Embarrassing Moments Archive

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

But My Head Doesn’t Hurt Anymore

[our neighborhood Buddhist temple - just off the woods] So where was it I left off?…Heading to the ER, right? Well, the long & short of it is I got there. I had been expecting to have to wait a few hours – it was Sunday night, there were bound to be Privates with busted [...]

Friday, March 4th, 2011

6 Hours & 1 Concussion Later

[Random pics of Mr. Chong's slums - This is Red. He always smiles when he sees me.] Why is it whenever I do have a accident it’s in the most absurd way possible? It’s never some exciting, blood-pumping, adrenalin-filled tale of daring adventure. Nope. It’s things like “the dog hit me“. Remember that lovely chestnut? [...]

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

No, I’m Not Crying

Korea is called the Land of the Morning Calm. And there’s a saying here among the American rank, file & families…the Land of Not Quite Right. That whole ‘close, but no cigar’ bit. Trying to recreate the American experience, take the 4th of July for example, on foreign soil can never be quite right though. It’s [...]