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48 beers per rooftop visit…
2-3 times per week…
= 96-144 beers per week, or 14-21 beers per day.
Is that enough beer?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/April/2020 @ 1:52 pm
“So, on a whim, I messaged a [bar-owner] friend and asked if he had any in stock he’d sell me. He invited me over to sit on the rooftop (he lives above the bar) and discuss the details of the transaction. And of course, we did our business while enjoying some cold brews.”
I’m not a drinker, but I have to say… this actually sounds really awesome. I think you’ve discovered a completely new way to “go out and drink.” Maybe it’s my introverted bias, but to me, sitting on a rooftop and having a nifty one-on-one conversation (even if it’s only transactional) with someone you esteem as cool… well, that sounds like a perfect way to spend time. Good for you, man!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/April/2020 @ 8:08 pm
“You know, I do think I watched the first season of Burn Notice way back when I was living part-time in the USA. I’ll have to see if it is on Amazon.”
You might relate to the character of Sam Axe—the ex-Navy SEAL who constantly chases, then loses, women. (Then again, he tends to go for older rich women: his sugar mamas.) Like you, Sam is eternally randy and optimistic.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/April/2020 @ 7:39 pm
So Jim didn’t tell you he was bringing two other people? Well, that’s on him, the stupid twat. When people fail to communicate, things get fucked up. One can’t simply assume, as if we all had ESP. And a lot of people are sloppy, irresponsible communicators.
I’m bingeing “Burn Notice,” and am almost halfway through Season 4 (out of seven seasons).
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/April/2020 @ 6:09 pm
“Prolonged restriction on the movement of goods and services over a large area (i.e. region-wide) can unnecessarily paralyze local economies.”
This year’s winner of the “No Fucking Shit” prize.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/April/2020 @ 5:22 pm
“I’d love to find something to relieve the stress in the meantime. Maybe a nice roll in the hay would do the trick!”
Well, you keep workin’ on Lady Gaga or Gam Gam or whatever her name is, and perhaps one day, that roll in the hay will be yours.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/April/2020 @ 1:06 am
I hope it was a good workout. Congrats on getting under 200!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/April/2020 @ 10:06 pm
Sounds as if things aren’t quite as bad as all that. Well, good.
As for staying indoors: yeah, you increase the likelihood of infection by being in an enclosed space with poor air circulation like a subway, a bus, an airplane, or an office. Masks aren’t very useful protection to begin with (they’re more for protecting others, and masks don’t protect your eyes), and you’re gambling with your life when you’re crowded into a space with lots of other potentially dodgy people.
Stay safe!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/April/2020 @ 7:35 pm
So I guess the authorities have to play whack-a-mole with the locals now. Amusing thought.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/April/2020 @ 3:42 pm
Please don’t start sniffing all the local women’s hair.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/April/2020 @ 3:16 pm
Sorry. That last line, while mathematically correct, should read:
[(15-10)/10]*100 = 50% increase
—since the question was the relationship between 10K and 15K, not 100K and 150K. Mea culpa.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/April/2020 @ 6:54 pm
Lovely scenery. The PI truly is picturesque.
We’re on the verge on entering the hot season here. That’ll start around the latter half of May. I’ll be pining for fall and winter soon enough.
Enjoy the sun and fun!
Oh, yeah: 15K isn’t a third more than 10K– it’s a half more. However, if you work it backward, 10K is a third less than 15K.
150% of 10 = 15 (half more than 10)
2/3 of 15 = 10 (third less than 15)% change is [new-old]/old × 100
[(150-100)/100]*100 = 50% increase
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/April/2020 @ 6:34 pm
From Frank Herbert’s Dune comes this now-famous Bene Gesserit mantra:
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/April/2020 @ 8:37 pm
One has to wonder whether you’re “in the free world.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/April/2020 @ 2:49 pm
I meant to say, in my comment to yesterday’s post, that you don’t need to worry about the nanny state when you’ve got “friends” who are willing to do the state’s bidding on its behalf.
Sorry to read that more and more seems to be shutting down. The government had better not shut down delivery services and other elements of the supply chain, or the country’s gonna run out of stock on everything pretty dang quick.
Also meant to say that a 15K hike in PI heat and humidity, with at least one mountain in the way, is an impressive feat.
Try not to flirt with arrest. If there’s any anti-foreigner sentiment floating around, the police will be happy to have an excuse to lock up Whitey.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/April/2020 @ 3:59 pm
You have indeed become the proverbial Stranger with Candy.
Glad you had a good, long walk. Happy Easter!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/April/2020 @ 1:13 pm
I appreciate the shout-out!
Good to see that life goes on as best it can.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/April/2020 @ 5:17 pm
Brian,
Good point. My mistake.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/April/2020 @ 3:01 pm
(NB: I do realize your question might have been posed in jest, but I chose to put on my Mr. Spock hat and answer it like the nerd I am.)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/April/2020 @ 5:38 pm
Whoa. That’s one shitty mask. As for this:
Is it [farther] around the equator than pole-to-pole?
The distance around the equator is longer because the earth is an oblate (squished-down) spheroid, probably as a result of its rotation, which produces a slight bulge around the equator.
So you might have an “Equator” badge coming to you pretty soon!
