Around one forty-five on Thursday afternoon, while concluding a consultation with a Slovakian economic analyst, I heard my desktop computer chime softly announcing an IM from Gretchen. It said that a “Mr. Kim” wished to speak with me immediately. Seeing that, I turned to my guest and made a polite excuse concerning a request for… Continue reading Kim Jong Un’s Secret North Korean Surprise
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Kim Jong Un Endures North Korea’s Failure to Launch
The unusually warm winter and early spring here in Washington this year resulted in some strange and wonderful things – the flowering cherry trees, which respond to temperature, came out in advance of the forsythia, which responds to the light cycle. Crocuses, daffodils and tulips, which ordinarily bloom in a predictable sequence, all decided to… Continue reading Kim Jong Un Endures North Korea’s Failure to Launch
North Koreans to Continue Wearing Clothes Until Further Notice
“Mr. Collins?” Gretchen softly spoke, poking her blonde head in between the oak doors leading to my office. “Did you drop off some dry cleaning down the street and forget to tell me about it?” “No,” I replied, “my latest load went to that place on Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.” “Okay,” she shrugged, “I… Continue reading North Koreans to Continue Wearing Clothes Until Further Notice
Solution to Rampant Indian Corruption Imminent
My first consultation after lunch this afternoon was with Dr. Chutiachod Haramijhaatrandkimoot Gaandukuthri of the Indian Embassy. I immediately concluded that, he, too, had recently finished lunch himself, which, if the odor of his breath was any indication, consisted of something made with stale lentils, sour mangos, over-ripe kudampuli, moldy ratin jot and putrid charoli… Continue reading Solution to Rampant Indian Corruption Imminent