tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.comments2023-06-18T17:17:00.459+09:00Korean Folk SongsBart Schanemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431033832847364noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-83762526307044175492009-10-12T01:49:41.186+09:002009-10-12T01:49:41.186+09:00I tried to pay him. He wouldn't take it.I tried to pay him. He wouldn't take it.Bart Schanemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431033832847364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-20116847319238082009-10-11T19:32:28.526+09:002009-10-11T19:32:28.526+09:00Only 5? Surely he deserved about 7?Only 5? Surely he deserved about 7?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02061549423518782179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-38577623469826150072009-03-05T07:17:00.000+09:002009-03-05T07:17:00.000+09:00Bart, this is wonderful. Fucking good read, brothe...Bart, this is wonderful. Fucking good read, brother. I'm going to read it again right now to help fire me up to do what I need to do. Can't wait to get your letter. -AGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-85223403431192246492009-03-04T12:28:00.000+09:002009-03-04T12:28:00.000+09:00Bart, this is a great post. Thanks for the many t...Bart, this is a great post. Thanks for the many tips here.Mark Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582968761847764409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-24524640188574362282009-01-20T11:00:00.000+09:002009-01-20T11:00:00.000+09:00dude, what a square..dude, what a square..Anna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16807763040935551326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-35308487700903654682009-01-19T22:16:00.000+09:002009-01-19T22:16:00.000+09:00....it's where you take them to....This is a profo.......it's where you take them to....<BR/><BR/>This is a profound piece you posted. Thanks for sharing.Mark Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582968761847764409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-77236898212155980032009-01-10T18:42:00.000+09:002009-01-10T18:42:00.000+09:00High sophistication? Now, that made me laugh!High sophistication? Now, that made me laugh!Mark Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582968761847764409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-35653646352557173952009-01-08T03:54:00.000+09:002009-01-08T03:54:00.000+09:00Nice work on your reading this past year. I am in...Nice work on your reading this past year. I am interested in The Emotional Brain by Ledoux for one of my next reads. <BR/> I read Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are, also by Joseph Ledoux. It was a great book that was the main reading for my Behavioral Neuroscience class at the University. I also took Psychoneuropharmacology which was very interesting and some of the material coincided with the reading of Synaptic Self. <BR/>Anyway, I love this topic and keep me posted on your thoughts on The Emotional Brain and any other books in this category. <BR/><BR/>Hope you are enjoying Korea. If I make it over there I will look you up.namastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071502262899489603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-73570749053612930552009-01-06T13:39:00.000+09:002009-01-06T13:39:00.000+09:00Thanks for finding the link, Nanyoung. And yeah, i...Thanks for finding the link, Nanyoung. And yeah, it does sound like a lot of journalism-ese, doesn't it? Sorry about that. I'll try not to let it happen again.Bart Schanemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431033832847364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-59828752655122029482009-01-06T13:12:00.000+09:002009-01-06T13:12:00.000+09:00The Razor's Edge is largely responsible for why I ...The Razor's Edge is largely responsible for why I went to Asia in the first place. If only I'd known ... ah, who am I kidding. I would have gone anyway.<BR/><BR/>Looks like you're well in Korea. Hope you stay that way in the New Year.Court Merriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02674875918626755289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-75521396936600267462009-01-05T09:20:00.000+09:002009-01-05T09:20:00.000+09:00I love it....thanks for the post.I love it....thanks for the post.Mark Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582968761847764409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-39666416715236251682009-01-04T08:50:00.000+09:002009-01-04T08:50:00.000+09:00This list just reinforces my commitment to reading...This list just reinforces my commitment to reading in 2009. Your list downright embarrasses my list. lol. I would however recommend adding "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" by Thomas L. Friedman and "America and the World" by Brzezinski and Scowcroft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-7383055929876404282009-01-03T23:12:00.000+09:002009-01-03T23:12:00.000+09:00i found whole story of this http://www.koreaherald...i found whole story of this <BR/><BR/>http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/archives/result_contents.asp<BR/><BR/>what i totally agree with you is this phrase<BR/>"lots of mindless protesting"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-28328735262428419662009-01-03T23:05:00.000+09:002009-01-03T23:05:00.000+09:00i thought that it was really jounalist-like!!!and ...i thought that it was really jounalist-like!!!<BR/><BR/>and then i read this sentence "Matt Lamers and I wrote for the Herald"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-54008606507323061472009-01-03T22:56:00.000+09:002009-01-03T22:56:00.000+09:00wow!! Nice job---There is only one common book me ...wow!! <BR/><BR/>Nice job---<BR/><BR/>There is only one common book me also read in 2008 <BR/><BR/>- No country for old men <BR/><BR/>Hahaha <BR/><BR/>I am really interested in "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" <BR/>I read his book, "one hundred years of solitude" only.<BR/>So, i searched the contents of "Memories of My Melancholy Whores"<BR/>and i knew that it's not published in Korea as korean version. <BR/>ㅠㅠ<BR/>Even he is very famous in post modernism literarue field, Korean are not interested in publishing his new book. It's really sad!