Comments on: Stuff http://asymptotia.com/2008/07/07/stuff/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tommy http://asymptotia.com/2008/07/07/stuff/#comment-122761 Tommy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:13:36 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/?p=2433#comment-122761 Jude, Aspen may not be as pleasant in the winter overall. If you're me though, and you once skipped out on a trimester of college to teach skiing in Colorado then the appeal of spending half your workshop days doing stupid things on skis is too much to resist. Jude,

Aspen may not be as pleasant in the winter overall. If you’re me though, and you once skipped out on a trimester of college to teach skiing in Colorado then the appeal of spending half your workshop days doing stupid things on skis is too much to resist.

]]> By: IrrationalPoint http://asymptotia.com/2008/07/07/stuff/#comment-122742 IrrationalPoint Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:44:13 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/?p=2433#comment-122742 Enjoy Aspen. I totally get the spices issue. My partner and I have gotten sufficiently spice-obssessed that we go camping with a spices/ingredients kit that is bigger than the packed tent, and we are vaguely aware that this is not an economical use of packing space, but the justification we always give is that we might want to make curry. But we never make curry when we're camping, because we can never be bothered to huddle around a bunsen for 40+ minutes in the British rain. Still, we have used every single one of the spices that we carry on at least one camping trip. And every single trip we have a conversation about whether having used the whole cardamom on one camping trip justifies its inclusion in the camping kit. Have fun hiking. --IP Enjoy Aspen.

I totally get the spices issue. My partner and I have gotten sufficiently spice-obssessed that we go camping with a spices/ingredients kit that is bigger than the packed tent, and we are vaguely aware that this is not an economical use of packing space, but the justification we always give is that we might want to make curry. But we never make curry when we’re camping, because we can never be bothered to huddle around a bunsen for 40+ minutes in the British rain. Still, we have used every single one of the spices that we carry on at least one camping trip. And every single trip we have a conversation about whether having used the whole cardamom on one camping trip justifies its inclusion in the camping kit.

Have fun hiking.

–IP

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2008/07/07/stuff/#comment-122732 Jude Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:44:55 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/?p=2433#comment-122732 Aspen in winter isn't as pleasant as Aspen in summer (although either season beats Aspen in mud month). I once took a week-long trip with a small sack of stuff including one change of clothing, but I've gone the other way too. Give me lightness of stuff any day. The all-purpose packing list provides clarity in the midst of the confusion of getting ready. Have fun in what my dad called "Hippieville" (that nickname came from 1968 when hippies were squatting in houses throughout Pitkin county and cavorting naked in Paepcke park). The grocery stores are rather ordinary, especially considering that it's Aspen. Aspen in winter isn’t as pleasant as Aspen in summer (although either season beats Aspen in mud month). I once took a week-long trip with a small sack of stuff including one change of clothing, but I’ve gone the other way too. Give me lightness of stuff any day. The all-purpose packing list provides clarity in the midst of the confusion of getting ready. Have fun in what my dad called “Hippieville” (that nickname came from 1968 when hippies were squatting in houses throughout Pitkin county and cavorting naked in Paepcke park). The grocery stores are rather ordinary, especially considering that it’s Aspen.

]]> By: Tommy http://asymptotia.com/2008/07/07/stuff/#comment-122710 Tommy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:06:35 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/?p=2433#comment-122710 I've done the arrival with no socks. The list of things I've forgotten is, well, too long to list. I've since taken to the practice of making a handy packing list in Google documents for myself a few days before. Then after a day or so I remember all the stuff I forgot and add it to the list. By the time I have to pack, its pretty much all there. Plus, since I check everything off as I pack them, it saves my OCD self from constantly wondering if I actually packed various items. Then again, I'm a complete and total nerd. On that note, enjoy Aspen! I haven't been in a couple of years myself, I definitely miss it. Now, if we could just convince them to hold some winter workshops for string theorists, that'd be perfect. I’ve done the arrival with no socks. The list of things I’ve forgotten is, well, too long to list. I’ve since taken to the practice of making a handy packing list in Google documents for myself a few days before. Then after a day or so I remember all the stuff I forgot and add it to the list. By the time I have to pack, its pretty much all there. Plus, since I check everything off as I pack them, it saves my OCD self from constantly wondering if I actually packed various items. Then again, I’m a complete and total nerd. On that note, enjoy Aspen! I haven’t been in a couple of years myself, I definitely miss it. Now, if we could just convince them to hold some winter workshops for string theorists, that’d be perfect.

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