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Re: Day 247 of Project 365: Opening Ceremony

JC Brown — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:24:08 -0000

Equestrian!

Re: Day 246 of Project 365: Train and Moon

Robert Hansen — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:25:49 -0000

At the top of the Sir Walter Scott tower in Dundee some years ago, when I was an undergraduate in Houston, a little Scottish kid asked if I was an American. "Sure," I told him. He asked if I knew this other woman who was up on the observation platform with us: after all, she's an American, too!

I smiled and told him (with his parents smiling and looking on) that America is a big place, that I lived in Texas, and odds are she didn't live anywhere near me.

"No, I'm from Texas," she chimed in. I did a double-take. Houston, Texas? "Yes!"

Already it was a small world. Anywhere near Wheeler Avenue?

"Yeah, around the 4000 block."

I then had to turn and explain, red-faced, to this little kid that yes, she lived about two blocks down from me in America.

Anyway. That's my one and only story about Dundee. :)

Re: Day 238 of Project 365: You’ve Been Trumped

Robert Hansen — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:39:33 -0000

I apologize: call it a knee-jerk reaction given the state of American politics nowadays. Regardless of whether one stands on the Left or the Right, there's a shared ideology of "the government must fix it" -- each successive Administration claims more powers in the interests of "fixing it." As an example, President Obama has yet to turn away from the Imperial Presidency established by his predecessor, although he definitely campaigned against it in 2008.

Over on this side of the Pond the airwaves are full of vitriolic and negative political ads. The pervasive message is, "you don't want this candidate in the White House, he can't fix your problems, vote for my candidate, he can." Which is just so puerile that I have a hard time holding my bile, and it's led to me making sua sponte comments about the importance of individual initiative and individual action. :)

Re: Day 238 of Project 365: You’ve Been Trumped

cygnoir — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:09:23 -0000

To be clear, I phrased it as "how little we are doing to stop him" -- and I do not use "we" to refer to "the United States (or Scottish) government". I mean we as in the people who continue to do business with him, to take his money and believe his lies that his new golf courses will bolster the local economy. (They aren't.)

On a related note, I wonder where along the line I've given the impression that I have any sort of blind faith in governmental power. Although I don't discuss politics here very often, when I do, I don't subscribe to any particular ideology, and my days of voting along party lines are long, long gone.

Re: Day 238 of Project 365: You’ve Been Trumped

Robert Hansen — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:42:04 -0000

I understand the desire to see "something done" to stop him, but really, if we're looking to the government to do it we're going to be perpetually disappointed. He has much more money with which to hire lobbyists than we do. But we can refuse to do business with him, and if enough of us do that it becomes devastatingly effective. No businessman can survive against a public that doesn't want to engage in commerce.

As is usual, the fault lies not in our stars but ourselves, for our collective unwillingness to tell Trump, "until you clean up your act we have no interest in doing business with you."

Re: Day 229 of Project 365: Photographing the Moor

cygnoir — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:19:44 -0000

Lovely!

Re: Day 229 of Project 365: Photographing the Moor

fivecats — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:17:22 -0000

I'm not sure how this wasn't on the flickr account before, but here it is:
http://farm8.staticflickr.c...

Re: Day 229 of Project 365: Photographing the Moor

cygnoir — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:29:53 -0000

I'm bummed! Would love to see those.

Re: Day 229 of Project 365: Photographing the Moor

fivecats — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:35:51 -0000

How is it possible that I cannot find any of my photographs of Bonn on Rannoch Moor? (grrrr....)

Re: Day 225 of Project 365: Slurp

JC Brown — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:44:24 -0000

Adorable.

Re: Day 216 of Project 365: Smirk

cygnoir — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:29:05 -0000

I couldn't replicate this if I tried.

Re: Day 214 of Project 365: Quiver

cygnoir — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:28:16 -0000

It's growing on me!

Re: Day 208 of Project 365: Meltdown

cygnoir — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:28:01 -0000

Thanks, Gwen.

Re: Day 208 of Project 365: Meltdown

cygnoir — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:27:47 -0000

Thanks, M. I'm very glad you are home again!

Re: Day 216 of Project 365: Smirk

Dave Graham — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:07:05 -0000

I've tried a number of times to get a shot like that (not of FunkyPlaid, obviously), but never managed to get the lighting *quite* right...

Re: Day 214 of Project 365: Quiver

Dave Graham — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:06:14 -0000

oh, that's a cool idea. I quite like the brown/black mix!

Re: Day 208 of Project 365: Meltdown

Gwendolyn Cone — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:10:57 -0000

Ouch. Sad to hear a meltdown was necessary. Still, your choice in companions, bookish and otherwise, is excellent :)

Re: Day 208 of Project 365: Meltdown

Melissa — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:36:36 -0000

I'm sorry hon. Hope you're feeling better today. It is so good to be home again!

Re: Day 203 of Project 365: Then the thing that grows

FunkyPlaid — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:23:24 -0000

I always love you. Sometimes, I love you so much that I want to squeeze your beautiful head until it pops.

Re: Day 198 of Project 365: Glitching

cygnoir — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 06:40:56 -0000

It's way nicer. Come back!

Re: Day 198 of Project 365: Glitching

Casey — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:36:36 -0000

Oh goodness! I haven't been back in so long--I was so disheartened to be living in a shack. That looks so much nicer.

Re: Day 195 of Project 365: Half-Ten

cygnoir — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:11:19 -0000

Great suggestions in here, Rob. Thanks!

Re: Day 194 of Project 365: Flighter

cygnoir — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:10:34 -0000

I can only imagine its beauty (and its difficulty). Any photos of it?

Re: Day 192 of Project 365: Departures

cygnoir — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:09:43 -0000

Much prettier without the tarps. :)

Re: Day 192 of Project 365: Departures

cygnoir — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:09:11 -0000

Thanks, JC!