Mom: Hi Marky. Me: Hi Mom. Sorry we missed Christmas. Mom: Oh don't worry about it. It was a wash anyways. Me: Sorry to hear it. Mom: A wash is good Marky. Me: Oh. Then congratulations.

I'm waiting at the meeting tree to meet Professor Kim for lunch. I got there at 11:54 for a 12:00 appointment. At 12:06 he has not yet come. I keep looking at my

I tell my wife about the spy I met at the Starbucks in Seoul. It doesn't seem to surprise her. She tells me to "Ignore him, it is nothing." I show her the key

I'm in my office fighting with the notation on a paper I'm writing. Portrayed on television, Math is: Furiously writing long equations on a whiteboard. Then pausing and look thoughtfully at an integral. Then

Lucy and I are out walking on the foot massage rocks at the Parc de Paris. It is cold, but Lucy takes her shoes and socks off anyways. I'm looking towards the coffee vending machine, trying

We are in Seoul. In Mok-dong. My favourite thing about being in Mok-dong is that it is easy to sneak out to the Dunkin' Donuts. There are two of them near my Mother-in-law's place. It&

Happy New Year. Before we go up to Seoul for the new year, we have breakfast in the cafeteria at the train station. We have tokk soup. Tokk is mushy rice balls. Like the Japanese mochi. We eat

It's cold. I'm in the cafeteria with Lucy and everyone has on the same puffy black snow jacket. Everyone. Everyone but us. It is a parade of black Michelin Men filling their trays with