Backpacking, Evil Neo-Cons, and The Positive
So, I rolled in last night, a day earlier than planned, from a backpacking trip that got cancelled after fewer than 24 hours in the woods for a number of reasons, none of them all that notable. Blar. Other than visiting Micah (who is selling everything, including his house, to move to the Dominican Republic at the end of May), the trip was a colossal clusterf#ck. But we won't dwell on the negative.
Instead, we'll leave negativism to the folks over at Original Dissent, one of whom seems to think I'm part of the evil neo-con conspiracy (you know, the one that condones the "sin" of homosexuality, favors taking out Iraq and maybe a few other rogue nations, thinks immigration is fine and that non-Caucasians are people too, and generally finds Pat Buchanan and Joseph Sobran hard to take seriously these days). If that's what neo-cons are, I guess I do belong. *shrug*
On a more positive note, I got a kind email from someone requesting permission to use one of the site's Tropical Storm Allison photos in a publication. It's between one of my photos and an unknown "less artsy" other. More on this as soon as I hear something final.
And this post was kinda cool: kind words about our discontinued RK page from an online journaler (or is that journaller?) who's been at it about a year and was kind enough to link to this journal. There really was life on the web before 11 September, even if many of the "warbloggers" would have you believe otherwise. :)
I did get back to lots of emails that need attention at some point. Thanks in advance for your patience!
And now it's time to go give Reductio some love and attention, because we wouldn't want sensible folks to think conservatism and conservative thought are only defined by the Buchanan fringe!
[Posted at 18:33 CST on 04/29/02] [Link]
