LOL.. this here storm makes the San Francisco Comical

Sure.. it's only their twitter link, but is is the front page!

Who Wrote the Book of...

Also, a "cute" toilet?

In the Aeogogae Subway Station there is a family stall (Yeah, I was the guy in the men's room with the camera!)...

Unecessarily Graphic Monday Part Whatever

Well, OK, at least she's honest..

Bad News!

For all of you who have been waiting to send me last year's Xmas gifts.

You must now rule out the Sigma APO DG 70-300 lens as a potential gift. I bought this bad-girl from a, well bad-girl I suppose for about $133.00, which is a real bargain in Korea.

It's a nice lens too, although I'm still figuring it out. The first thing I did, of course, was take it out to take picture of bugs, stinking bugs.

The first bug was a fly on a wall (a bit cliche, even for a walking, talking cliche such as myself!) as I walked across Namsan Mountain and took a bit of refuge from the sun in a redwood-ish pagoda on the side of the hill.

The fly was obliging and hung out til I could figure out how to engage the macro. So I got two or three shots of which the one on the right is best by far.

Also, I learned that a picture of a fly on a wall is not only pretty uncompelling, but it also doesn't seem to reflect much about Korea.

Lesson learned, lesson learned

Then, when Yvonne and I went to see the Egyptian Exhibit, we also hung out at the little pond in front of the Museum and, lo and behold, a dragonfly came by and alit on the one sad leaf of pond-grass that stuck up out of the algae-ridden pond.

So I got me another pic.

Now, of course, we come to tragedy. We arrived home and there was a cockroach in the bathtub. Yvonne went in to shower - which she does Korean style, standing on the bathroom floor with the drain open. This means she didn't have to actually get in there with George, as we had named him. But it did mean she splashed enough water on little George that he expired soggily.

I didn't want to pick him up in his waterlogged state, so waited until the tub had dried out and..

It must have been CockaRoach Easter, cause George was back to life!

Or, those cockroaches are as tough as they say.

So, with George dry and alive, I got an empty yogurt cup, some cardboard, and trapped George and let him go outside.

Here is a picture of George, valiantly trundling away.

With that it was bed time and so I went to bed.

When I looked out my window.. Woe betide! Alas!

Poor George had not got very far.

This truly sh*tty pic is of George, on his back, six little legs to the sky, communing with the Great Insect What Lives in the Heavens.

And Yvonne can chalk up another kill!

Normally I don't take much note of English Errors

And not that much glee in Konglish.. but shouldn't the National Theater of Korea know better?

Unecessarily Graphic?

It isn't Just Fan Death that can kill you around these parts, mister!

I have to hat-tip the BKF for giving me a clue of this. We were walking to dinner during his visit (a time I already refer to, with just a hint of woe on my otherwise noble countenance, as "the good old days") and he started laughing. I asked why and he gestured back over his shoulder, "There's a sign back there that threatens to kill litterers."

In the interim I have learned the word for garbage, and so today as I walked past the store I could read some of that white sign scratched in the concrete. It says, "If you litter around here, I'll kill you!" (that is kind of translated from the literal)

New Words are -
걸리면 = When caught
버리다 = throw away
죽는다 = dies

and I think(?) that the verbs are all in the root form to make it simple for foreigners to understand? The BKF can clue me in on that, I'm sure.

UPDATE - The only other thing I can easily read there is the advert for cigarettes, not only because it is ubiquitous here, but always looks the same - white circle, red letters, blue background. Now THAT is marketing!

OK.. maybe she doesn't put out on a first date

But is "ball stopper" really fair?

Things you don't much see in the States

That red line is to point out the long and snaking path that the gas-line is taking to deliver gasoline into a house.

I guess this house isn't on LPG or the City gas (not "oline") and so they use gasoline. I'm reasonably certain this would be illegal in most states, but in South-Central it's a common sight.

Wouldn't Fly in the States

I suspect this advert would draw some controversy.

