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Across the Sea

This weekend was, perhaps, the best I’ve experienced thus far in Korea. It was one of those wonderful spring weekends–the first truly warm, sunny weather after months of frigid temperatures. However, I couldn’t shake the horrific imagery from the disaster…

How Do I Say, “Feng Shui” in Korean? Part 1

After my last class yesterday, I looked around our new staff room and noticed that I was the only foreign teacher to decorate his or her desk. In the short two days I’ve had my desk back, it has already…

Six Months In…

I have the day off for Korean Independence Day. This is a day dedicated to an independence movement started on March 1, 1919, in an ill-fated attempt to end Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula. The timing was not coincidental,…

Riding the Rails, Part 2

In my previous post, I talked about the need for a massive public-transportation overhaul in the U.S. This belief is only further confirmed by the stark contrast between Korea’s amazingly fast, efficient, and convenient service, and the lack of any…

Man Plans, Infectious Disease Laughs

First and foremost, I would like to apologize to anyone who has received multiple e-mails from me in the last hour or so, I’m still working out some kinks with the new website. I was planning on spending most of today…

80 Couches

This website is not merely a blog, but it is a project, and above all, a philosophy. For one moment, let’s discuss the couch. The couch is the most democratic of all common household furniture. Unlike the chair, recliner, love…

Going Pro

So, this will probably be my last blog on this site. At the recommendation of a friend, I’ve decided to leave the friendly (and free) confines of blogspot, and start my own website. While I have purchased several domains (zacharymarx.com,…

Work in Progress…

Don’t you hate those “Site down for maintenance” signs? I have quite a few new toys to play with, so this could take a week or two. Stay posted for more.

In Narita

So, I’m sitting here in Narita Airport, Tokyo’s international airport, looking at the Korean Airlines flight that I should be on slowly push back from the gate. Although I should have had more than two hours to successfully make the…

The Everglades

Contrary to popular belief, South Florida is not merely one giant swamp. Most of the Southern Tip is, in fact, a giant, slow moving river through an enormous, flat grassland. You will not find stagnant water in the Everglades. A…

My Relationship with South Florida

When people ask me where I’m from, I tell them Tennessee. While this is an answer, it’s certainly not the complete answer, which happens to be much more complicated. When people ask about my seemingly strange allegiance to Wisconsin-based sports…