Five questions again
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unblinkered
1. I must admit to being slightly confused by your family status: as far as I can tell, you are an Englishman cohabiting withlemur_catta and a plethora of cats in Canada, have a daughter living elsewhere and a son (I think)? Please clarify!
I realise this is a very personal question, and you don't have to answer it if you don't feel comfortable doing so.
That's about right. I was married to an Australian but we ended up getting divorced. I have a son and a daughter from that marriage who live with their mother in Canberra. The lemur, the cats and myself all live in a downtown Toronto condo.
2. I didn't know you had an interest in book arts! How did you get into that?
Walter Strachan taught at my school though he was pretty much retired by the time I was there. Still, it was Walter and his amazing collection. knowledge and enthusiasm that got me started.
3. Where should I travel if I want to experience the ultimate culinary experience?
Can there possibly be a single answer to that? Paris probably has more good food per m^2 than just about anywhere else (at a price!). Thailand was amazing (and cheap). People say great things about Hong Kong but I've never been.
4. I don't "get" physics or chemistry, but was fairly good at maths in school and enjoy doing the calculations that crop up at work. In your opinion, is this a major gap in my education and should I attempt to rectify it? If so, how?
I think it is worth trying to get a grip on modern physics and cosmology. It's just so weird that it's fun. Lisa Randall's Warped Passages is highly speculative but it's up-to-date, very accessible and she does know her stuff.
5. I always love checking out your "current music". What is the furthest (distance/money/general hassle) you have ever gone for a concert?
I'm not sure. I know that the most momentous concert decision I ever made was to go see Dick Gaughan at a pub in London c. 1979. I had to be in lowestoft first thing next day and would normally have taken the train and stayed obvernight. Instead I decided to drive up early in the morning. Unfortunately that trip ended with me in Ipswich General getting two dozen stitches in my face.
unblinkered1. I must admit to being slightly confused by your family status: as far as I can tell, you are an Englishman cohabiting with
lemur_catta and a plethora of cats in Canada, have a daughter living elsewhere and a son (I think)? Please clarify!I realise this is a very personal question, and you don't have to answer it if you don't feel comfortable doing so.
That's about right. I was married to an Australian but we ended up getting divorced. I have a son and a daughter from that marriage who live with their mother in Canberra. The lemur, the cats and myself all live in a downtown Toronto condo.
2. I didn't know you had an interest in book arts! How did you get into that?
Walter Strachan taught at my school though he was pretty much retired by the time I was there. Still, it was Walter and his amazing collection. knowledge and enthusiasm that got me started.
3. Where should I travel if I want to experience the ultimate culinary experience?
Can there possibly be a single answer to that? Paris probably has more good food per m^2 than just about anywhere else (at a price!). Thailand was amazing (and cheap). People say great things about Hong Kong but I've never been.
4. I don't "get" physics or chemistry, but was fairly good at maths in school and enjoy doing the calculations that crop up at work. In your opinion, is this a major gap in my education and should I attempt to rectify it? If so, how?
I think it is worth trying to get a grip on modern physics and cosmology. It's just so weird that it's fun. Lisa Randall's Warped Passages is highly speculative but it's up-to-date, very accessible and she does know her stuff.
5. I always love checking out your "current music". What is the furthest (distance/money/general hassle) you have ever gone for a concert?
I'm not sure. I know that the most momentous concert decision I ever made was to go see Dick Gaughan at a pub in London c. 1979. I had to be in lowestoft first thing next day and would normally have taken the train and stayed obvernight. Instead I decided to drive up early in the morning. Unfortunately that trip ended with me in Ipswich General getting two dozen stitches in my face.
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Date: 2006-04-24 12:26 am (UTC)and a totalled MG? I saw Dick Gaughan a week ago ot the National Folk Festival here in Canberra. Didn't sound like he had gone downhill too much in 30 years.
have a daughter living elsewhere and a son (I think)?
I would be that son.
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Date: 2006-04-24 12:51 pm (UTC)Pleased to meet you. Tell me, is it compulsory for members of your family to adopt animal-type usernames? :D
I'm one to talk....I'm Schnecke on German forums......
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Date: 2006-04-24 09:39 pm (UTC)Quite possibly, though I am tempted to change my username and actually use my LJ.
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Date: 2006-04-24 12:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-24 12:52 pm (UTC)How did you get into book arts?
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Date: 2006-04-24 06:13 pm (UTC)Book arts: there's an annual arts festival in the part of Donegal where I used to work as a tour guide, and they had a one-week, full time course in book binding for artists that was subsidised enough for me to afford it & my boss talked me into signing up, even though it was during our busiest time of year and I shouldn't have got any time off. Best thing I was ever talked into! You can't not get hooked, after spending a week solid in the company of 6 talented artists and an inspirational teacher!