Last edited by NJS (2011-01-29 13:58:08)

Well you all should stop your bitching and moaning about the heat because, in Chicago, we had a high of 0 degrees C today and we are supposed to get 4 days of snow.

Last edited by g- (2011-01-29 22:07:42)

Some of the bits of what my hippie friends disdain as the rat race are actually the bits that keep me going.

A well framed improvement in policy, a meeting of disparate players conducted elegantly and with purpose, dressing with a tie, (I hate people who hate ties - it seems such an ill thought through dislike - my advice - you don't like 'em - don't fuckin' wear them - I often don't wear one), wrapping up a deal, fixing a problem, etc etc .

I grew up on a farm In the bush. We had no electricity until I was 16. I always wanted to get amongst people not away from them. Not to say I don't need solitude at times but I need crowds more.

I've always wanted to work and winter in a place that has real snow and cold. Theres no such place on this continent. Places that have such winters seem to be built around that fact - and why wouldn't they be. Houses with porches, double doored hatches to the world that seal off the elements. Hooks for coats as you go out and come in. Fires. Heating.

Last edited by meister (2011-01-30 17:25:49)

sushi is great

Anent Burton, he was also claimed to be one of the best pistol shots of his time although I have never seen anything in firearms literature (either from his era or contemporary) to confirm this.

"The Mountains of the Moon" was a pretty good movie, but it was way too tendentiously pro-Burton, I thought. It was based on the novel, which already had a pro-Burton slant, and took it a quantum step further. After all Speke was, in fact, right.