http://guymcpherson.com/2007/10/hard-times-good-stories-and-rich-lives/ Humans have tinkered with the natural world since we appeared on the evolutionary stage. Our days certainly seem numbered: As the home team, Nature bats last. Thu, 17 May 2012 05:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://guymcpherson.com/2007/10/hard-times-good-stories-and-rich-lives/#comment-51 Mike Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:51:35 +0000 http://guymcpherson.com/2007/10/hard-times-good-stories-and-rich-lives/#comment-51 It occur to me while reading George Monbiot's latest that you can't laugh at yourself and you can't laugh at the apocalyspe, until you can laugh, and mean it, at Marx's simple truth: "Individuals make history, but not in the circumstances of their choosing." It occur to me while reading George Monbiot’s latest that you can’t laugh at yourself and you can’t laugh at the apocalyspe, until you can laugh, and mean it, at Marx’s simple truth: “Individuals make history, but not in the circumstances of their choosing.”

]]> http://guymcpherson.com/2007/10/hard-times-good-stories-and-rich-lives/#comment-50 Dan Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:07:05 +0000 http://guymcpherson.com/2007/10/hard-times-good-stories-and-rich-lives/#comment-50 Many years ago, my grandmother used to tell me about "going to the store days" when she was a little girl. They only went once a year because, at 15 miles, it was too far to make it to town and back in a single day. Transportation was by mule and wagon and there weren't any roads, just cart tracks. To a kid who was living in the "25 miles for a pizza" world, this was surreal. Fast forward 40 years and it's not so surreal any more. Add another 40 years and imagine wide-eyed children listening to a crazy old man talk about traveling 50 miles for lunch. Yes, some day even our most mundane tasks will be fodder for a good story. Many years ago, my grandmother used to tell me about “going to the store days” when she was a little girl. They only went once a year because, at 15 miles, it was too far to make it to town and back in a single day. Transportation was by mule and wagon and there weren’t any roads, just cart tracks. To a kid who was living in the “25 miles for a pizza” world, this was surreal.
Fast forward 40 years and it’s not so surreal any more. Add another 40 years and imagine wide-eyed children listening to a crazy old man talk about traveling 50 miles for lunch.
Yes, some day even our most mundane tasks will be fodder for a good story.

]]> http://guymcpherson.com/2007/10/hard-times-good-stories-and-rich-lives/#comment-49 Andi Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:46:47 +0000 http://guymcpherson.com/2007/10/hard-times-good-stories-and-rich-lives/#comment-49 Luckily for some of us, it takes as little as two weeks to go feral. Just ask my advisors ... Luckily for some of us, it takes as little as two weeks to go feral. Just ask my advisors …

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