March 19, 2004
flames
I think I just got flamed for a post I made on a public email list. But I tell myself "I am above the flame wars. I may feel personally attacked by what that man had to say about cron, but I will withhold my anger and go drink some water. From the cooler. From the water cooler." And in all likelihood the dude didn't mean it as a personal attack... but he DID accuse me of being lazy.
| Isn't this picture nice and post-apocalyptic? Last Saturday I took a 8 mile stroll through the Presidio for the first time, and stumbled across these super-beautiful decrepit and falling apart military bunkers. All of the windows into these rooms are covered with iron bars, and the doors are welded shut. And it's not like I want to go inside anyway - peering through the iron bars into this dark space, 10 degrees colder than where I was standing 3 feet behind me - that alone scared the shit out of me.
As far as I know, none of San Francisco's many decaying sea defenses have ever been used in battle. Anybody know that for sure? The Presidio's a great place to walk around, but I don't know where all the pedestrian trails are, so I ended up walking a couple of miles along crowded road shoulders. But the views were still worthwhile. Somewhere along the way I realized that I needed to keep a list of "yearly walks" like this one, that I have to do at least once a year as long as I'm living in San Francisco. I think the list will include something like 6-8 day long city courses. The big problem with the walking is that you get thirsty, and you have to drink water. But my instincts tell me to buy coffee, and drink the coffee, and they do this on my behalf even though I know that coffee won't taste good to my parched lips. But if you're half the coffee addict that I am, you know that sensation well. It only takes a couple of sips of the gorgeous dark liquid to convince your body that, yes, it wants to drink coffee after all. And after that you don't feel the deep thirst for re-hydration until 20 minutes later when you've finished your 16 ounces of black coffee and you get thirsty again. Last night, sitting in a cafe reading, I drank decaf. I'm so sorry for letting everybody down like that. |   |
Posted by Ethan at March 19, 2004 12:30 PM