The “I’m back online” Story

After about a week without my own Internet connection, feeling like I’d lost half my brain, they jacked me back in today. The director of the school where I work called the Internet company on…

Twenty-two

Yes, today I’m 22 years old. But continuing my tradition of weird ages, I’m now saying I’m 23. See, in Korea, everyone changes ages at the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which is usually…

The rice cooker that didn’t cook

As you know, I like rice. So of course, I brought along a rice cooker to Korea. He’s a cute little guy, a mere 3-cupper. A friend gave me a power transformer to convert the…