The Stumbling Engineer

Now I don't follow politics very closely, not in the USA, and even less here in Korea. However, there was an election held this week in...

An interesting buzz in the news this week was the proposal by lawmakers to make it illegal for performers to lip-sync, although apparently t...

"The difference between men and boys is the size (and expense) of their toys". I wandered across the street on Sunday, and noticed...

I decided to take a walk yesterday. I was tempted to go up around Yeouido and see the cherry blossoms, but I heard on the radio that they a...

Well, I finally got out to the Museum that I almost visited back on New Year's Day. (I wrote about back in February ). I wasn't q...

From grade school, I am familiar with the Dewey Decimal System way to classify books in the library. I am aware of, though not familiar with...

Nothing really exciting has been going on these days to post. This week was a little more active. First, I met up with Ben and Sandy for s...

No, not a drunken black-out (what would be called a "film-cut" in Konglish). But rather, I had a sudden urge to make a time lapse ...

Speaking of The Stumbling Mother, this article caught my attention recently. Japan has been slow coming to the ebook table, and a cottage ...

The Lunar New Year was just celebrated here in Korea, indeed all over Asia. As for me, I enjoyed working in a very quiet city for a few day...

First, I want to welcome myself back to my blog. I was unusually busy the last half of 2010 with work. Then The Stumbling Mother suddenly ...

You might have missed this interesting article, which I found by accident in a report on the latest news from the Korean construction indust...

Another Korea Sparkling invention, this time from the home appliance division of LG Electronics: Yeouido, Seoul: Friday, October 15 - 2010: ...

I had a great chance to meet a group from the "Friendship Force" clubs of Alabama and Hawaii, travelling to Korea over the next co...

My air conditioner is acting up. It is old, and despite being checked several times, it doesn't cool the house down very quickly - in f...

As I came back to the office Monday morning, I noticed small leaves and branches on my desk. I just assumed that for some reason, someone ha...

With near-perfect timing, I departed for a short vacation to Jeju Island just as Typhoon Kompasu was nearest to the island. In fact, I wa...

From one ugly fish: To one delicious dish: According to Wikipedia's article on the order Perciformes, family Trichiuridae , there are 40...

Part 1. Chicago. 1972. This certainly seems like a dated political protest song (which it was), but these lyrics are still meaningful tod...