Monthly Archives: October 2007

Non-fiction: Sole Survivor - One man’s quest to find the best shoes ever made

I always enjoy reading anything by Burkhard Bilger. He has a way of writing that makes it easy to read and I never get bored or confused. This is from a while back, on shoes. I think about shoes a lot, but never get anywhere. Boots dominate my collection, yet I don’t have any truely [...]

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Attn: G. Yamane

Dear Grover Yamane,
Today I had a long day. I had an exam and didn’t come home until near seven because I was doing homework. But you know, it beats any stuffy job I have had since graduating. Instead of heating up a Hot Pocket for dinner (I don’t have any, anyway), I washed and boiled [...]

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Non-fiction: Japanese women seeking Seoul mates

This was lying in the dust. Intended as a companion article for this previously post on Japanese women and their relationships.
I cringe at the easy pun of the title, but here is another interesting article about the dating scene for Japanese women. Actually, this reminds me of the Ester Pan article about Asian men [...]

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