Nope. Running neck and neck with San Francisco for the Shittiest Subways in the World award… enter London.
We spent Easter weekend there, and experienced possibly the best and the worst a city can offer. Hotels under renovation, a decimated public transport system, bobbies, palaces and pre made sandwiches. Tune in soon for our review of warm beer, dessicated sausages that could have been in the oven since the Summer in Love and an airline that believes that the best way to show their commitment to service is to tell someone to screw themselves.
All this and more in the slightly more frequently updated Scowl, Nu?
Since when did disagreeing with the government suddenly make one “un-American”?
We woke up this morning and checked out CNN – and Janet noticed an article about a TSA (Transportation Safety Authority) baggage checker saw a “No War in Iraq” sign in a passenger’s bag and wrote a note stating that they “didn’t appreciate” the person’s un-American attitude.
It’s sad how people forget about the cornerstone of America – the Constitution – and the rights it provides… most specifically the freedom to assemble and the freedom of speech. In fact, the most American thing any individual can do is to question the government, come up with their own decisions and be vocal if they feel that their government is doing something that doesn’t represent their values or beliefs.
Call me crazy, but sometimes I think the problem with America is all of the so-called “Americans” who think the only way to be patriotic is to fall in line behind the President and follow him blindly like sheep without question or thought to whether his direction is legally or morally right.
Baaaa… Baaaa… Baaaa…
Well, we’ve lived in Hartford, CT. We’ve lived in Boston and San Francisco. Hell, we’ve even lived in the hickiest parts of Pennsylvania and the most cosmopolitan areas of West Virginia (and there’s not that much difference between the two). And now, it’s time for a change.
Right now, as I am typing, the movers are packing up our household possessions (hopefully for the last time) and we’re getting ready to make the big move.
To Germany.
You heard me… Germany. Land of abundant beer and pork products. My company offered to transfer me and we decided to take the plunge. I don’t know when we’ll update next, but who knows… next time it may be in Deutsch.
Auf Wiederschoen!
Ok. Here’s the thing. When we said that we were going to start writing on “Scowl, Nu?” again back in March, we had all of the best intentions to follow through with it. But let’s face it, living in Hartford sucks all of the creative hostility out of you and just replaces it with plain old hostility. Vengeful hostility. The sort of hostility that makes you want to sit in a dark room and plan your escape from this East Coast Hell.
Well, a three day, three thousand mile drive later and we’re back in the land that begat the Scowl sites. Yep… as of July 6, 2002 – the Glassers are back in San Francisco… and this time it’s permanent. The three year exile is finally over!
Now excuse us, but it’s time to head to the Toronado for a beer.
Your Ever-Faithful Scowlers,
– Avery and Janet
Yeah, we admit it. We're slackers. We haven't updated Scowl, Nu? for over a year… and what a year it's been! A year of Avery being president of our Condo Association! 5 trips to Montreal! A two week tour through Belgium, France and The Netherlands! The purchase of an iBook! Janet starting her Master's program! We have a year's worth of great stuff to tell you all about, and now that we've shed the oppressive yoke of those bastards at Jumpline.com (were now hosted at modwest.com and are extraordinarily happy here) we're motivated to start posting again!
Scowl, Nu? – We're back. We're still pissed. Enjoy!
To anyone who received a chunk of spam from a scowl.nu address… we’re sorry. Some asshole decided to send out a couple hundred thousand pieces of unsolicited commercial email and used fake scowl.nu addresses as the sender name. Rest assured, it isn’t legit and it most certainly isn’t sent by anyone here at Scowl, Nu!