I'm back in Minneapolis. We just drove the van back from way up north (we started and ended the canoe trip at Moose Lake, east of Ely). I've been away from civilization (like, any civilization) for a while. It was nice. I celebrated the 4th of July by drinking whiskey from a plastic bottle on an uninhabited island just across the border in Ontario.

I'd like to never touch e-mail again. I'd also like to stomp on my cell phone.

More as I get reacclimated to this laptop thing. I've got a flight back to SFO tomorrow and I'll probably get a chance to write a nice big essay about something clichéd like the pointlessness of modern conveniencess and accumulations. Stay tuned for that.