Re: how is your leisure time going?

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: "Kathryn M" <http://www.kathaus.dhs.org/~kat>
 > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:03:57 -0700
 >
 > Hey Robert,
 >  Yes, Scary Mike did Tae Kwan Do, and then he was going to the 'punk 
 > rock' dojo and I think he did jiujitsu.  Did you know he is (was?) working 
 > for one of the cannibis buyers co-ops here in ?  Apparently he 
 > had a 'scrip for "stress".  Good work if you can get it.

No, I didn't know that.  Sounds more like a "'script for success".  Pretty
funny.

 >  I'm glad you have some time off, as long as you aren't worried about 
 > $$$, extended time off is great.

I was expecting that, when the downturn came, it would last a long time.
I saved as much as I could on the assumption that we'd have a
depression-style downturn.  (I remember my professor at Evergreen always
used to say "...depression.  What do they call those these days?
Recession?")  I'm just sort of disappointed that we haven't had deflation
like in Japan.  Oh, well.

The war on Iraq may be getting stopped or slowed.  It's just amazing what
centralized power is capable of doing -- and depressing.  Unfortunately, I
think most people (read: Americans) fall into the trap.  They somehow
think that they are going to be a target of terrorism, when, in fact,
looking at the probabilities, it is more likely that you'll get killed in
a car accident.  And then they want to spend, spend, spend on militarism
and destruction rather than on programs to give medical aid to the poor
and elderly.

I just hope our alienation with Germany continues -- they seem to be the
only smart people left (i.e., they're against this war mongering even at
the expense of their economy).

 > Take care,
 > Kathryn