January 2010
45 posts
What type of donor are you? | GiveWell →
Good site to check out if you want to give.
Measuring happiness on facebook →
Interesting sociological study using Facebook to measure happiness.
“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...
“Compared to the early 1950s, there is not as much room for the adolescent...”
– Get a Life, Holden Caulfield - NYTimes.com
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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
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.
NKorea says American man detained at China border... →
Hmm…what’s this all about??
I'm going to be replaced by a robot!! →
This is absolutely hilarious! Robots replacing English teachers in Korea…what next??
“The present was the thing—work to do and someone to love. But not to love...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited
“They liked him because he was functioning, because he was serious; they wanted...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited
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????
Her.meneutics: 'I Lived Next Door to a Brothel' →
An article about sex-trafficking, by my dear college friend, Davita Maharaj.
The True Meaning Of Martyrdom - Forbes.com →
'God Loves You, Mr. Kim. Now Leave.' - Forbes.com →
North Korea DPRK 북한 - a set on Flickr →
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Love this man...inside and out! →
“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.)
“most people would think of materialism as the selfish hoarding of superfluous...”
– Dan Chen
Read more at: http://newliteracy.tumblr.com/
A recording my 14-year-old student in Korea made. ...
Why am I always so distracted?
Knitting again...
It feels so good to create…
I think understanding humanness is important.
“Seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your...”
– Deuteronomy 4:29 NKJV
“Today I’m relearning like a child how life keeps happening even where I am...”
– Holly Orr
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How important is it to be productive?
What does it mean to be productive, anyway?
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“O Christ, the True Light, Who illuminest and sanctifiest every human being...”
– Orthodox Prayer
David Michael on falling in love with poetry →
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and...”
– David Foster Wallace
“We see things as we are, not as they are.”
– Leo Rosten
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A Rare and Fascinating Glimpse into the Lives of... →
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I'd do it all again. →
“A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need...”
– Leo Rosten
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...