Halloween here: seems like they celebrate it, but it’s not as big a deal as in the US. Kids had no themed activities at school […]
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Seoul v London
We spent last week in Korea, as both Jieun and my parents were there, and the kids had a week off from school. Not much […]
Mr. Rogers
Already posted on Facebook, but this profile of Mr. Rogers is a really great read. It moved me almost to tears, and I found it […]
US Politics
I’m kind of glad I’m distanced from the current election. I’ve come to dislike politics more and more. There were a few years recently when […]
NFL, Parties, Identity, Investing
More mostly uninteresting differences in being here. It’s weird watching the NFL in London. They show the US feeds (e.g. from Fox) but not completely […]
Vaccinations
The UK’s philosophy on vaccinations is, to me, strange. For example, flu shots are only covered for the elderly, the pregnant, and the sick. As […]
Bacon, Who’s She, the Cat’s Mum?
The Avengers movie is called “Avengers Assemble” here. I’m guessing because most people here associate “The Avengers” with that old British TV show. I’ve always […]
Scale
The US is big. It’s huge. Both in size and population. I realize now that I didn’t know what I thought of the UK before. […]
Replacement Refs
I don’t why Goodell gets all the heat about the sucky replacement refs. We all agree that they suck. By why is it automatically his […]
Christian Music, London
Longform recently listed these fascinating articles on Contemporary Christian Music. Sadly, they were all (save a couple uninteresting ones about Insane Clown Posse and Bob […]