tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post115039686501418251..comments2023-12-11T16:47:48.512-06:00Comments on Three O'Clock in the Morning: HorizontalFletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1150772200530650862006-06-19T21:56:00.000-05:002006-06-19T21:56:00.000-05:00It's flat here too. Fort Wayne Indiana sucks like...It's flat here too. Fort Wayne Indiana sucks like that. Pretty much the anus of the state, really.Andrew Kadukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944123518135308325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1150505953130739512006-06-16T19:59:00.000-05:002006-06-16T19:59:00.000-05:00OK. Now you've forced me to get all "honest" and ...OK. Now you've forced me to get all "honest" and shit (I really hate it when that happens).<BR/><BR/>My ex-in-laws were all up in Iowa. WAAAY out in Iowa. Head north to about an hour past Des Moines, hang a left and drive for another couple of hours.<BR/><BR/>I always found the area to be soothingly tranquil and imbued with it's own beauty and grandeur. Back in the days when I was working VO (Virtual Office), I even entertained the idea of moving there. I figured you could probably by a huge house on a trillion acres for about $47.00. $35.00 if you paid cash.<BR/><BR/>Another one of my favorite locales is up around the Cheyenne / Laramie, Wyoming area. Not much to do up there either, except enjoy the peace.Xavier Onassishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1150469287366082332006-06-16T09:48:00.000-05:002006-06-16T09:48:00.000-05:00Amen, Brother Emaw.Amen, Brother Emaw.Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1150414227002846802006-06-15T18:30:00.000-05:002006-06-15T18:30:00.000-05:00No offense XO, but your comment speaks more about ...No offense XO, but your comment speaks more about you as an observer than about the places you've visited. My point is that the most interesting things aren't on the surface (of course it's difficult to sum up nearly three years' experience in three paragraphs). <BR/><BR/>And John, I'll go you one better. I think SWKansas is more about being, than doing and seeing. Thanks for the post and comments.FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1150411756248082642006-06-15T17:49:00.000-05:002006-06-15T17:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for the plug, emaw. And you're right: the ...Thanks for the plug, emaw. And you're right: the comparison of the subtlties of the landscape and its people and sites to Rothko is very apt.<BR/><BR/>Medicine Lodge, Liberal, Great Bend and Hays are next on my list, though the Mrs. says that the only way we'll be headed to Hays is if we're on the way to Denver. There's also the World's Largest Ball of String that I want to take a gander at.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Xavier might want to click on my post you linked to and read what I have to say about Dodge and environs. If not, though, I'll sum up by saying, Out there, it's less about "doing" and more about "seeing"--which is, of course, exactly what you, emaw, are saying in your post.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1150410632776254972006-06-15T17:30:00.000-05:002006-06-15T17:30:00.000-05:00Alright, let me tell you something.When the best t...Alright, let me tell you something.<BR/><BR/>When the best that you can come up with to recommend an area is to wax poetic about the aquifer and the natural gas, (neither one of which can be seen) that tells me that there is TRULY not a damn thing to do in Liberal, KS.<BR/><BR/>I was born in Kansas myself. But at least down in Coffeyville we had the Dalton Defenders Museum. It commemorates the day the townsfolk rose up and shot the shit out of the Dalton Bros Gang when they got all uppity and tried to rob 2 banks at once in broad daylight.<BR/><BR/>Even that got boring about half way through your first visit. But it sure beats an aquifer and natural gas.Xavier Onassishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.com