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The trail, the whole trail, and nothing but the trail
Looks to have been a good walk. Congrats on acquiring a new shortcut.
I’m offering up the unprecedented three-for
I’ve never seen it written as “three-for.” It’s usually “threefer” or “three-fer.”
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Enjoy those virgin goats!
I heard they’d pulled his body out of the wreckage.
Keep on walkin’. Watch out for dodgy ladders.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/March/2026 @ 11:59 pm
Did your beneficiary permit you to put her correspondence up on your blog? I mean, it does give us readers a deep insight into one of the people you’ve been helping (she writes like a native speaker—is she? you could take lessons), but if she didn’t give you permission to air her private correspondence, she might be mortified to find out that it’s online for anyone and everyone to see. I’ve been dinged for doing something similar, hence my concern. File this under Too Much Information.
That said, best wishes to her in her bout with cancer. After Mom’s death, I feel for anyone who’s got any kind of cancer. And this is a side note, but when it comes to the brain, I feel for people I wouldn’t normally want to associate with, like Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat politician who got shot in the head years ago. Just seeing her try to speak is enough to tighten my throat, and while she might be on the opposite side of the aisle, I still just want to give her and everyone in a similar situation a long hug.
This one made me grown.
This meme made me “grown.” If you use a “from,” you should also use a “to.” Or several, in this case.
That’s what Buddy did.
I imagine that Buddy is thoroughly domesticated now, yes? No more such urges?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/March/2026 @ 12:32 am
Swan is the Godmother of that little girl. When she was a newborn, her mother, whom we’d met while walking, asked Swan to be the Godmother ($$$).
Spot the errors! Hint: See here and scroll down a bit.
Sorry you ride on Earth was so short.
Spot the error! And that funeral service’s name seems morbidly appropriate. Can you go to these places and give them what text you want to appear on your banner, along with a strong request for no typos, please?
So we ventured further up the highway and popped into Nipsey’s Bar.
The AI summary is correct.
Well, I’ll try to remember that.
How about HOMES as a mnemonic?
Huron
Ontario
Michigan
Erie
Superior“Huron’s basically Ontario, mate, and Michigan’s eerie but superior.”
That may be the most wholesome dancing-girl story I’ve read on this blog.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/March/2026 @ 6:35 pm
This mashup version of “Uptown Funk” has always made me happy.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/February/2026 @ 5:14 pm
By the way, I won’t be playing today, hopefully, back at it on Tuesday.
Whoa. Punctuation! Possible rewrites with explanations:
1. By the way, I won’t be playing today, hopefully; back at it on Tuesday.
= I hope I won’t be playing today, but I’ll be back at it on Tuesday.2. By the way, I won’t be playing today; hopefully, back at it on Tuesday.
= I definitely won’t be playing today, but I hope to be back at it on Tuesday.3. By the way, I won’t be playing today. Hopefully, I’ll be back at it on Tuesday.
= same meaning as (2) abovere: “Jordi” Trek meme
I believe his name is Geordi. Geordi LaForge.
re: jeweler/jailer meme
I stole that meme for the “jewler/watchs” mistake. Interesting trivia: in French, a jeweler can be a bijoutier (“bee-zhoo-tee-yay,” from bijou, “jewel”) or a joaillier (“zhwah-ee-yay”).
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/February/2026 @ 6:51 pm
I’m living like there is no tomorrow already.
Earlier, you had written:
Alright, I’m gonna need a few more years to write my death song, though.
How do you reconcile “living [as if there were] no tomorrow” with wishing for many more tomorrows? Why not live in a way that extends your life? Less beer, fewer carbs…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/February/2026 @ 7:35 pm
I checked your school, too, and saw it never had a Latin motto. I guess I just assumed that, since my high school had one, all high schools did. Silly me.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/February/2026 @ 7:18 pm
Graduated from high school in 1973.
What was your high school’s Latin motto?
