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Letter of Recommendation: Korean Camping Vlogs

So, there’s this whole bizarre and strangely addictive little sub-genre of Korean lifestyle blogs where people go camping overnight. Generally, this is the script: You watch them (most frequently a pretty young woman who’s had a noticeable amount of plastic surgery) set up a tent (frequently one of these amazing inflatable multi-room tents, like aContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Korean Camping Vlogs”

Narrowboat Life

There is this amazing network of canals left over from England’s industrial era, and some folks putter around them on super-skinny houseboats called “narrowboats”: I don’t know the exact width, but I’d guess something like 8 feet? Skinny enough to fit through all of the canals at any rate. This charming couple, Kris and Andrew,Continue reading “Narrowboat Life”

Drama Queen/I have Notes For…Doom at Your Service

This show is better than I wanted it to be. I’m not into twoo wuv shows in general, in particular ones whose main plot driver is terminal illness. So, I honestly have no idea why I started watching Doom at Your Service several months back: I suspect it was because I really liked Seo In-gukContinue reading “Drama Queen/I have Notes For…Doom at Your Service”

Uni Iroikas: Tomo Kishida’s Sakiori Project

Sakiori is the Japanese art of making new cloth from torn strips of worn-out clothing. I’ve done a couple of knitted sakiori projects before, like making Christmas tree skirts and table runners out of old sheets. I was looking for some inspiration for what to do with a set of silk pajamas that was splittingContinue reading “Uni Iroikas: Tomo Kishida’s Sakiori Project”

Loading…Review of Legend of Zelda—Tears of the Kingdom (TOTK). AKA, Baby’s Got a (Hot-Glue) Gun

See me riding my blue horse with my Blupee armor up there? Yeah, I got what I came for…. I was seriously conflicted about playing Tears of the Kingdom when the announcement came out. I had just finished playing Breath of the Wild (yes, I realize, I was several years late to that party), andContinue reading “Loading…Review of Legend of Zelda—Tears of the Kingdom (TOTK). AKA, Baby’s Got a (Hot-Glue) Gun”