Comments for ::A Geek in Korea:: http://blog.torgodevil.com Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on D&D: It’s a trap. by ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » D&D Nerdfest Update: Invokers can have good story arcs too http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2137/comment-page-1#comment-4787 ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » D&D Nerdfest Update: Invokers can have good story arcs too Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:43:41 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2137#comment-4787 [...] adventures of my Orc Paladin and demented Human Invoker have continued despite not updating this blog about it for some time. Having found a strong [...] [...] adventures of my Orc Paladin and demented Human Invoker have continued despite not updating this blog about it for some time. Having found a strong [...]

]]> Comment on The things you learn in class. by kwandongbrian http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2492/comment-page-1#comment-4786 kwandongbrian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:17:54 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2492#comment-4786 About not swimming in Lakes: There are very few natural lakes to swim in and the reservoirs are officially not-for-swimming. but Some Koreans have also told me about fresh-water parasites that cause swimmers-itch. This was particularly interesting to me as some kind of microscopic worm has infested some of my hometown's swimming holes and a brisk towelling to basically scrape them off is recommended. Really though, if you had left out any qualifiers ("do you swim?"), the answers would not have been much different. Sorry about weird punctuation; I enlarged the comment window and it enlarged beyond the blog frame. I can't see everything. About not swimming in Lakes:
There are very few natural lakes to swim in and the reservoirs are officially not-for-swimming. but Some Koreans have also told me about fresh-water parasites that cause swimmers-itch. This was particularly interesting to me as some kind of microscopic worm has infested some of my hometown’s swimming holes and a brisk towelling to basically scrape them off is recommended.

Really though, if you had left out any qualifiers (“do you swim?”), the answers would not have been much different.

Sorry about weird punctuation; I enlarged the comment window and it enlarged beyond the blog frame. I can’t see everything.

]]> Comment on God damn Google Goggles, are you trying to make me obsolete? by ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » Brutal first day http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2454/comment-page-1#comment-4785 ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » Brutal first day Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:25:38 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2454#comment-4785 [...] computer system. Lucky that exists in a non-humanoid form. When the schools finally get around to replacing all the teachers and staff with robots, the robot that get’s blamed for all the mistakes come student registration time will likely [...] [...] computer system. Lucky that exists in a non-humanoid form. When the schools finally get around to replacing all the teachers and staff with robots, the robot that get’s blamed for all the mistakes come student registration time will likely [...]

]]> Comment on It’s not my fault you are dumb. by ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » What have I missed? http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2299/comment-page-1#comment-4784 ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » What have I missed? Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:02:20 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2299#comment-4784 [...] of class I’ll have it available. I need all this stuff now because students show up the first week and then disappear until the end of the semester. If that happens, I need to have a record of their [...] [...] of class I’ll have it available. I need all this stuff now because students show up the first week and then disappear until the end of the semester. If that happens, I need to have a record of their [...]

]]> Comment on North Korean Traffic Girls. by John from Daejeon http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2479/comment-page-1#comment-4783 John from Daejeon Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:33:36 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2479#comment-4783 I'd really like to see that in the middle of January. I’d really like to see that in the middle of January.

]]> Comment on God damn Google Goggles, are you trying to make me obsolete? by ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » Safeguards with Kangaroo farts. http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2454/comment-page-1#comment-4779 ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » Safeguards with Kangaroo farts. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:01:04 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2454#comment-4779 [...] I feel I do need to feel “value added” in some way, otherwise I could be replaced by a Korean English Teaching Robot! Since reading a bunch of slides isn’t exactly the most interesting thing possible, I decided [...] [...] I feel I do need to feel “value added” in some way, otherwise I could be replaced by a Korean English Teaching Robot! Since reading a bunch of slides isn’t exactly the most interesting thing possible, I decided [...]

]]> Comment on It’s for work, honestly. by ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » Sheeeeeeee-it, The Wire is pretty awesome. http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2312/comment-page-1#comment-4769 ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » Sheeeeeeee-it, The Wire is pretty awesome. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:08:12 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2312#comment-4769 [...] finally got around to finishing off the last season of The Wire like I had set out to do sometime at the beginning of my vacation a few months previous. I’d say the experience was [...] [...] finally got around to finishing off the last season of The Wire like I had set out to do sometime at the beginning of my vacation a few months previous. I’d say the experience was [...]

]]> Comment on She’s topped herself yet again. by ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » It’s the ritual of it, don’t you see? http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2113/comment-page-1#comment-4768 ::A Geek in Korea:: » Blog Archive » It’s the ritual of it, don’t you see? Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:52:01 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2113#comment-4768 [...] Since grandmother is in the hospital, there was a bit of a question as to the need of going to her house just for the ceremony. If we go, we’re there for a day or more. No one can escape the family’s obligations any sooner than anyone else because the work load doesn’t get distributed fairly along genders, or ages. My mother in law is going to be working, my wife will be either cooking or watching Glow, so we won’t be leaving any time before the last dish is washed. I’ll also have to watch my greedy aunt raid the backyard storehouse for all the food she can carry home. [...] [...] Since grandmother is in the hospital, there was a bit of a question as to the need of going to her house just for the ceremony. If we go, we’re there for a day or more. No one can escape the family’s obligations any sooner than anyone else because the work load doesn’t get distributed fairly along genders, or ages. My mother in law is going to be working, my wife will be either cooking or watching Glow, so we won’t be leaving any time before the last dish is washed. I’ll also have to watch my greedy aunt raid the backyard storehouse for all the food she can carry home. [...]

]]> Comment on Sausage Fingers. by chrisinsouthkorea http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2428/comment-page-1#comment-4766 chrisinsouthkorea Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:12:36 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2428#comment-4766 I researched some gloves that had a minute amount of metal sewn into the fingers - just enough to make the touch, but not enough to hurt the screen. Haven't seen any here, although Lifehacker(?) had some directions on how to make some. Or, slap on a protective screen cover and buy a sausage :) I researched some gloves that had a minute amount of metal sewn into the fingers – just enough to make the touch, but not enough to hurt the screen. Haven’t seen any here, although Lifehacker(?) had some directions on how to make some.

Or, slap on a protective screen cover and buy a sausage :)

]]> Comment on DEATH. In Musical Youtube form. by John from Daejeon http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2405/comment-page-1#comment-4764 John from Daejeon Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:46:46 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=2405#comment-4764 I find this song ("Just One Person") to be very easy and probably the most inspirational and emotional one I've ever come across: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwPQyxz5Rfw&feature=related Here is another great one ("It's Not Easy Being Green") from Jim Henson's memorial that resonates a lot with those kids (and myself) who are slightly different and just trying to find our place in the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZyMptC2eQ&feature=related I just wish I could find subtitles for <em>The Muppet Movie</em> in Korean. I should have posted this earlier, but I got a bit sidetracked with all the drama that's been going on at my hagwon over the last few weeks. I find this song (“Just One Person”) to be very easy and probably the most inspirational and emotional one I’ve ever come across: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwPQyxz5Rfw&feature=related

Here is another great one (“It’s Not Easy Being Green”) from Jim Henson’s memorial that resonates a lot with those kids (and myself) who are slightly different and just trying to find our place in the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZyMptC2eQ&feature=related

I just wish I could find subtitles for The Muppet Movie in Korean. I should have posted this earlier, but I got a bit sidetracked with all the drama that’s been going on at my hagwon over the last few weeks.

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