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-31104118353668953422008-12-31T08:23:00.000+09:002008-12-31T08:23:00.000+09:00Indeed, Dostoevsky's first book is a good one. Als...Indeed, Dostoevsky's first book is a good one. Also read the same book earlier this year. A happy new year of reading!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-67242633426860145902008-12-23T17:38:00.000+09:002008-12-23T17:38:00.000+09:00It's really easy to forget that the war is still g...It's really easy to forget that the war is still going on. I don't live in America (or infinitely worse, Iraq) so I feel very removed from it all. Sometimes I run into troops stationed here, and that brings it to mind, that they're only a change in assignment away from the Middle East. But for the most part, the war doesn't directly impact me in any way. I think until we're done there we need to keep it in our consciousness.<BR/><BR/>RE: Didion. Thanks. "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" is great, and I've read some of "The White Album" but I'd like to read more. Reading Didion is extreme training for any writer.Bart Schanemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431033832847364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-75802008550825511152008-12-23T16:02:00.000+09:002008-12-23T16:02:00.000+09:00Did we really go to war based on faulty intelligen...Did we really go to war based on faulty intelligence? It feels like a bad dream but unfortunately it really did happen. And the revisionist history that the GOP is using right now is shocking. As a Navy veteran, I can't tell you how much this infuriates me. I actually griped about this in one of my posts about how President Bush doesn't accept accountability for anything.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I really enjoyed the Joan Didion passage you posted earlier. I'm not familiar with her work but I will certainly look into it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-90742486829693184742008-12-22T22:27:00.000+09:002008-12-22T22:27:00.000+09:00i really impress with you blog and plz keep writin...i really impress with you blog and plz keep writing for this blog.Tarun Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397604924870154146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-39338798467485575972008-12-21T20:45:00.000+09:002008-12-21T20:45:00.000+09:00Gord,This is from the email I received from HOPE:"...Gord,<BR/><BR/>This is from the email I received from HOPE:<BR/><BR/>"It is completely legal to volunteer in Korea if you are here under a work visa (i.e. E2 visa). As long as you are not getting paid for your volunteer work, it is now within your legal right to do volunteer work. There has been considerable confusion regarding this matter, as the immigration office has not posted information on their website and refuses to provide written documentation stating their position on volunteering. We have, however, contacted them multiple times over the phone and were reassured that it was completely fine. They encourage any individuals, uncertain of policies regarding volunteer work, to personally confirm this, by contacting their local immigration office at: http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/GvrnSrchPageR_en.pt"Bart Schanemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431033832847364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-24627173385177424252008-12-20T21:33:00.000+09:002008-12-20T21:33:00.000+09:00Lookin' good! Great trailer and a great post.Lookin' good! Great trailer and a great post.Mark Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582968761847764409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-26614657657929525372008-12-19T20:35:00.000+09:002008-12-19T20:35:00.000+09:00Sure thing, Mark. If you ever get a chance to pick...Sure thing, Mark. If you ever get a chance to pick up some of Didion's writing, do so. She's great. I heard someone say she has "x-ray vision," and I like that description. It's perfect.Bart Schanemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431033832847364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-75064943029303541772008-12-19T20:16:00.000+09:002008-12-19T20:16:00.000+09:00That doesn't make much sense at all, does it? It g...That doesn't make much sense at all, does it? It goes back to what I was writing about in that article. If kids without money can't receive adequate (or competitive) English education, then what chance do they have to compete for jobs with their peers? I realize this is a bit over-simplified, but in a sense, English education is directly causing the class divide to widen. <BR/><BR/>As far as the legality of it, I interviewed a half-dozen people and none of them mentioned it being illegal. I'll do more research and see if I can find out some more info. Thanks for the comment.Bart Schanemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431033832847364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-26652130159398311662008-12-19T20:01:00.000+09:002008-12-19T20:01:00.000+09:00Interestingly, the government has not prosecuted t...Interestingly, the government has not prosecuted these upstarts. <BR/><BR/>No kidding. When I lived in Jeonju, the local government sent out a plea for Anglophones to volunteer teaching orphans and such. And also included a stern warning that anyone volunteering without appropriate visa clearance (ie. paying for permission from the local Immigration office, and procuring permission from their employer) would be caught and punished. The turnout was predictably very low. <BR/><BR/>I even confirmed it with the local immigration office at some point where I was there about something else, and they reiterated that, yes, you're not allowed to VOLUNTEER your time in the service of orphans, animals, or anyone else in Korea unless you get permission. Sometimes I wonder whether my publication of fiction abroad is considered illegal. Or playing in a band. (I was told it is illegal.) Or my going to the toilet without permission. <BR/><BR/>Maybe things are less insane in Seoul...<BR/><BR/>Nice blog you got here, by the way...gordsellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465812613427778240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38068948.post-15105853224427287222008-12-11T08:59:00.000+09:002008-12-11T08:59:00.000+09:00Even Joe, the plumber, was appalled by McCain duri...Even Joe, the plumber, was appalled by McCain during the campaign.Mark Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582968761847764409noreply@blogger.com