July 19, 2009

Working Darwin

One of the sauna guys comes back from the gym babbling from too much heat: 
“You wouldn’t know it from looking, but I am at the forefront of human evolution.  That’s right, the forefront.
Some men do the right thing all their lives, graduate, get a job, get married, kids, retire and die happy.  I’d like that too, [...]

July 19, 2009

Father of Oregon’s Wife

A real historian kept us company at the B&B this week.  What made him real?  He told us.  He also looked like Joel Grey in Cabaret:
“Professional re-enactors are real historians.  We touch on significant events, you know, native village life, fur trade encampments, Gettysburg charges here and there.  I’ve done them all and loved them [...]