Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Korea Finder 2011-01

Can you identify the location in the following picture?

I don't know if I'll make this a regular feature (my last attempt was a failure), but I thought a Korea Finder, inspired by ROK Drop's, would be fun to try this a few times. My only rule is that Mark is not allowed to win because, well, it simply reminds me of the following "Far Side" cartoon:

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Thomas G LeeMonday, January 31, 2011 6:43:00 AM
The Hyundai-Kia Motors California Proving Ground located in the Mojave Desert. It's off CA State Highway 58 just outside Mojave, CA.
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kushiboMonday, January 31, 2011 4:54:00 PM
Nice job. Yes, I got the idea to do that while watching this Motor Trend Car of the Year video, which was done at the proving ground.

Have you been there? Can people drive onto the road themselves?

It would seem that by building the track used by Motor Trend, Hyundai-Kia may have given themselves a leg up for future contenders.

Thanks for playing!
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Thomas G LeeMonday, January 31, 2011 5:47:00 PM
I have an aging uncle (just turned 95) that lives in Bakersfield (used to live in Tehachapi) and I drive by the place on my way to visit him. It's gated, but a while back I was curious what was out there that belonged to Hyundai and looked it up. A lot of the land around the site is for sale and the name of the RE agency is "Daum".
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cjcSaturday, February 05, 2011 8:31:00 PM
any Korea Finder where Mark is not allowed to win or better yet play, ought to give many a disgruntled ROK Drop participant or observer over the last couple of years an all day smiley. me? it feels like even the round worms in my belly are rejoicing: "Yes we can!"
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EleonoraSaturday, February 12, 2011 11:39:00 AM
Seth Cohen personality...Do you also draw comics? :)

By the way, I am also a Kblogger, and I would really appreciate it if you stop by my blog and tell me what you think: http://ellacino.blogspot.com/
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kushiboMonday, February 14, 2011 1:03:00 PM
Eleonora wrote:
Seth Cohen personality...Do you also draw comics? :)

I do, in fact. Or, at least, I did. I may get a portfolio together and try to replace this guy.

By the way, I am also a Kblogger, and I would really appreciate it if you stop by my blog and tell me what you think

What language are your commenters writing in?
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Pearls of witticism from 'Bo the Blogger: Kushibo's Korea blog... Kushibo-e Kibun...
Now with Less kimchi, more nunchi. Random thoughts and commentary (and indiscernibly opaque humor) about selected social, political, economic, and health-related issues of the day affecting "foreans" ("foreigners" in Korea be they kyopo or non-kyopo), Koreans, Korea and East Asia, along with the US, especially Hawaii, Orange County, and the rest of California, plus anything else that is deemed worthy of discussion. Forza Corea!

* Monster Island (actually a peninsula)

The name of this blog comes from a line in "Lisa on Ice," a beloved episode of The Simpsons, perhaps my all-time favorite television show (even though for several seasons there, it really did suck). Lisa is imagining being sworn in as president, but at the last minute, it is discovered that she failed P.E. (physical education) and she is thus "sentenced to a lifetime of horror" on Monster Island. "Don't worry," the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court confides in her, "It's just a name."

Fast forward to Lisa and other prisoners running in panic through a tropical jungle, chased by Godzilla-like creatures, including a monster turtle and a monster firefly.

"He said it was just a name!" Lisa screams to the man next to her. While he, too, runs for his life, the unidentified man calmly says, "What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula."

Anyway, I thought in some ways that punchline summed up modern-day Korea in a nutshell. For many people—foreigners and Koreans—the ups and downs and everyday travails of the Republic of Korea make it as precarious as a Monster Island would be (and with the DMZ being the only land border, it really is like an island). But it actually is a peninsula. Okay, it made sense in my head.

So as you can see, despite the hits I get from people looking for Japanese tentacle porn, it has nothing to do with anything salacious as that.