Not Necessarily Indicative of India?s Elite Architects

From Korea with Love (well, actually, I?m in China).

A few mornings ago, I woke up after a long and frigid tent-bound (and -induced) slumber in Songnisan National Park, located in scenic and rural central South Korea.  After remembering where I was and realizing that the all-too-familiar sound of … Continue reading →

Kood #6: Wires Out the Wahhhhhzoooo

Korean Observation Of the Day #6 A (not necessarily) daily observation from Korea. Apparently, addiction researchers conduct…um…research here in South Korea.  Upon what, exactly, is this so-called “research” conducted?  Well, let me tell you a quick story. As soon as I arrived in … Continue reading →

Kood #5: Naked Koreans

Korean Observation Of the Day #5 A (not necessarily) daily observation from Korea. Koreans not only age differently than Westerners in terms of height, weight, and body hair (based on my experience in a nude bathhouse, or jimjilbangh, Wednesday night), but also in … Continue reading →

Internet Where It Is Least Needed

OKAY OKAY OKAY Korea is famous for being super wired and internet-ed and all that stuff.  The streets, planes, trains, buses, and subways have Wi-Fi.  But when camping in a National Park in the middle of the country, internet is … Continue reading →

KOOD #4: Correct Conduct with Cards of Commerce

Korean Observation Of the Day #4 A (not necessarily) daily observation from Korea. Business cards in Korea are not something to be taken lightly.  When we finished climbing yesterday, my friend asked me to put a business card that a fellow climber had … Continue reading →

Indian Contrast 1

The contrast of life and death is very strong in Indian culture.

KOOD #3: Sweeping Korean Women off Their Feet (with video!)

Korean Observation Of the Day #3 A (not necessarily) daily observation from Korea. Q: What the heck are you even doing in Korea?  Why don’t you settle down?  Is there SERIOUSLY no one that loves you? A: Lay off.  That hurt.  I’m starting this … Continue reading →

KOOD #2: North Korea is ?Boardwalk?

Korean Observation Of the Day #2 A (not necessarily) daily observation from Korea. Tony: ?Connor, let?s play Monopoly tonight.  We need a mellow rest night.? Connor: ?I don?t know where we?re ever going to play monopoly.  We’re in Korea.  Do they even have … Continue reading →

KOOD #1: Divide and Ko(rea)nquer

Korean Observation Of the Day #1 A (not necessarily) daily observation from Korea. Koreans separate their waste into three distinct categories: paper, plastic, and other waste.  As my friend Connor noted today, though, they seem to completely ignore the significance … Continue reading →

Breaking News: Chuck Norris has Returned from Pakistan

Here, have a seat. Let’s chat for a second. First, let’s be real. Let’s promise ourselves that we can talk here, in  our online office without windows or fresh air  the e-Mountains covered in iSnow, in solace and secret, without the tumultuous … Continue reading →

Week 1 Observations from Korea

Vegetarianism is not the easiest trait to rock here.  But if you say “meat NO” about 15 times in Korean, the waiter figures it out. Sometimes. You can’t convince a Korean club bouncer to let 3 white guys in for … Continue reading →

Hot off the Press! Published, Published, Pu?oh. It?s just online.

As Skiing’s Online Community, newschoolers.com boasts the largest audience and content base of any skiing website in the world. …the largest, that is, after brodyleven.com: google’s biggest rival. With over 150,000 active members, it is the E-cyber-iPlace to visit for the sport’s news, gossip, and trends.  Heck–half … Continue reading →

To Seoul: 47 Hours, Minus the Arm-Cutting-Off

47.5 hours after being dropped off at the Salt Lake City International Airport, I’m finally sitting in my friend’s Seoul, South Korea apartment.  I just arrived.  Speaking of 47 hours, I didn’t even need to cut my arm off! After an … Continue reading →

An Undeserved Hiatus

A short hiatus has evidently come due for me, demonstrate d mainly by my failed attempt at flying to Asia at 2am today.  Air China DID put me up in a nice Hilton Hote l room outside LAX, though, for … Continue reading →

Twitter Dee Twitter Dum

Dear you, Perhaps you don’t follow me.  You should. Perhaps you don’t even HAVE @Twitter.  You should.  (Or, perhaps you’re not over 40, don’t watch CNN all the time, and choose to ignore the barrage of influence in society telling you that everyone … Continue reading →

Cali-forn-i-a

In addition to the sets of pictures from India I recently put on my Flickr page, I just uploaded the complete set of 111 pictures from my Lake Tahoe/Mt. Tom trip.  Be sure to check them out and comment on … Continue reading →

Indian Patriots: Just Like the Guys Riding Motorcycles with Full-Size USA Flags

After seeing this crew walking around all day, I saw no way that I could leave the Taj Mahal–let alone India–without forever memorializing my day in their presence. Tony said it best: “That’s like our friends walking around the Statue … Continue reading →

A Fun End to the Week (My ?weeks? end on arbitrary days. This one, I?ll end on a Monday.)

One week. Climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Skiing in Park City at Canyons and Park City Mountain Resort. Kiting in Vernal. (kite skiing) Kayaking on the Weber River. It snowed during all of those activities, with the exception of climbing … Continue reading →

It Doesn?t Take Much to Look Like A Complete Taj MaHaldiot

The amount of idiots idiots that can be witnessed at the Taj Mahal on any given day is outrageous. No no no, we’re not the morons.  We’re just some super-hip tourists travelers trying to help a big ugly building look … Continue reading →