Son of a Street KidIn my late 40s my dad mentioned he was a street kid for a year in postwar Seoul. Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world at…Apr 19, 20221Apr 19, 20221
Message from a Guy who Pantsed Me in Junior HighIt was a sunny day in 1987, I was in 7th grade, and standing at one of the doors to my school absentmindedly staring outside at the tarmac…May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
My Father as a Young ManLooking at photos of my father in university and the Korean army, he seemed a lot like me. Awkward, solitary, bewildered, out of place…Mar 6, 2021Mar 6, 2021
I Shouldn’t have Gone to UniversityIf I had to live my life over again I think I would not have gone to university. FWIW I had a B+ average in a US curriculum high school…Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Quest for a New MouseDue to wrist pain, I needed an alternative to my regular mouse. I thought trackballs would be an alternative. I tried a $30 Logitech…Dec 3, 2020Dec 3, 2020
Christianity for Korean ImmigranceAs a stupid punk kid and teen, I felt Christianity was stifling, boring and uncool. I wasn’t able to do anything fun or “cool” that the…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Goodbye KoreaI made the conscious decision, as an adult who’d studied and worked for years in Korea, to leave that place and never go back.Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Life of Korean ImmigranceThe logistics of continuing this not-meaningful, not-valuable life are formidable. I don’t see much purpose in this life. I adopted…Dec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020