Sorry to hear about how the game went, but an alternating crests-and-troughs pattern of wins and losses is more or less to be expected as long as performance is inconsistent. As you know, to get good at anything, you actually have to dedicate yourself to that thing. Half-assed effort = half-assed results, whether it’s darts or finally learning to hyphenate phrasal adjectives and to use commas correctly.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/February/2026 @ 9:12 pm
The Harriet’s: Lick and Spit, Fuck Buddy, Derby’s Bitch, and Anal Intruder.
Spot the error!
A cow and a mountain.
Nice photo. Run it through AI and turn it into an East Asian brush painting. Oh, wait—I just did that.
Once I thought myself a poet and penned these verses for my sweetheart:
Song for a Karen…
And now, you can just run it through an AI filter that will take your lyrics and make them into whatever style of song you want—80s pop, 70s rock, timeless jazz, etc. Make the song, save it as a sound file, then email it to your long-ago lady love. Or maybe don’t since that would likely get you in trouble with someone.
More fun to read than create, I reckon.
There are doubtless palindrome-creation sites out there.
Happy practicing.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/February/2026 @ 8:22 pm
What’s wrong with pleasing kids with candy?
You please your wife in bed, but you shouldn’t be going around “pleasing” kids.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/February/2026 @ 7:47 pm
Balls to the wall.
Hey, a Colin Fletcher quote! I have his The Complete Walker III. He’s part of what inspired me to get out there and start walking.
Some of the kids we pleased.
Uh…
Sounds like a three-for-all.
She shouldn’t have shouted for the third guy when there are two armed guys now ready to shoot her and the third guy.
That would really piss me off.
My favorite episode of House (Season 4, Episode 11, “Frozen”) involves an oral piss test.
I would have ordered a jumbo taco as well. Maybe two. The taco looks good.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/February/2026 @ 5:51 pm
My hero. I occasionally see this old guy hobbling along the highway. I bitch and moan about the aches and pains that come with age. This guy just keeps on going.
Do you think he was staring up at you as you were filming him?
It seems strange that she prefers living on the street, but it just goes to show you can find happiness in whatever the circumstances may be.
You may recall that I’d warned you about what would happen. This is why you can’t just give the homeless homes. They have mental/psychological problems that require mending first, and with the passage of time, they get used to their current circumstances and start to think of homelessness as being home. You can’t have a home and the responsibilities of home unless and until your head is in order.
re: video about legs
If your docs are saying that you’re A-OK, then I guess you’ve got nothing to worry about. Are you telling them about all of your aches and pains? They can only go on whatever information you give them.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/February/2026 @ 6:08 pm
Congrats on your victory!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/February/2026 @ 1:26 pm
Sounds like one of your test questions, Kevin.
My questions are smarter and fairer if you’ve bothered to study.
But the meme is now part of my Bad Online English collection.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/February/2026 @ 5:48 pm
A cafe in the middle of nowhere.
Was it open, or just abandoned?
Hmm, if I had a car, maybe living here in isolation wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
But you’d have to drive back from the bars at night. Unless you had a designated driver for every time you went to a bar.
Today’s YouTube video was a tad disconcerting in that it is a reminder that life is indeed fleeting.
That whole thing felt like a scripted AI artifact. Aside from that, there may have been some potential nuggets of wisdom. Like “Soft men die badly.”
As much as I like to fantasize about a “do-over,” there is no going back.
Yup, as we’ve discussed before, it’s metaphysically impossible. The moment you “do over” your first error, you erase all the future errors that you’d wanted to do over. It’s now a totally new life, with totally new opportunities for totally new mistakes.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/February/2026 @ 6:27 pm
Please don’t expect such massive hints in the future. My default assumption is that you’re an independent adult who can figure things out for himself. I shouldn’t have to lead you by the nose to the answer.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/February/2026 @ 11:35 am
Tuesday’s are rarely the best day of the week for me
Spot the error! I should drag Creepy ol’ Uncle Joe out of his prostate-cancer-addled reverie so he can go, “Come on, man!”
I always go on grocery shopping day…
tax-paying citizen
six-foot-tall man
violent-weather seminarWhat, once again, is the error above?
I got dropped off at SM Mall as usual, and walked to the door where the elevators are located (immigration is on the 6th floor).
It’s just one hit after another!
WRONG: Sheila sat down, and farted.
