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It’s actually super-easy to make your own cornbread as long as you can find cornmeal or masa harina (corn flour, not to be confused with cornstarch). Brown sugar is basically white sugar plus molasses, which gives your recipe a bit more savoriness. Let me know if you want a simple recipe. Gathering the ingredients doesn’t take much more work than buying a boxed cornbread mix.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/March/2020 @ 8:03 pm
Two things:
1. Cornbread seems to have a “high sugar tolerance,” for lack of a better term. You can dump a ton of sugar into the batter before you start to taste any real sweetness in the final product. I think I’ve mentioned before that Costco, in the States, puts out a cornbread pre-mix that is my favorite cornbread recipe. And it’s sweet. I shudder to think about how much sugar they had to dump into the mix to get it that sweet.
2. Regarding COVID-19 and hot climates: one of the big puzzles that scientists all over the globe are dealing with is whether this virus is seasonal, like the typical flu. If it does turn out to be seasonal, which we’ll all know in a few months, then that’ll be great news. Come summer, the epidemic will be burning itself out. If not (and I’m betting on “not”), then we’re in for a long period of tribulation. That said, stay optimistic, exercise common sense, and don’t listen to those idiots who say that putting more alcohol into your bloodstream will protect you from the virus. An alcohol-based disinfectant, to be effective, has to be at least a 70% solution. You’ll be dead long before your blood-alcohol content reaches 1%. (This chart says death is possible at around 0.4% BAC.)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/March/2020 @ 5:06 pm
Quite an adventure. I’m glad it didn’t turn out worse. Marick has a strangely masculine name, but she’s all woman!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/March/2020 @ 6:20 pm
Sorry—let me revise “quite a few times” to just “a few times.” And it’s not exactly the same error each time, but it’s a bold/italics-formatting error for sure. Hint: look at your recent “Hodgepodge” post, under the picture of the woman cuddling the bear. Also: “A Walk in the Countryside” (26 Feb), 12th picture down. That one’s a biggie.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/March/2020 @ 10:07 pm
More important, though: stay safe and healthy!
Ah, yes—here’s an editor’s exercise for you: go through your posts’ captions for the past little while and note how many captions fail to do the bold-italics thing with the final letter in the caption. This has happened quite a few times recently!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/March/2020 @ 9:10 pm
Lasagna for breakfast! Who knew? That bread looks a little too fluffy to be focaccia. Are those poppies or black-sesame seeds?
As for the Grammar Day post… the question I’m asking myself is: how many of those errors are actually grammatical errors?
Grammar = sentence structure, tense control, word order, subject-verb agreement, verb conjugation, etc.
Mechanics = spelling, capitalization, punctuation
Diction = word choice/usageE.g., using “they’re” when you mean “their” is a diction error. Come to think of it, pretty much all of the errors in that post are diction errors!
Yeah, yeah—I know the post was meant in jest and not supposed to be over-analyzed. But that’s me… always the turd in the punch bowl.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/March/2020 @ 8:59 pm
I’m glad that at least someone is worried about “syntax.”
Nice club sandwich, by the way, and nice crock-pot pork!
Cute little shrine for the Blessed Virgin. Here are some pics of Korean sanshin-gak, i.e., mountain-spirit shrines.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/March/2020 @ 7:12 pm
Yes, indeed: COVID-19 is the gateway to introvert heaven!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/March/2020 @ 4:41 pm
What do you mean what do I mean?
Technically, when you write “Annyeong haseyo?” in an email or letter, you use a question mark because the expression is a question: “Do you do peaceably?”
Annyeong = peace(ful)
haseyo = from hada, “to do”Modern Korean intonation makes the question sound like a statement, but grammatically, it’s still a question.
All the same, that was an interesting linguistic adventure.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/March/2020 @ 5:39 pm
This seems to apply to your ex-wife:
“Every day, Leftists reveal that they are angry, unhappy people lacking in wisdom.”
When the stick is so far up your ass, you stop seeing the humor in anything.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/March/2020 @ 9:03 pm
Well, you obviously still have the power to push her buttons. So that’s something.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/March/2020 @ 4:47 pm
Damn, that’s a great tee shirt in that final photo.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/March/2020 @ 5:28 pm
Well, RIP to Aussie Bob. He looks relatively young and healthy in that photo, which makes me wonder what did him in. Now, he serves as a memento mori for the living.
I’ve heard and read similar insights about India re: poverty and happiness. Care to do a comparative study?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/March/2020 @ 6:51 pm
As for the girl who’s more my type: fourth photo from the top, bottom row, farthest left, pinkish bra strap visible. She’s a cutie, even with her loose belly. I prefer a woman with a slightly flabby tummy to a woman with Schwarzenegger-style six-pack abs. Only caveat is that she’s way, way too young.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/February/2020 @ 7:38 pm
The girl who’d be “your type” seems to have something in common with the blonde chick who deep-throated the ice cream in your previous post.
Happy Leap Year!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/February/2020 @ 3:57 pm
It’s definitely “for fuck’s sake,” just as it’s “for God’s sake.” There’s some singular/plural wiggle room, but it’s the “sake” that can change, not the “fuck” or the “God.” No one seriously says “for fucks’ sake” or “for gods’ sake,” unless they live in the polytheistic world of Battlestar Galactica. But people who speak a certain dialect do say “for God’s sakes.” That’s an acceptable change.
