Monday, September 5, 2011

Monday Meh, Where's My Pool? edition

Meh. I'm spending the holiday doing laundry and sorting through the week's mail - and your blog posts. (Note to readers: Do not tailgate a hurricane when you go on vacation.)

All in all, all is well. I didn't have a very organized itinerary for my trip North - and back - the consequences of which were some scrambling for hotel accommodations a couple nights as refugees from Irene sought rooms with running water and working lights while they awaited restoration of their own utilities.

Enroute back from Boston, I stopped at Old Sturbridge Village because I like old buildings and history, and I had a coupon for $3 off admission. Ironically, the electricity and plumbing was working just fine at this recreation of a 19th-century New England community. Also ironic to be reminded that "Long before the revolution, most New England towns were required to tax themselves to provide tuition-free schools for children," while today vast numbers of citizens hold dear their right to be ignorant.

I guess if the populace can't spell freedom, they won't know when it's gone.

16 comments:

  1. Glad you're back hail and hearty. This reminds me of the old saying..."Last year i couldn even spell patriat and now i are one."

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  2. Thanks, jj -- it's good to be off the highway. It's probably also good that I was driving too fast to read many bumper stickers along the way!

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  3. All's well that don't swell...or something like that.
    I'm about to effect repairs to my commuter bike. I've put it off for several days already.
    Welcome back, Intell!

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  4. Doug, too bad you can't just put off the commuting part ;-)

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  5. This reminds me of those lyrics, you don't know what you've got til it's gone, with regard to freedom.

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  6. Towanda, exactly true! And welcome to the sisterhood!

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  7. what a great comment about education and freedom. wow.

    glad you got back unscathed.

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  8. Hey, thanks harlequin. It's appalling the way education has become devalued (yet commodified) here in the U.S. I hope the attitude doesn't migrate North!

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  9. I didn't know that! Now there's some real Founding Father wisdom for you.

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  10. Nance, isn't it maddening how certain folks claim to hold dear the Founding Fathers' principles, yet seem to have no idea exactly what those principles were?

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  11. I can't spell fredom but I can spell reeferdumb.

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  12. And there was me thinking that education was still valued over there (even among the lower demographic) - unlike here.

    Mugger: "Don't try to con me out of my takings college boy. I got a 4.5 grade point average in Math 101 and I know damn well you've got another $25 hidden in your sock."

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  13. Walking Man - as long as you don't inhale...

    Oh, Mick, how silly of you!

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