So it’s that time of year again, and once again I’m in Korea.  If I were at home, the endless loop of pop stars mangling Christmas carols would make me blind with rage.  But I’m not, so “I’ll be home for Christmas” is more likely to make me burst into tears than into a mall with a machine gun.

Is it possible I have too much free time?  You might, too.  In which case, I serve up internet memes: Koreafied.

The Flaming Lips came to Seoul for the first time ever just this last Saturday, November 20th and took over a tiny venue on the far East of Seoul, AX-Korea.  

Fall is a special time of year in Korea: it’s the time when kimchi reaches the perfect age.  Like a good bottle of wine, kimchi has just one month to shine while on its journey from fishy to spicy to way too fermented.  That time is now.  Let us seize the moment with several unusual but delectable uses for our favorite side dish.  Click on the photos to access the complet ...

There you are: some drool infested germ bag outright refuses to obey you.  Or, as you’re about to share the secret to perfect past tense, a malignant chatter spreads through the class.  Or, as you calmly try to guilt trip a misbehaving earring-clad hell demon, he beams up at you with a knowing scowl and says, “Yongo mulayo.”

"Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory" -- General George S. Patton There comes a moment in every man or woman's life when he is faced with a profound opportunity that challenges him to his very core.   He stares into the nature of his being only to see danger's dark eyes flashing in the abyss.  The time has come to test his mettle or forge the bitter ir ...

No one would have believed in the first years of the 21st century that such a crisis would hit man so quickly and so hard…    

  It's that wonderful time of year again.  That time when you have to watch holiday after holiday slip through your fingers without so much as a nod from your co-workers or even retailers.  For our American brethren, this means missing a deluge of retail pandering as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's pour down our throats one after the other.  For our Canadian ...

Korean seasons change more dramatically than Elton John on tour and these drastic temperature fluctuations have real consequences for your health.  So let’s talk some simple preventative measures to keep your white blood cells from going down for the count.