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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Paris Dispatch
If OxBlog is willing to take the risks, we should be willing to read the writing on the, uh, wall.
I had a little scrape in a cité in north Aulney, and so now need to modify two claims made in my previous post. I have now met some rioters, and I no longer have pictures to share, nor come to think of it, a camera. I got nothing of theirs. On the other hand, taking care of myself decently enough I rather nicely got to keep my unbacked up dissertation, wallet, and the passport and press card I'd kept with me in the off chance I had to give an accounting of myself to police. Nasty horrid villains. Pluck though being a virtue, OxBlog will be out there again tomorrow. With a disposable camera, this time. But a thousand words being worth a picture, I suspect I can make it up to you lads. How are you going to keep them down on the farm, after they've seem Paree? asked a song from WW I, I believe. - Guy (not Gee) By the way, France beat Costa Rica 3-2 after falling behind 2-0 in the first half today. The game was played on the island of Martinique. - UT Futbol Fan I see Patrick Oxblog lives in Arlington when not stirring up trouble on the continent. - Keeping My Eye on Trouble Makers {like you, for instance} in UTPost a Comment |