Photo taken in Sary Jaz, Kyrgyzstan by Pavel ("pashamon") Smirnov.
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Don't ask, just go The Museum of Jurassic Technology The Center for Land Use Interpretation The Silophone Cascada de Flores, my sister's quartet, specializing in Mexican and Cuban music. John Dylan Keith, writer, musician, and bon vivant. Scary Go Round. It's something about the language. And the demons and the pervert moon. The Boston Review, writings on politics and literature. Callithumpian Consort, Boston-area new music group (please do not judge by their website design and layout). Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Medecins Sans Frontieres or Doctors Without Borders. Oxfam (U.S. website). Union of Concerned Scientists. |
Eric Newby on bargainingBecause we were tired, having driven all night, we had forgotten to discuss terms for this pilotage. Now, safe on the other bank, too late we began to haggle.'This is a monstrous charge for wading a river.' It was necessary to scream to make oneself heard above the sound of the tractor. 'It is fortunate that we did not make use of the tractor,' said the man in the ragged turban. 'It is rare for a motor to cross by its own power. With the tractor you would have had greater cause for lamentation.' 'That being so by now you must be men of great wealth.' Back came the unanswerable answer. 'But if we were not poor, Agha, why would we be sitting on the shores of the Farah-Rud waiting for travellers such as you?' -- Eric Newby, "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush" |
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Albion's footsoldiers in the
new Great Game.
Photo taken in Sary Jaz, Kyrgyzstan by Pavel ("pashamon") Smirnov. |
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