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Apr 04, 2007 09:16

Chris and I got in the canoe at 7am this morning, and pushed off from our dock at LeSage, spreading the first ripples across the crystal calm of Lake Crescent. We turned East, and headed back towards OPI, into work, smiling in our morning commute ( Read more... )

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smilemoresilas April 5 2007, 13:57:35 UTC

No. Most people work all year long to buy food, pay the rent, and get health insurance (if they are lucky). A short vacation is an added bonus and a luxury for most Americans. Many (most) do not even get that one week. And, you should be thankful. An egalitarian redistribution of wealth would allow the working classes to escape their jobs and invade what remains of (what some call) wilderness (if wilderness connotes a state of nature, would not the chaos of the inner city be a more appropriate application?).

On another note, it would be fun to paddle a canoe to work!

sylvandream April 5 2007, 23:44:21 UTC

Dude, I don't give a shit about who doesn't get to take a vacation. Well, maybe that isn't right, but that wasn't my point. The fact is that yes, some people do save up so that they can take vacations, and my entry didn't imply at all that all people ever do get this chance in an equal way.

A quarter of Americans don 't receive any paid vacation. The Avg american employee receives 14 days off per year.

My entry is simply stating that I am thankful and rejoice each day that I have sought out jobs that allow me to live around areas like this.

smilemoresilas April 6 2007, 13:11:29 UTC

Yeah, your entry "states" what you are thankful for but "implies" that the lives of the majority of Americans are somehow less meaningful or focused on a fleeting goal. Whatever. I tried to set you off and it worked. Ha.

sylvandream April 6 2007, 15:33:21 UTC

Well, I definitely don't quite understand the thought behind saving up to take one week off per year, to get away and vacate. I was reading about some articles on the death of american vacations, and some of them talk about how americans who even get vacation are beginning to not even take them because they become anxietous in worrying over how much e-mail, phone mail, etc. they will miss during their time off ( ... )