Love the new frequent stops!
...although I must say I was dissapointed when I saw that the blog had been updated yesterday, yet there were no new postings. Then I saw them. Now I know what the traffic looked like from Carfax Tower a few hours ago (was that the old tower on Haymarket, or was it somewhere else?), learned that an Oxford student survived his (drunken?) jump from the roof of his college with only minor injuries, posted on one of Chelsey's other blogs (I remain monoblogous, but I don't judge your promiscuity -- cf. my comment re: peanut butter on 'warmed over soapboxes'), and best of all (*sniff*) saw what's going down at Oxford pubs this week. Man I could go for a visit to the Turf right now (or Eagle and Child, Lamb and Flag, Three Goats Heads, Hobgoblin, Royal Oak, King's Arms, White Horse, Mitre, Bear, Keble Bar, Trout, Perch, Freud, Jude the Obscure, or Oxford Union -- but not the Gardener's Arms, the lady was mean to me)! Princeton has some decent pubs, and the 'D-Bar' is cheap, but they don't compare.I spoke to Nicole for 2.5 earlier today (she's been using the calling cards, and can't talk long, but it's much appreciated), and seeing the new links reminded me of our Oxford pub crawl and late-night Hussein's run back in July before I returned to the States. I had forgotten how British her intonation and mannerisms are now. Made me smile :)
Also, a visiting grad student here at PTS from Aberdeen went to Oxford as an undergrad, and he has been an excellent friend with whom to indulge my anglophilia. Also, I was the first to tell him about the Society Dedicated to the Destruciton of Keble College at Exeter (or was it Balliol?) College. Glad I picked up in three months some random info real-deal Oxfordians missed in three years. For anyone who doesn't know the story of the SDDKC: one year membership for one red brick, lifetime membership for one white brick, society president for a blue brick (good luck with that one). Okay, enough randomness for one night. But midterms are over now, so I am allowed to waste a little time on a Friday night. Not that any use of my time could be more edifying than posting on this esteemed blog.
posted by Zack @ 11/12/2005 01:40:00 AM
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Glad you approve of my modifications, Zack. I was going to post a little "housekeeping" notice this morning, but your glowing review is more than enough.
Ideally, this section will grow. As I've mentioned in the past, I would love to collect favorite (and personal) sites from the various contributors and group them accordingly (just under the collective "frequent stops").
Any and all of you--feel free to email me your favorite links and I'll put them up under your name.
P.S. Yes, Carfax Tower is on Cornmarket. :)
zack - you always make me smile :-) have a card with a naked woman on it (picasso, not porn) almost ready to be sent to you...
Nicole,
If you decide to send me any porn, please do be discreet about it. I am at seminary afterall, even if it is a 'liberal' one. But Picasso had such a high view of women that I'm sure the postcard you are sending will be just as good.
Cheers!
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