Have the Right to Destroy Myself’* ‘Mommy Must Be a Fountain of Feathers’ ‘Poor Love Machine’ ‘Look, Calendar Factory Manager’ ‘The Korean Way of Tea’ ‘Lebanon Emotion’ ‘Happy People Don’t Check the Time’ ‘The Outings of Snake-boy’ ‘I Am a Season That Does Not Exist in This World’ ‘Quietly Liking’ ‘Mechanical…
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No! Sleep! Till Gangnam!
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By this time tomorrow
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Chris de Burgh on Iran
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Recent events in Iran have filled me with shock and mounting horror, and I send my heartfelt sympathies and support to all my friends and fans there who may have been caught up in what has become a huge international story. Many people all over the world have reacted with anger and dismay at what…
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Where am I?
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[ ] is a land of contrasts.
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(Anagram) Nation
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Daydream Native No