Great pics of crystal-clear water! I didn’t realize the water at the beach could be that clear.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/February/2020 @ 12:57 am
May your troubles eventually seem so far away.
Speaking of troubles: how’s your toe doing?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/February/2020 @ 8:01 pm
Do you ever have to contend with leeches during your water crossings? I imagine they’re not a problem when you’re dealing with vigorously running water, but what about in those areas where the water is either slow-running or stagnant?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/February/2020 @ 8:15 pm
May your toe get better soon. That’s looks kinda painful.
I imagine that that husky loved being on the ice. Some husky owners who live in warm climates will fill kiddie pools with ice just so their dogs can enjoy a bit of cold.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/February/2020 @ 5:23 pm
We see a lot of old, hollowed-out bunkers in and around Seoul, but for the real hardcore stuff—the abandoned houses—you have to leave the cities and go out into the sticks.
As for the broken chair… my sympathies. This has happened to me a lot here in Korea, where furniture is designed for midgets and Lilliputians. I’m overdue for my own leg-break, I think. Good luck finding a new (and hopefully better) chair.
Oh, and good luck with the upcoming Hash!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/February/2020 @ 5:47 pm
How recently did he die?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/February/2020 @ 9:33 am
Too bad about Warren. I guess he now stands as an example of how not to live one’s life.
Walk on!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/February/2020 @ 4:34 pm
Glad to read that the dentist visit went well. Good luck with the adventure!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/February/2020 @ 4:48 pm
Does it get any more exciting than this?
Good luck with that filling, man. Speaking of “filling,” it looks as if you’ve found a talented lady who’s good at filling her mouth with… things.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/February/2020 @ 6:43 pm
Your BP and resting heart rate are enviable.
As for the graffiti: that’s just God, offering his opinion of us mortals.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/February/2020 @ 2:36 pm
The pot roast calling the kettle a crockpot
It turns out there’s a film called “Les choses de la vie.” You can read about it here. I think I saw part of this film on TV once while I was in France. Based on the Wikipedia entry, the film seems to be about a man who gets in a car crash (that’s the scene I remember; there’re a lot of slow-motion interior shots as the car rolls over and over); he reviews his life in flashbacks as he hovers between life and death, re-experiencing signal moments from his past.
So it could be that, if the author of the blog entry was using “les choses de la vie” as a kind of shorthand reference for this film and what the film is about, “the choices life makes for you” might actually be an appropriate interpretation of that concept, even if it fails as an exact literal translation of the French-language phrase.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/February/2020 @ 1:55 pm
Great-looking food!
As for the French… where to begin…
les choses de la vie = the things of life (or “life’s things”)
The French term for “choices” is les choix. (pronounce that “ley shwah”)
If you’re really trying to say “the choices life makes for you,” you’d say, “Les choix que la vie fait pour toi” or more poetically, “Les choix que fait la vie pour toi.”
un arbre dans la forêt = a tree in the forest
If you’re trying to say, “The Tree that Hides the Forest,” you’d say, “L’arbre qui cache la forêt.” Which is a fairly clever title, really. The verb cacher means “to hide,” and it’s where the English word “cache” (pronounced “cash,” not “cashay”) comes from. A cache is a hidden store of something or other. The word that’s pronounced “cashay” is spelled cachet, and it refers to one’s high status or prestige: “There’s a certain cachet that comes with being an Oscar-winning director.” Contrast this with: “As the cops approached, the Oscar-winning director desperately searched the huge limo for his incriminating cache of coke.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/February/2020 @ 5:58 pm
You’ll recall that, here in Korea, mountain paths often have ropes to help you over boulders. That said, your path looks kinda steep, there, hoss. Yeah, you’re probably better off no longer following the Way of the Günter (der Günterweg!). Quick route to injury and insanity.
Somewhere along the way, I’d forgotten that Günter wasn’t the burly, perpetually shirtless one. That’s that “anus” guy—Almoranus? Even though you’ll be literally parting ways with the G-man, maybe think about making a peace offering of Currywurst, which is arguably the most popular street food in Germany these days.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/February/2020 @ 6:22 pm
I hope those strawberries were as tasty as they looked. Korean strawberries aren’t that impressive. I gussy them up by removing the stems, slicing the fruit into thin slices, then heating the slices in a pan with a ton of white sugar and a good glug of white wine to make a sauce that can be drizzled onto vanilla ice cream.
Yeah, too bad about the bridge, but live and learn. I’m sure you’ll be back this way again.
As for the lack of Koreans… could it be that this is the wrong time of year to expect them? I mean, it’s cold in Korea right now, so it wouldn’t be surprising for Koreans to want to skip down to SE Asia for some warm weather, but in the end, who can fathom the Korean mind? Or maybe the coronavirus is keeping Koreans away…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/February/2020 @ 5:57 pm
«« Back To Stats PageSurprised you didn’t go with a clip from Mel Brooks’s “High Anxiety,” his old parody of “Vertigo.”
Anyway, beautiful photos as always, especially that intensely colored one with the caption beginning, “It was nice to be moving in the right direction again.” But no pic of the buffet?? Too busy eating, I guess….
I’ve been freaked out by bridges before. A rope bridge wouldn’t scare me, but back in 2008, when I was attempting that trans-US walk, the Bridge of the Gods kind of freaked me out with its meshwork floor. Completely irrational fear, I realize: there’s no way I could have suddenly melted and poured through the mesh. But the feeling of floating perilously over a long, high drop was still rather unmanning.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/February/2020 @ 9:05 pm