One online reference says this:
Earth’s polar radius is 3,950 miles (6,356 km) — a difference of 13 miles (22 km). Using those measurements, the equatorial circumference of Earth is about 24,901 miles (40,075 km). However, from pole-to-pole — the meridional circumference — Earth is only 24,860 miles (40,008 km) around.
So that’s a difference of about 40 miles. Expect an Equator badge VERY soon!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/April/2020 @ 5:37 pm
I’d rather be a lion than a sheep
“A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.”
–TocquevilleAnd I guess this quote explains the liberal left’s simultaneous love of government and contempt for all the retarded, Bible-thumping, gun-clinging folks in flyover country. Fuck them rubes!
By spooky coincidence, today’s Captcha code is “GV3C,” which is the abbreviation I use whenever I email my boss about Gravoca 3C, the textbook I’m currently working on.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/April/2020 @ 7:35 pm
I guess a little rebelliousness keeps things lively. Be careful, man.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/April/2020 @ 5:15 pm
Fascinating survey of the local trails!
And I’m sure you’re happy not to be carrying the equivalent of a fifth-grader’s weight any longer.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/April/2020 @ 6:07 pm
I have to wonder whether that’s really a quote from one of the sutras. No specific source given, eh? Let’s do some quick research:
Hmmm. I see the quote is also attributed to Tupac Shakur. Heh. Maybe he was quoting the Buddha…? Let’s keep digging.
I see the quote is also attributed to Norman Cousins.
Let’s chalk this one up as “apocryphal.” The expression “dies inside us” sounds more like a phrase from Western culture than from Eastern culture. People pass it off as Eastern because it sounds like the sort of therapeutic mumbo-jumbo that a lot of Westerners are suckers for.
And I just saw another “Buddha” quote:
“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and to give your whole heart and soul to it.” (attributed to the Buddha, no sutra cited anywhere)
Here, too, the notion of “giving your heart to” something sounds far more Western than Eastern. The other tell is the word “soul,” since one of Buddhism’s central doctrines is anatman, often translated as “no-self” (無我 in Chinese), but also as “no-soul.” There is a such thing as a “self” in Buddhism, but it doesn’t exist at a fundamental level because everything is intercausal, i.e., we’re all made up of patterns and forces that interrelate, interweave, and inter-cause. Nothing, in such a metaphysical situation, stands alone. There’s no deep justification for defiantly saying, “I’m me” because your “me” doesn’t actually have fundamental existence. At best, it’s a conventional “me” that is subject to change, impermanence, and interrelationality. This “me” doesn’t stand alone as some solid, incorruptible monad, some bulwark of individualism. It’s woven into the causal network like everything else.
Upshot: it’s highly doubtful that the Buddha would have enjoined anyone to invest his/her “soul” into a particular spiritual effort.
On a more practical note: sorry you had to endure that line. I haven’t shopped anywhere but the local groceries in town here in Seoul, and I haven’t seen much difference in shoppers’ behavior or in the amount/number of stocked items. Situation more-or-less normal. I need to check how the bigger stores are doing—stores like eMart, Home Plus, Lotte Mart, etc. In Europe, they’re painting or taping lines onto the floor to give customers an idea of how to social-distance while in the payment line.
Good luck as you endure all the silliness! Keep practicing darts at home until you can bull’s-eye that target while blindfolded.
It occurs to me that the early curfew in the PI may have the inadvertent effect of deterring burglars: everyone’s guaranteed to be at home, and some of those good folks might even be armed!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/April/2020 @ 5:31 pm
I’m sure your cell phone has a pedometer. It’ll take some getting used to, given how you’ve come to trust your FitBit, but you’ll adapt. As you know, I treat my own pedometer with some suspicion.
Wow– that get-together was already five years ago? Damn.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/April/2020 @ 3:20 pm
May all your walks be free of bother.
And, yes: my own mask is no more than security theater.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/April/2020 @ 7:14 pm
Does it get any better than this?
I think pineapple and baby-back ribs are a good combination. Are you going to grind the pineapple into a sauce and baste the pork with it, saving some sauce for dipping later on? Or do you have a different plan?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/April/2020 @ 10:08 pm
Regarding those fires: is it a matter of a lack of regulations, a lack of enforcement, or both?
See, pineapple in chili kinda makes sense. The sweetness of the pineapple balances out the salt and spice of the rest of the chili. The pineapple’s acidity cuts through any fattiness from the beef. Pineapple with pork also makes sense. But pineapple with pork in a creamy, savory sauce? Not so sure about that one. As you say, though, you can barely taste the pineapple.
That pic of you with the Turkish(?) lady gives me a very Ernest Borgnine kinda’ vibe.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/April/2020 @ 5:04 pm
Are the natives getting restless?
Oy. Sorry to hear about the imperious granny. These are paranoid times, and things are only becoming more paranoid.
Pies look great. I’m thinking of making an apple pie this weekend.
I do hope your country doesn’t end up having food riots. I’ve heard rumors and rumblings of such things in some parts of the States, which boggles my mind. No chance of that happening here in Seoul unless something truly catastrophic occurs.
Careful not to get in trouble with the authorities. Let’s not have your April Fool’s post come true.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/April/2020 @ 6:48 pm
«« Back To Stats PageHappy April Fool’s! Continued good luck with life in the PI.
That bacon appears to be cooked the way I like it.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/April/2020 @ 7:25 pm