tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post3795515028887562202..comments2023-11-11T21:26:46.689+00:00Comments on This Side of Sunday: Meston Walk, Part ThreeJon Couttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-30020583328525507642009-12-12T07:17:34.409+00:002009-12-12T07:17:34.409+00:00yeah but we'll all be texting our wives half t...yeah but we'll all be texting our wives half the time so it won't be that great.Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-20501007630002079702009-12-11T23:53:55.141+00:002009-12-11T23:53:55.141+00:00could I skype in on your coffee shop conversation?...could I skype in on your coffee shop conversation?Tony Tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619319927519736211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-50708158017525252562009-12-10T14:58:44.861+00:002009-12-10T14:58:44.861+00:00well said Colinwell said ColinStewartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-40271800216416519672009-12-08T20:21:43.771+00:002009-12-08T20:21:43.771+00:00I'm with you all the way Jon. There is a real...I'm with you all the way Jon. There is a real connection that happens when we walk the streets of our town. Real community and not virtual community. Like you I've got nothing against virtual community, except that it isn't real community. Put another way, I'd rather you, me, Matt and Stu were sitting around a table in a coffee shop or on a bench in a park having this conversation. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy this format exists as you say, but it's still not the same as the real thing. Same for driving v. walking. It's about connecting.Colin Toffelmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857934895856384717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-67064227722975975492009-12-08T08:02:30.885+00:002009-12-08T08:02:30.885+00:00That's great where you live in Montreal. I thi...That's great where you live in Montreal. I think that would be a fantastic place to live. To me that's the eqivalent of moving to Europe, except without the loss of a certain Canadiana. I'm so pleased for you, it must be awesome!Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-90514358419386275552009-12-08T08:00:05.104+00:002009-12-08T08:00:05.104+00:00What can I say about Manhattan? Maybe I need to he...What can I say about Manhattan? Maybe I need to hear what to like about it. Like I said, it was just no Annie Hall or Crimes or Misdemeanors. Those movies would get 8s or 9s from me. This one just wasn't nearing them. But perhaps I need help appreciating it?<br /><br />"walking barefoot". Yeah, that's true! Ha!<br /><br />Ugh, I do not want to sound anti-technology or anything. But the point remains, and it seems to me these things can only retain their goodness in their lives if these things are wrestled with.<br /><br />So I'm going to get off the computer and walk barefoot downstairs and make some toast for me and my kids.Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-35939743985878612012009-12-08T05:01:26.218+00:002009-12-08T05:01:26.218+00:00oh yeah -Manhattan only gets 6/10? That's too...oh yeah -Manhattan only gets 6/10? That's too bad. I hoped you might enjoy it more.s$shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332235497811000409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-41916405006201570322009-12-08T04:18:31.108+00:002009-12-08T04:18:31.108+00:00I did it in reverse...the real first and then the ...I did it in reverse...the real first and then the virtual. All i got to say is that it's all good. Can't wait to do it again for real in a couple of weeks!Stewartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-38058436503784949592009-12-08T04:03:34.546+00:002009-12-08T04:03:34.546+00:00I spent a month at the beginning of this school ye...I spent a month at the beginning of this school year basically off-line. It came when I had just moved into a neighbourhood where I am a few (5, 10, maybe 20) minutes from almost everywhere I ever need to go in Montreal. The combination of suddenly walking everywhere and not going online was... something. I don't know what. but it was very very positive.<br /><br />It IS more real/connected/whatever. In the same way that it would be more real to walk around barefoot.<br /><br />It's the way our ancestors experienced the world, and so I think we carry that around with us in all sorts of ways.<br /><br />Anyways, I loved this post. I'll probably take the walk online now.s$shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332235497811000409noreply@blogger.com