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May 02, 2005

Italy tomorrow

I fly to Italy tomorrow to give a talk in Naples and then to spend a couple of days with an odd grad student offsite meeting being held in Capri, under the tutelage of the international Derrick Dekerckhove.

I have found in mentioning this to people that I get zero travel sympathy, so I have given up trying, although the truth is that I wouldn't mind a couple of "Oooh, you poor, hard-traveling person! It must be so tiring!" What you don't understand is that I am totally an indoor Jew. The loveliness of the outdoors is to me as the loveliness of quarks: I'm never going to experience it firsthand or ever actually understand it.

I'll be back on Sunday. The only tan I get will come from the lovely quarks emitted by my laptop's screen. That is my pledge to you.

Posted by D. Weinberger at May 2, 2005 01:40 PM

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Hope you have a great time in Italy! Your plans explain why you aren't attending BlogNashville, a free three-day series of educational and informational sessions on blogging this upcoming weekend.

http://www.blognashville.org/schedule/

There also will be sessions on Computer-Assisted Research and Reporting (CARR) especially for bloggers. Using it, bloggers can recognize the uses and abuses of data to enhance their ability to get beyond political spin on public policy issues, whether it comes from politicians, MSM journalists, 501(C)(4) advocacy groups, think tanks or academic experts.

http://tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com/2005/03/media-bloggers-association-offers.html

Posted by: ~Chip :) | May 2, 2005 04:50 PM

The reason you don't get any sympathy is that you seem to jet setting around the world living a life of excitement and adventure. Going to Italy one day, Japan the next, you're celebrated wherever you go! This is something that many people probably envy. There's no heavy lifting involved (not counting your luggage)? No obnoxious boss breathing down your neck? It's not so terrible is it?

Posted by: daniel luke | May 3, 2005 12:57 AM

"The loveliness of the outdoors is to me as the loveliness of quarks: I'm never going to experience it firsthand or ever actually understand it."

How very, very sad.

Posted by: Anonymous | May 3, 2005 09:36 AM

You will always receive "Oooo you poor traveling person!" from me, for whom traveling to my mailbox has become a walk on the wild side.

Posted by: jeneane | May 4, 2005 11:44 PM

Hope you had great time in Italy and you'd return to blog soon. Thank you.

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