RIGHT: Sheila sat down and farted.The rule: Do not interrupt a compound predicate with a…?
So—how should you correct your sentence? By removing the…No matter how many times you shock Sammy Jankis (brain-damaged guy from Memento), Sammy just can’t learn.
Then it was on to Royal for the usual weekly grocery cart fill.
As before:
tax-paying citizen
six-foot-tall man
violent-weather seminarWhat’s the error above?
You should ask Barack Obama about that.
Amazing and rare. A meme with no errors!
Then, last night at Green Room, they played Don McLean’s “American Pie,” a song that runs over eight minutes. And I remembered every damn word in the lyrics. Go figure.
They say that music is a whole-brain activity, which is why songs are so often used as mnemonic devices for learning things (like the books of the Bible). It’s also why you’re supposed to sing for coma patients.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/February/2026 @ 6:01 pm
Yikes. I wrote:
So you could’ve gone like this…. although might have to adjust the fit so that it’s more like this.
—which ought to be:
So you could’ve gone like this… although WE might have to adjust the fit so that it’s more like this.
Mea maxima culpa.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/February/2026 @ 8:15 pm
re: “dress”
The word “dress” has several meanings, one of which is the femme-y skirt ensemble (e.g., a lovely dress for the ball). But “dress” is also used in more masculine/martial contexts, as in “full battle dress.” So you could’ve gone like this…. although might have to adjust the fit so that it’s more like this.
“I am so glad that my future will not include being a lonely old man looking for love in all the wrong places.”
Lucky for you, you’ve found someone solid, and you’ve managed to stay with her for several years, with only the occasional tampo because, really, you’re more of a drama queen than she is. Please don’t ruin this for yourself or her.
I didn’t check the math…
Wow, even I thought those anagrams were incredible.
I bet you’re happy not to be wearing red anymore.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/February/2026 @ 5:17 pm
It’s too bad that inflation has claimed another victim re: your filet mignon. Ask Swan to bring some beef tenderloin home, then learn how to cook it. Best method is sous vide, but if you don’t have a sous-vide device, you can gently cook it in an oven, then sear the outside for that much-desired crust. Douse with butter, garlic, and herbs. One method is shown here. There are many others. I think you might end up making a bigger, better, higher-quality steak at home than at any restaurant. Never overcook the filet unless you like eating hockey pucks.
Good luck with the “red dress” Hash. At least it’s not this.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/February/2026 @ 3:58 pm
There were also a couple of impressive tunnels we passed through on the way up, including this one-lane version.
I doubt I’ll ever be walking through that one.
Destination achived!
Archived or achieved?
A Hash lunch was scheduled for 1:30 with the trail due to begin at 2:30.
Ugh. I can no longer eat and then walk. Walking on a full stomach sucks.
Swan had a swingin’ good time.
Wow, that looks safe!
Hey, good lookin’!
Flamingo pose?
The morning view from in front of our kubo.
Nice flowers! Sorry the walk was so steep. Some of that looked impossible.
Did I rough it, or am I a pussy?
You definitely didn’t rough it, but I sympathize. The first night in a new place is usually not the most comfortable. And I wouldn’t have wanted to hear karaoke out in nature, either: I’m there for the silence. It seems, though, that the Filipinos are a lot like Korean hikers who like to shout, “Yaaaa-ho!” into the woods as they climb. Can’t you just shut up and enjoy nature, let nature teach you? Why the insistence on shutting nature out by making noise or using earphones? People love their noise, I guess.
To be fair, though, how many of us modern people would survive “out in nature” if we had to do absolutely everything from scratch?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/February/2026 @ 8:46 pm
I’m going to guess that “roughing it” won’t really be “roughing it.” You’ll have restroom facilities, a shower, running water, and maybe even a cell-phone signal. The worst thing for someone who’s gotten used to sleeping in a bed is sleeping on the ground, but I assume you’ve prepped for that with an air or foam mattress, etc. It won’t be as nice as a bed, but it’s also only for one night. Just try not to piss the bed. Or your pants. Or anything that’s not a toilet.
