{"id":116,"date":"2004-11-19T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2004-11-19T18:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2004-11-19T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2004-11-19T18:40:51","slug":"when-a-straight-beats-a-flush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/2004\/11\/19\/when-a-straight-beats-a-flush\/","title":{"rendered":"When a straight beats a flush"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I came across this interesting link<\/a>, somewhat circuitously today. It involves the Pacific Northwest, and this particular story is about Neah Bay and the Makah Tribe<\/a>. My step-dad is Makah, and very active in Makah traditional and cultural life. He particularly does a lot of really beautiful copper-work, cut and painted to represent traditional and familial spirit and animal figures. The Makah are most known, recently, for the controversy revolving around their whaling<\/a>, particularly their recent hunt in 1999. There are some beautiful pictures of Pacific coastline and local rainforest worth checking out. Washington State is chock-full of natural beauty. Go us.<\/p>\n

Of other note, geographically, is this short article<\/a> from The Boston Globe on Montreal, with focus on their pop music scene and its success in the U.S. (Whether that’s a recommendation or not, I don’t know — I’m not particularly fond of “popular” American music.) But it’s a neat, short blurb that ends in saying, “Montreal is an artist’s town.” Go them. (Still, the thought of being surrounded by three million people is a bit daunting to a country-grown boy like myself.) For further stories of Montreal interest…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The phone rang yesterday, and I, crotchety hermit that I am, let it ring through because I didn’t recognize the caller id number (that and I’m a lazy bastard; we really don’t get that many “courtesy calls” these days). It turned out to be the Public Library downtown, calling me about a “Library Aide” position for 15 hours a week. I’ve got to call them back when I get off work today, but this surely means an interview at least (because they send letters if they reject you; I’ve been collecting them), and hopefully a job of some sort for low pay and lost evenings. But hey! I can stop living off my damned credit card! Go me.<\/p>\n

Time is short. Looking at the moment; it passes.
A quote to encourage ye, adventurers.<\/p>\n

Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell, and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Magician’s Nephew, C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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