http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/12/15/a-long-bridge-to-nowhere/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/12/15/a-long-bridge-to-nowhere/#comment-66832 Curt Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:33:35 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/12/15/a-long-bridge-to-nowhere/#comment-66832 <p>Yes, well, since according to Douglas Adams the only way to escape from, say, Cambridge is drive around the city at increasing speeds until you achieve escape velocity and then fly off at the nearest exit, any specific directions might only serve as a cruel taunt. Plus Britain isn't much bigger than my parents' backyard anyway, so you'll probably get where you're going eventually.</p> Yes, well, since according to Douglas Adams the only way to escape from, say, Cambridge is drive around the city at increasing speeds until you achieve escape velocity and then fly off at the nearest exit, any specific directions might only serve as a cruel taunt. Plus Britain isn’t much bigger than my parents’ backyard anyway, so you’ll probably get where you’re going eventually.

]]> http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/12/15/a-long-bridge-to-nowhere/#comment-66811 tom Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:14:19 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/12/15/a-long-bridge-to-nowhere/#comment-66811 <p>Ha. Nothing compared to the signs that cry "The North" when you're lost driving around London, or "The East" when lurching around Bristol, or even better, "The South-West" when you're scraping the barrel for ideas in Oxford. That said, however, intersections have a little less value here in Britain.</p> Ha. Nothing compared to the signs that cry “The North” when you’re lost driving around London, or “The East” when lurching around Bristol, or even better, “The South-West” when you’re scraping the barrel for ideas in Oxford. That said, however, intersections have a little less value here in Britain.

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