BACK IN OUTER MONGOLIA ————— by Steve Nadis
When will people tire of articles about Siberian salmon fishing in Outer Mongolia? There is surely no shortage of articles on the topic and apparently no dimunition of interest on the part of the reading public. The latest entry in this crowded field appears in the current issue (Spring 2005) of Tufts Magazine–a journal I don’t normally read except for the fact that a close acquaintance of mine wrote a profile of the cosmologist (NOT cosmetologist) Alexander Vilenkin in that very same issue (a fascinating subject though the treatment seemed a bit choppy to me). The salmon story (“Down to Earth” by the magazine’s Editor in Chief Laura Ferguson) is an excellent contribution to this burgeoning oeuvre, though I for one am hankering for something a bit different: Is anyone out there–a latter-day Richard Brautigan perhaps–working on a piece about “Trout Fishing in Mongolia”? Now that’s something I’m dying to read.
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05:27:24
If someone were to go to all the bother to write such a story (at your suggestion, no less), Im glad at least one person will read it.
No offense, but you sound like a person of narrow interests. (Unlike me, of course, with my broad range of volleyball-related interests…)
That was uncalled for. You should treat your readers better or you might not have any.
Youre absolutely right. When this blog becomes the top-rated site in Technorati, Ill be able to say anything I want. But until then, Ill try to be good.