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Quiet week. Had some downtime waiting to hear back on stuff, so I used it to attack a spec project of mine. Hope I actually finish this one. For some reason, every spec project I've started in 2007 has ended up by the wayside.
Thom "Love & Capes" Zahler was a house guest this week. The weather was great while he was here, but the day after he left town, its been pouring bucketloads of rain. Coincidence? I think the rain may be chasing him. Heads-up Midwest - the rain's headed your way.
What else to tell you? Oh, I'm now reading the new Eric Lax book, "Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking." Highly highly recommended.
And one last observation. I was online doing some research into a future vacation. Not any time soon, but one of those "if money were no object" kind of trips. So as I'm reading up on Russia - stuff like getting a visa into the country, entering the country by plane/train/boat through St. Petersburg, etc - I find some discussion about public safety in St. Petersburg, specifically about a white supremacist incident a few years ago. A St. Petersburg resident opined that it was an isolated incident and that it certainly shouldn't cause someone to be afraid.
That thoughtful and well-written post was followed by a long, rambling, nearly-nonsensical post from another St. Petersburg resident, griping about race relations in the city but declaring that the city wasn't all that dangerous.
Something about that last post bothered me. I couldn't put my finger on it, so I re-read the last post a few times before it hit me. It was written by someone from St. Petersburg, Florida, who hadn't noticed that this was a Russian forum.
It probably says something that the person in Russia could write better than the person from Florida. But I wonder if the Floridian ever recognized their mistake? Or heaven help us, maybe they're booking train tickets from Florida to Finland as we speak.
Back to work on my spec. Have a good weekend everybody!
Thom "Love & Capes" Zahler was a house guest this week. The weather was great while he was here, but the day after he left town, its been pouring bucketloads of rain. Coincidence? I think the rain may be chasing him. Heads-up Midwest - the rain's headed your way.
What else to tell you? Oh, I'm now reading the new Eric Lax book, "Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking." Highly highly recommended.
And one last observation. I was online doing some research into a future vacation. Not any time soon, but one of those "if money were no object" kind of trips. So as I'm reading up on Russia - stuff like getting a visa into the country, entering the country by plane/train/boat through St. Petersburg, etc - I find some discussion about public safety in St. Petersburg, specifically about a white supremacist incident a few years ago. A St. Petersburg resident opined that it was an isolated incident and that it certainly shouldn't cause someone to be afraid.
That thoughtful and well-written post was followed by a long, rambling, nearly-nonsensical post from another St. Petersburg resident, griping about race relations in the city but declaring that the city wasn't all that dangerous.
Something about that last post bothered me. I couldn't put my finger on it, so I re-read the last post a few times before it hit me. It was written by someone from St. Petersburg, Florida, who hadn't noticed that this was a Russian forum.
It probably says something that the person in Russia could write better than the person from Florida. But I wonder if the Floridian ever recognized their mistake? Or heaven help us, maybe they're booking train tickets from Florida to Finland as we speak.
Back to work on my spec. Have a good weekend everybody!
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