In the middle of Alan Frieze's talk, Mathias pulls out a gum and sticks it in his big mouth. Takuro Mochizuki, in his talk, refers to a result about flat bundles as 'deep'. I

I have lucked into a life hack that helps mitigate the absurd price of a cup of coffee in Korea. There is an instant coffee, called 'Kanu', in Korea. It is akin to the instant americano

I head up to Seoul for the ICM, the International Congress of Mathematics. I'm nervous. Both Lee Sang-june, and his life-long crush, Ben Green, will be there. Dr. Green is a plenary speaker, and Sang-june is

Apparently, Run DMC's Raising Hell-- the first cassette I ever got, along with Paul Simon's Graceland -- is enjoying a resurgence of popularity at present in Korea. At least the t-shirt is. I'

I'm well known for my low-splash toilet stance. It is a long low stance with a deeply bent front knee. It brings the business close to the bowl. It is, however,  very much a toilet stance,

I'm walking home from the market with a bag of nectarines and plums slung over my shoulder. A skinny guy walks past me with knees that have no business on a skinny guy. His feet splay

I go to Pusan for a seminar, and am riding the subway to Pusan National University. A fellow gets on the subway car and starts doing a spiel, trying to sell some flannel dish washing gloves. Or at

Lucy has just started school. She has an assignment to collect suggestions for names for her class. Apparently there are several classes for each grade, and each needs a name. I look at her paper. On it, her