Hangover soups and meat straws [#7]
Annyeonghaseyo!
Back in Seoul. Getting ready to return to work later this month. I’ll keep up the Hu’s letter because it’s fun to pretend like it’s the olden days and I’m writing a letter to a pen pal.
What I Read
A likely possibility for why Kim Jong Un backed down from threats of war. The weird place the GOP candidates find themselves on foreign policy. A memo to NPR in 2006 which showed vision and strategic clarity. What would you do if you had half a million Twitter followers? Was Daniel-san actually the villain of The Karate Kid? Will you come visit me so we can eat this stuff together?
Here’s a no-flow chart about personal stagnation. A new book makes a solid case for wallowing in your failures. It turns out hookup culture isn’t ruining dating — it’s actually a numbers problem in the dating market. And meat straws, everyone. Good ol’ American innovation.
What I Wrote
Jeju Island, where we visited last week, is a supposedly fun thing I’ll totally do again. What a random place. It was like, “Hey, there’s all this land! Let’s put a UFO restaurant on it. And a sex museum! And four teddy bear-themed experiences.”
What I’m Watching
British hit Call the Midwife’s fourth season, available on Netflix and iTunes. “Moving without being manipulative.”
Crafts
Artist and activist Ai WeiWei shows you how to make a spray device to block a surveillance camera.
Finally…
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Happy Hump Day,
E