And it’s only one Hash, not two, right? I bet that that Hash isn’t even 10K (but I could be wrong!). As for hills along the way, I hope you just took ’em slow. Anyway, may your night be peaceful and without too many restroom trips. But if you have to leave your shelter to use the facilities, do enjoy the nighttime stars. (Assuming there’s no cloud cover.) Have fun in the mountains, and enjoy a hearty breakfast come morning. This ought to be a nice change of pace for someone over-accustomed to luxury. May you remember your long-ago camping days, and may those memories be of help to get you through the rest of the trip. If you’re up first in the morning after a bad night’s sleep, have the courtesy to prep breakfast for everyone.
Just think: your fantasized-about 29K hike might be a bit like this. This could be considered good preparation for that trek! As you say: Make the most of this.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/February/2026 @ 9:18 pm
A cancerous prostate would make peeing difficult, right? And your problem is more along the lines of frequent urination? I wonder what turned her thoughts in the direction of prostate cancer. Anyway, the AI god disagrees with me:
Prostate cancer often causes urination issues, specifically a reduced, weak, or interrupted stream, along with difficulty initiating urination, rather than just lower frequency. While early prostate cancer often has no symptoms, a tumor can compress the urethra, causing hesitancy, incomplete emptying, and urgency.
Common Urinary Symptoms of Prostate Cancer:
Weak/Slow Stream: Noticeable reduction in the strength or speed of urine.
Hesitancy: Difficulty initiating the flow of urine, even with the urge.
Interrupted Flow: Stream stops and starts, often with dribbling afterward.
Incomplete Emptying: The feeling that the bladder is not empty.
Urgency/Frequency: A sudden need to go, or needing to go more often, particularly at night.I hope the trip is going well.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/February/2026 @ 3:17 pm
Then I got the good news from Dr. Jo that my blood work was negative for pancreatic cancer.
Wait, where did this worry come from? Is this something you’ve been worried about for a while? Huh. My best friend’s father-in-law died after a long fight with pancreatic cancer. It’s a rough way to go.
At Dr. Jo’s, she reviewed the ultrasound results and found no issues of concern. I honestly hadn’t considered that cancer might be causing my urination issues, so I was equally surprised and relieved to be told I’m clean.
OK, I see. So this was something that was mentioned from the doc’s side.
Scrapping bottom.
If there’s a pun here, I missed it. Did you mean “scraping”?
…and he told me the trail was short but had a couple of tough ups and downs. Not surprising given that Baguio sits on top of a mountain. I guess we’ll see if I’m up to the challenge.
My solution is just to stop often and take a lot of breathers.
I won’t be able to post from the wilds of Baguio, but I will try to update you when I get back home on Sunday. Assuming I survive.
No small, portable power supply for your laptop?
It’s too late, but see here.
Slip slidin’ away…
A few aesthetic comments about this meme:
1. The guy who created and uploaded the meme should have flipped the image horizontally, then done the dialogue. People read left-to-right, up-to-down, NW to SE. Starting the dialogue in the upper-right corner is weird because you then have to proceed left and down to the lady’s dialogue, NE to SW. This feels wrong.
2. Choose a better font. One without outlined, bolded letters.
3. Shrink the dialogue so that your speech balloons have margins, i.e., so that the text isn’t bumping up against the edge of the balloons.Good luck in Baguio.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/February/2026 @ 8:05 pm
This error has to do with subject-verb agreement. If the subject is singular, like “function,” the verb has to be singular, too: “was,” not “were.”
—”the function… was,” not “the function… were.”
That’s why “function” is important. No need to change it to “purpose.”
When determining subject-verb agreement, ignore any interrupting prepositional phrases, like “of carbohydrates.”
• The mother (of the rowdy boys) WAS tired.
• I know what the function (of carbs) IS.
• One (of the six books) WASN’T a fake.» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/February/2026 @ 12:27 pm
Yeah, a comma after “apparently” would be an improvement. Good catch. But that’s not the big fish. Look at the words “function” and “were.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/February/2026 @ 5:23 pm
See the error in that first meme?
re: trans shooter
Yeah, I’ve been hearing about the trans shooter in Canada. He apparently shot himself. Too bad that wasn’t his first shot.
re: “arte”
According to Urban Dictionary, this can mean
1. a Filipino word used to describe overly dramatic people.
