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Introduce yourself with:

One book:  

• The Book of the New Sun

~ Gene Wolfe

One movie:  

• The Ninth Gate

One album:  

• The Sister

~ Marissa Nadler 

One TV show:

• Connections

~ James Burke

What a lovely photo.

Terrible

Those deadly tornadoes... and the season is still getting started...

Best of luck to those in Tornado Alley and outlier places which see those storms.  My heart goes out to them.

Here's to hoping for the best.

Perfection

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Castle Doctrine

I was watching a video about affluent enclaves in the US, and one mansion reminded me of the Hurst mansion outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada which I visited one afternoon back in 2002 or 3.  My host, a native, seemed upset that I wasn't impressed.

The truth is this: when I was 5, I had toured multiple European castles, and so it is difficult to impress me with lesser things.

Likewise, my father, being an immigrant and my mother being 1st generation American, I had not only seen sites of historical importance when I was 2 on our trip through Europe by car, but had already been exposed to about a dozen countries' cultures, language, and architecture, let alone natural wonders, that when others had talked about visiting amazing to them locations, I was unimpressed with their choices while still finding their desires interesting for their reasons.

When I met you, Marissa, I was impressed beyond words.