October22012
Fukuoka, Japan, 2005

Fukuoka, Japan, 2005

Japan Lomo mystery 

July162012
‘Clarity is one of the things I like to go for. I don’t think we’re ever free from this mysterious mechanism, though. Mystery can go all the way from not knowing what to do with yourself to standing in awe at the vast activity of the cosmos which no man can penetrate. I don’t think we’re ever free from any of that. On the other hand, you can’t go around continually expressing your awe before these celestial mechanics. These are things that maybe we should keep to ourselves. I think that we’re surrounded by, infused with and operate on a mysterious landscape, every one of us.’ * Leonard Cohen

‘Clarity is one of the things I like to go for. I don’t think we’re ever free from this mysterious mechanism, though. Mystery can go all the way from not knowing what to do with yourself to standing in awe at the vast activity of the cosmos which no man can penetrate. I don’t think we’re ever free from any of that. On the other hand, you can’t go around continually expressing your awe before these celestial mechanics. These are things that maybe we should keep to ourselves. I think that we’re surrounded by, infused with and operate on a mysterious landscape, every one of us.’

* Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen mystery Sad Lucy Korea 

February92012

io9.com has a fascinating post today about unexplained sounds recorded deep in the oceans. What on Earth made The Bloop? I love it when we’re reminded that there’s so very much we just don’t know. I like the sound known as ‘Julia’ best; it sounds like Neptune humming to himself.

sounds oceans mystery Bloop 

October272010
Some of my students made up a new word today, accidentally: mysterical. They define it as ‘When you don’t know why you’re laughing’. Having googled it, of course it turns out that others have come up with the word before, but this definition is way better than those in the Urban Dictionary. [Edit: at their insistence can I just add that A Ri and Min Jeong made the word up and Soon Hyeong defined it. Please use the word copiously until it is the most famous English word ever. Thank you.]

Some of my students made up a new word today, accidentally: mysterical. They define it as ‘When you don’t know why you’re laughing’. Having googled it, of course it turns out that others have come up with the word before, but this definition is way better than those in the Urban Dictionary.

[Edit: at their insistence can I just add that A Ri and Min Jeong made the word up and Soon Hyeong defined it. Please use the word copiously until it is the most famous English word ever. Thank you.]

etymology mystery hysterical Somerset 

August142010
What is an ‘open-minded ear, nose and throat clinic’? Why would a 12-year-old boy wear a t-shirt that says ‘Oh My God I am a f#$%ing boy scout’? Why would a motel call itself ‘Park Anywhere You Damn Well Please’? Korea is a land rich in mysteries.

What is an ‘open-minded ear, nose and throat clinic’? Why would a 12-year-old boy wear a t-shirt that says ‘Oh My God I am a f#$%ing boy scout’? Why would a motel call itself ‘Park Anywhere You Damn Well Please’? Korea is a land rich in mysteries.

huh? mystery Korea Seoul 

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