Comments on: Nothing Changes

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:10:12 +0000

no apology needed. i like googling.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:10:05 +0000

Sorry, I should have said suburban Athens. We flew out of the Athenae airport which like Rhein-Main was dual military/civilian use at the time of the colonels.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:55:37 +0000

made me google, dammit. that word looks welsh, not greek. elegant and stylish, huh? unfortunately, the industry that cares only about the health of its ceos' bank accounts has taken all my money, without giving me back any of my health, thus insuring that the only trips i'll be taking to somewhereotherthanhere in the foreseeable future will be via google earth.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:32:29 +0000

If you are planning to go there’s less now than when I was flying out of Glyfada. Pollution, wildfires. and the building for the Olympics has really messed things up.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:59:12 +0000

i am overly not-fond of licorice, vastly preferring the taste of pine tar, given a choice between the two. this might be a result of a childhood spent being brainwashed by euell gibbons: ever eat a pine tree? many parts are edible. apparently this brainwashing was only partly successful: i would so rather chew on pine tar than eat grape-nuts. probably i wouldn't mind a lot of things if i were really sitting in greece, soaking up real greek sunshine and eating real greek food. if i ever get there, i'll probably try the ouzo.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:45:39 +0000

I didn’t mind real ouzo in Greece which is served in small glasses with water, but I’m not overly fond of liquorice. I preferred to the retsina you bought as you climbed to the Acropolis.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:17:01 +0000

axis of evil: ouzo, nyquil, sweet tea. worse than moonshine, retsina, or amoxicillin. i’ve never had dandelion wine, so i don’t really know where to rank that one. not sure i’ve ever had dandelion tea either, now that i think about it.

true about outsiders.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:03:01 +0000

The meaning of “outsider” changes with the group, race is only the most obvious parameter. Within a racial group other factors are used, just as absurd.

[Dandelion wine isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever drunk.]

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:11:27 +0000

[i hear dandelion tea is supposed to be good for you]

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:09:32 +0000

the odd part, or the part i didn’t expect maybe, is that i feel more like an outsider here in “my own ethnic group” than i did in more colorful places.