Stockholm Syndrome

I pulled up my tomato vines today, havesting half dozen or so small ripe tomatoes as I tossed the vines over to the compost heap in the woods. But I still have my okra and bell pepper plants. The okra I expected but the productivity of the peppers has been almost unheard of.

Starting Tuesday, except for near-daily flights around the country, Brendan Ross won’t step outside of an airport for 30 days. He’ll be chronicling the adventures of his travel marathon on Wired.com’s Autopia blog, and now Autopia has asked Wired Science to investigate a critical question: Will all those long lines, sleepless nights and toxic airplane fumes drive our frequent flyer crazy

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I think I did this for about 10 years running. Except I thought it was fun and a great way to make money. Of course I was staying at fine hotels and flying mostly FC. Mr. Ross will be flying coach and eating airport food and sleeping in the airport. I think he will end up looking like this.



On the whole I'd rather be in my garden.

And I think I, or at least my soul, looked like that when I retired.

But I still miss it. Stockholm Syndrome and all that.

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