Topper's TravelsTopper Kain's blog. Topper Kain is a world-famous kazoo player and traditional norwegian food chef. He wants you to use the comments. Sunday, March 06, 2005Wow... I just read a celebratory view of western civilization. How often do you get that? The best part is that it is called "The Black Armband View of History," which it specificily and vocal tries to counter. It seems like academics in the humanities and social sciences have trouble naming their essays in a logical manner...On a more personal note, I had a pretty good weekend. On Friday we sent away all the Med Students to their hedonistic drink fest called MedCamp, and then I went to the Footy with Andy, Craig, and the Bourge. Footy (Australian Rules Football) is great fun to watch. Essentially, a ball carrier can run with the ball for 15m, and then they have to bounce it off the ground, or they can kick or punch it to another player (but not throw it). If the ball is kicked and caught without bouncing, the player who caught it may not be hit provided he does not engaged in forward motion (this is called taking a mark). Points are scored by sending the ball through a set of 4 upright poles with no cross bar. If kicked through the middle set of uprights, it is worth 6 points, if it goes through the outer uprights it is worth 1, and if it is punched, touched, or ran in anywhere it is worth 1. After footy was Marissa's 21st birthday, which was at an irish bar with a cover band. They weren't very good and the drinks were expensive, but the company was great. I then joined the Loyola students on their regular migration on the nightrider bus. And Frank (I think) accidently threw orange juice all over me. Nice of him, really. Saturday was studying, dinner at Nando's and the Australian-American Cultural Exchange program (I showed Aussies how to play Beer Pong). I think it will be a sensation crossing the nation here. We certainly had a lot of fun. Sunday was sleep, Formula 1 on the TV, and movies. Somethings never change... .: posted by Topper 6:33 PM
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