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Game I'll Never Forget: A year after quick exit, Jr. Bucs make '89 state tournament their destination
EDITOR’S NOTE: Second of an occasional series on memorable games as told from the perspective of the participants. The “Game I’ll Never Forget” is the culmination of a season I’ll never forget. But it started with the last game of the previous season. In the first round of the 1988 District 1-A tournament, a young and unproven University High team faced off against the Cloudland Highlanders.
Dark Side of Seoul: Weird Tales from Korean Lore
About Risks and challenges The risks and challenges we might face lie in two specific details: meeting our deadline and printing. Unforeseen events can lurk anywhere, no doubt; however, we've made our delivery date for the comic book December 2019, giving us plenty of time to meet that deadline. As for printing, barring vengeful spirits possessing the presses, we're confident that our printer will deliver. After all, our printer works with plenty of comics publishers, including Oni Press.
When Coffee is Your Cocktail
Before we left Kiev, the rules were carefully explained, clearly and in plain English. During the two days we’d be inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, it was absolutely imperative that everyone follow all safety protocols, and most importantly, we were to strictly comply with all instructions given us by our authorized state guide. We were also given a list of things that were, in no uncertain terms, “totally prohibited” to do within the zone, including consuming drugs or alcohol.
The Noodle Shop - Roads & Kingdoms
In the summer of 2007, after working night shifts on the business desk at China Daily, a state-owned newspaper in Beijing, I often met up with the other members of the foreign staff at the Noodle Shop across the street from the paper’s offices. The Noodle Shop had an actual name, written in Chinese characters across the front, but nobody every bothered to learn it. The rumor was that the Noodle Shop was owned, operated, and frequented by Chinese gangsters.
The 8th Fernet Branca Is the One You'll Love
I was sitting on a platform on the edge of rice fields next to an old Korean farmer with a total of six fingers. In front of us was a small table of makkolli, the local rice beer. He held out his cup. I poured. Then he reciprocated. We were about to drink when… The director brought things to a halt, again. We’d already tried this shot—a standard foodporn closeup—a few times, drinking the bad takes. And now we’d have to try it again.
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