chris tharp


Tharp On: Money 4 weeks 3 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Let’s start with the obvious: being poor sucks. There’s nothing fun about it. A certain amount of poverty may be slightly romantic for say, six months in your early 20s,...
Feature: The Ha-Ha Hole Enters its Fourth Year of Bringing the Funny 12 weeks 1 day ago BUSAN, South Korea -- You are not a comedian. You are more than likely an ESL teacher in Busan, South Korea. (Some wiseacres might say, “You are not a teacher, either,” but that’s another story.) Tonight you are...
Tharp On: Coffee 15 weeks 2 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Contrary to what you have all been told, the beverage known as “coffee” was actually invented in Seattle in 1872 by a civil war cavalry veteran named ...
Tharp On: Marriage 23 weeks 1 day ago BUSAN, South Korea -- It’s done. After 41 years of debauchery, debasement and delirious distraction, I finally closed my eyes, took that deep breath and leapt from the cliff...
Tharp On: Baseball 32 weeks 30 min ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Ah, fall in Busan. Is there any better time of the year? The brutal, sweaty summer—with its endless volley of typhoons—sputters and dies, and cool air and clear skies prevail. BIFF comes to town...
BIFF Movie Review: Salt 32 weeks 2 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- When choosing a film to attend at BIFF, you are presented with a dizzying amount of variables: Have you actually heard of the movie, its actors or director? Does that particular country have a good reputation for cinema? Does the...
Tharp: Opening Night Diplomacy 32 weeks 4 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- I called Wilkine with the plan. “Hey, you wanna come crash the BIFF opening party with me? Put on some appropriate threads and meet me in front of the Grand Hotel. I’d go by myself, but no one wants...
Comedian Kerry Unger in Busan Next Weekend 38 weeks 2 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Behold, Kerry Unger. At first glance he seems as normal as an expat in Korea can be. He lives in South Jeolla Province with his wife, where he spends his days teaching English, playing cards, strumming guitar, and gulping down cold cans of Cass. However, don't be fooled by his everyman...
Tharp On: Health Care 39 weeks 5 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- This past June the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act—...
Tharp On: Summer 45 weeks 5 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- It’s summer here on the peninsula – or, as I like to refer to it, The Great Gush – that time of year when sweat pours forth through my pores like a fat guy trekking in the Congo. It’s ridiculous, really. Just the mild...

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