Also, for the life of me, I can't imagine why a homeless-looking black dude would be used to sell tequila?

Caligula Pimpin!

That's right baby! Now that I fit into Korean shirts I can also purchase ties to accessorize em. This here snapshot does not do justice to the reflective gold and silver thread in those ties, but it probably does reveal that I am colorblind (or stupid).

Two shirts and three ties for 24,000 won (about $16 American) - now that's a bargain, and now I have some "Korean-type" splashy color combinations. All I'm going to have to purchase back in the States is a coat (or two) and some shoes.

Nice-uh!

Random Shots

It continues to expand..
And in another corner of town other things continue to expand..

Back to Norml

Went scruffy for about 7 days and then shaved the thing off in order, to see what level of facial hair was "most attractive" (yeah, yeah, relative term). Really hard to say, as my generally hung-over mien pretty much shines through the whole series of pics. Also, apparently, I have had some sort of stroke, as my left eye is stuck in a lazy, open position.

I needs medicine!

"I see Ed People!!"

Holy Cow.. is it the BKF in 20 years? If he gets all depressed?

BTW, for your "edification" (heh! I kill me) - it's actually the son of an ex-Korean president fighting with his sister over mom's business. Very familial..

Terrorist in Chief

See? SEE? SEE?
The kids are wearing turbans!!
Muslim Extremists!

What to do..

Apparently the Civil Defense Office joins our intrepid old-lady from the previous post in recommending dildoes for just about any problem you might have.

And now I have a new hypochondria health worry . My blood pressure sometimes drops directly after I exercise.

Google thoughtfully reveals that this is a sign of early heart disease and that I am certain to die young (well, as young as I can at this advanced age).

As many of my schemes were premised on immortality, I feel that this is a bit of a blow to them.

I'll get back to you all with the rethink on my plans. Maybe tomorrow - if I live that long!

Wha....?

One of the real joys of living in Korea is reading the surreal and often incomprehensible "Ssomi and Hobo" by Artier Lee. This one seems to have been loosely(!) inspired by the Chinese space walk, but it's kind of difficult to tell.

Word on the street is that the translation is bad (it is apparently done in Korean), but I kind of like it. It's a good cartoon to read when you're hungover and nothing makes sense..

As if Mad Cow Disease were not already Killing Millions!

The side of a delivery truck asks that we watch out for ----


CHICKEN SYNDROME!!!

What's next, Tuegi Terror?

(Extremely) Graphic Monday

An Innocent Shopfront on a main thoroughfare.... except...

Those are vending machines for Love-Motels out in front and, the keen (and perverted eye) will note that the eight stacks of.. uh.. things... on the top shelf are.. well, artificial vaginas, arranged with the business end pointed out to the street. The OAF wouldn't let me buy one - you know, just to be sure!

You wouldn't see this on many streets in the US.. Somewhere in Nevada, maybe?

Graphic Monday

LOL

Saw this on Cracked and it just tickled me with its high percentage of rightness..

Really? In Daejeon you say?

I hop around a couple of the Gawker "family" of sites and every now and then they try to get me a hookup.

But I have a very difficult time believing that HORNYMAMii (age 22) of the atypical pneumaticissity is actually in Daejeon.

She'd be a local legend, I think....

Not that many Latinas, you see....

If they are clever enough to scope out my IP address you'd think they'd provide picture of Koreans, since the vast majority of web hits from Korea are likely by Koreans?

I could be wrong.

Analytics?

He died in a "funny" car crash?

How much analysis could there be?

The Genius of the Intarwebs... (and Photoshop)..

Sometimes overwhelms me...

He looks so..... saaaaad!..

What Would George Bush Do?

Adapted for reality from the otherwise excellent www.wellingtongrey.net.

Humming Along

Today's Far Too Graphic

Eerily accurate, found online and slightly modified to ensure that all problems are "solved."

Monday's Money is Tuesday's .44 Caliber Breakfast