January 2010
45 posts
What type of donor are you? | GiveWell →
Good site to check out if you want to give.
Jan 30th
Measuring happiness on facebook →
Interesting sociological study using Facebook to measure happiness.
Jan 30th
“Some critics say that if Holden is less popular these days, the fault lies with...”
– Get a Life, Holden Caulfield - NYTimes.com I think this is true in many ways.  I think that many young people growing up in today’s era of material abundance are so distracted by the overarching cultural philosophy of our day that money, STUFF, and even experience, and the pursuit of all of...
Jan 29th
“Compared to the early 1950s, there is not as much room for the adolescent...”
– Get a Life, Holden Caulfield - NYTimes.com
Jan 29th
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“The first problem for a human being in the spiritual life is to find out who...”
– Fr. John McGuckin, Abba Anthony, Turning to the Fathers, Orthodox Christian Network http://www.myocn.net/index.php/201001082208/Turning-to-the-Fathers/Abba-Anthony.html
Jan 28th
Cha In Pyo--My most recent celeb crush →
So good looking!  And such a great movie.  Met the real guy 2 weeks ago, and he was so humble and wonderful.  Please keep North Koreans in your prayers.
Jan 28th
Jan 28th
NKorea says American man detained at China border... →
Hmm…what’s this all about??
Jan 28th
I'm going to be replaced by a robot!! →
This is absolutely hilarious!  Robots replacing English teachers in Korea…what next??
Jan 27th
“The present was the thing—work to do and someone to love. But not to love...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited
Jan 26th
“They liked him because he was functioning, because he was serious; they wanted...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited
Jan 26th
Obama picks Korean American for federal bench →
Finally being recognized after years of busting our butts in this country, filling up spots in Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc, yet always hitting a ceiling in the work force, media, and the political arena.  Why has it taken this long????
Jan 22nd
Her.meneutics: 'I Lived Next Door to a Brothel' →
An article about sex-trafficking, by my dear college friend, Davita Maharaj.
Jan 22nd
The True Meaning Of Martyrdom - Forbes.com →
Jan 21st
'God Loves You, Mr. Kim. Now Leave.' - Forbes.com →
Jan 21st
Jan 20th
North Korea DPRK 북한 - a set on Flickr →
Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
Love this man...inside and out! →
Jan 16th
“i know for certain that my longing for community is my soul’s recognition of its...”
– Dan Chen (This is why I’m joining the Orthodox Church…communal worship is in the liturgy and the sacramental life.  It is in the taking of Christ’s true blood and body together.  It is in being united in one faith.)
Jan 15th
“most people would think of materialism as the selfish hoarding of superfluous...”
– Dan Chen Read more at: http://newliteracy.tumblr.com/
Jan 15th
ListenA recording my 14-year-old student in Korea made. ...
Jan 15th
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Why am I always so distracted?
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Knitting again...
It feels so good to create…
Jan 10th
I think understanding humanness is important.
Jan 10th
“Seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your...”
– Deuteronomy 4:29 NKJV
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“Today I’m relearning like a child how life keeps happening even where I am...”
– Holly Orr
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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How important is it to be productive?
What does it mean to be productive, anyway?
Jan 9th
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“O Christ, the True Light, Who illuminest and sanctifiest every human being...”
– Orthodox Prayer
Jan 6th
David Michael on falling in love with poetry →
Jan 6th
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and...”
– David Foster Wallace
Jan 4th
“We see things as we are, not as they are.”
– Leo Rosten
Jan 4th
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A Rare and Fascinating Glimpse into the Lives of... →
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
I'd do it all again. →
Jan 2nd
“A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need...”
– Leo Rosten
Jan 2nd
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Two by Tony Hoagland
happywasteful: At the Galleria Shopping Mall Just past the bin of pastel baby socks and underwear, there are some 49-dollar Chinese-made TVs; one of them singing news about a far-off war, one comparing the breast size of an actress from Hollywood to the breast size of an actress from Bollywood. And here is my niece Lucinda, who is nine and a true daughter of Texas, who has developed the...
Jan 2nd
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