2. A very dumb person who everyone thinks is annoying but is funny too.So which “arte” are you?
I’m scheduled to see Dr. Jo this afternoon so she can review my ultrasound results. I’m hoping for an all-clear to continue this life of leisure indefinitely.
Good luck with that.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/February/2026 @ 4:45 pm
Don’t take freedom for Granted!
I had to wonder whether that quote was fake, a modern fabrication. Here’s what the AI god has to say:
Yes, that quote is rightfully attributed to Ulysses S. Grant.
He delivered these remarks during a speech at the Annual Meeting of the Army of the Tennessee in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 29, 1875.
Here are the details regarding the quote:
Context: Grant was speaking during the centennial era of the United States, addressing the need for education and warning against future internal conflicts based on ideological, rather than geographical, divides.
The Full Quote: “If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s line but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.”
Purpose: The speech was a strong defense of public education (“free schools”) and a call for keeping church and state separate to ensure the survival of the republic.
Historical Significance: It was considered a bold, and at the time controversial, speech that targeted what Grant saw as sectarian influences, particularly from the Catholic Church, that might threaten public school systems.The quote is widely recognized as a genuine, far-sighted observation by the 18th U.S. president and Civil War general.
Is the above an AI hallucination, or is it real? This National Park Service website seems to confirm the quote is real.
Anyway, the fires never seem to burn out of control as they do in California.
I’m guessing you’ve got a lot more green wood and less dead wood for tinder than they had in Pacific Palisades. Of course, those California fires probably took care of a lot of that dead-wood problem, which won’t be a problem again for a while.
We were working-class poor, so it was always camping vacations for our family. You could catch fish fairly easily in the river, and I recall fresh trout on the grill almost every night.
Nowadays, everyone by the lake would be jonesing for his/her cell phone and griping about the lack of a signal.
Thanks for the memories, Mom and Dad.
Your dad looks a little young for your mom in that pic. But the love of age-gap relationships has to come from somewhere, right? Could you imagine being 18 and dating a rich, 65-year-old woman with a beer gut?
Today’s YouTube video discusses “[bitter-expat] syndrome.” I suffer from occasional grumpiness, but I’m not bitter about it. Life in the Philippines is the best life I currently have.
I’ll give you that. Life smacks you down, but you usually get up, optimistically ready for more abuse. I’ve developed a certain cynicism about living in Korea, and there are aspects of life here that drive me crazy even after all these years, but I also know that if I were living in the States or in France or in Switzerland, there’d be aspects of those countries that would drive me nuts as well. No place is problem-free.
Would you say your general attitude comes from a native optimism or from wisdom you’ve learned along the way? I ask because, when I think about my father, I came to realize that, in his case, his own persistently cheerful sunniness and publicly pleasant demeanor came from a native stupidity: the man faced every new day as a fresh challenge because yesterday’s troubles would just wash off his back—nothing new learned, no wisdom gained… just reset to the default, which in his case was always a Gomer Pyle-like optimism rooted in forgetfulness and a constant need to be liked. I sometimes envy his simple-mindedness, but the problem is that Dad was often the cause of a lot of the strife and trouble in our lives, and he really should have been more serious about learning lessons from his mistakes. He should have grown in wisdom. Instead, it was the same mistakes over and over and over again because he apparently didn’t have the mental and/or emotional capacity to learn anything from experience.
I guess the abstract form of the above question is, “Where do you fall on the spectrum? Do you lean more toward ‘People can change’ or toward ‘People never change’?”
Good luck as you continue practicing with those darts.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/February/2026 @ 10:59 pm
And here’s another place to go.
Hey—that’s my posture.
Well, it looks to have been a good walk. Lots of rickety bridges. Good luck with darts and eating and mood. Don’t be grumpy. That’s what just got you in trouble.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/February/2026 @ 6:38 pm
«« Back To Stats PageGood luck with the Hash. And the relationship. Another storm weathered.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/February/2026 @ 3:50 pm