Ah, there's a patch of water.
I liked the look of the eutrophic surface of the lake, with the state capitol building in the distance:
The UW campus paradise:
But don't let the idyllic scenery fool you. You are living in hell:
UPDATE: Welcome Instapundit readers. But... do people understand my last line? Is it too enigmatic? I hate to get out my sledgehammer, but I think a lot people are misreading "You are living in hell." I'm not saying that graffiti makes me realize that Madison is hell! I'm interpreting the mental state of the graffiti writer, whom I disapprove of.
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Way to walk the walk, Ann! Nice pics.
(Memo to magic marker monkey: Freedom to deface public property in the U.S.A. isn't so much a crime as it just isn't a widely recognized freedom.)
That brings back memories. I don't know how many times I walked or jogged along that path.
My personal favorite Madison graffiti was in the Park St tunnel, under the train tracks. Something-something-something "it's screaming at you!"
Is that still there?
I hope to think in my young, immature days I was not as blind. Alas, it probably wasn't completely so.
But then, mistaking the ability to deface public property with freedom has always been a common misinterpretation to most people not funding those public works.
*shrug* It's the man. Man.
It is the price we pay to have the coolest job in the world in some of the nicest places. Universities attract a lot of folks. Most of the smart ones graduate and move on. The idiots stick around and write graffiti. Some of them write long graffiti and get it published. They have tenure.
Stealthlawprof:
Come on - try to be nicer when speaking about Anne.
And spell my name right.
Now, now, now. Lest anyone misunderstand me, I certainly do not regard Ann as one of the "idiots". Note I said it is the price we have to pay, i.e., those of us who are the rare rational academics. I certainly include Ann and might be so presumptuous to include myself as well in that group.
Kenny: I think you've misread my post. I'm not saying Madison is hell. I'm translating the graffiti.
reminds me of the time my wife and I were bicycling in madison west of the monona terrace along the lake. there was a larger dilapidated park over there(5 years ago). saw a BJ(fellatio) being given to a guy standing there looking at the lake, no privacy, some trees, but not a busy park either.
I was a little ahead of my wife, so I just headed off a different way, didn't want her to see that out in the open, not that there's anything wrong with it in private.
ah, madison...
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