What is it with the pipeline from Asian fetish white dudes marrying a mail order bride to murderous bigoted chauvinism? No that was rhetorical, we all know. Just ugh. Literally every time. It's a creepy white guy with a self-loathing Asian woman.

City Hall about two decades ago. That red wedding dress cost $9.99. In my rush I misread the label, thought it was $99. Imagine our frugal Asian delight when it rang up for about 10 dollars. Was too focused on my career at the time to organize a wedding. So I chose to opt out of the fuss.

There is a Korean shamanism exhibition at the National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul that is just incredible. A lot of information, cultural artifacts, historical notes, access to both centuries old and modern media on the subject. Here's just one of several displays.