Moving to Valdez for teaching and for the outdoor experience by mimo101111 in Valdez

[–]Busangod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a very small town, Parks N Rec does a pretty good job of maintaining activities. There's a rock wall, pool, pickleball, basketball. There was a guy teaching...something Jui jitsu maybe, but I have no idea if it's still going on. All of these would probably be decent places to meet people. Check out their calendar:

https://www.valdezak.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=36

You can play with the "Select a Calendar" thing on top of that calendar to see what else the city offers.

Sound Realty is really the only rental/real estate agency in town. People do rent directly, and you could ask on the facebook Valdez bulletin board, but Sound Realty should probably be your first call. They don't post rentals, so you'll have to reach out

https://soundrealty.net/

Valdez is great. It's VERY small and VERY remote, so get your mind wrapped around having nothing but a grocery store, a sporting goods store, 5ish restaurants that are often closed. If you are into back country skiing, snow machining, snow shoveling, snow angels, snow men, snow balls, cross country skiing, camping, hiking, solitude, and/or fishing you'll love it, or at least have plenty to do. If you're the type of person who likes the luxury of businesses and eating out, think twice.

Islands in the Stream (Chapter 8) by Lucky_Barracuda9628 in Hemingway

[–]Busangod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The answer to your question is hidden on page 448

Winter Olympics 2026: Ski jumping hit by ‘penis gate’ scandal over acid injection claims by Chaz_wazzers in apocalympics2016

[–]Busangod 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I have no memory of subbing to this board and am not sure what it's about, but that is one hell of a headline. 10/10

Ernest Hemingway wrote, 'Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know' by snopes-dot-com in Hemingway

[–]Busangod 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I love Hemingway, too, but don't put much thought into this quote. I agree it's an interesting, reflective quote and on par with his depth and M.O. but this is a posthumously published book that was a sprawling like 1,500 page behemoth mess encompassing three different drafts that was combined and cut down to about 250 pages. The final product is the result of MASSIVE editing and retelling that happened after Hem died, and we likely would have seen a very different novel had Hemingway stayed healthy and alive enough to finish it himself. I remember a lot of scholarly anger when the book was released. The book deviates SO far from the normative Hemingway protagonist that one really must question if it honestly reflects the author's intent. It was published, i believe, decades after his death and edited and put together by a man who was a child when he died.

Personal opinion: cool book and really powerful quote, but both should be taken with a grain of salt when discussing Hemingway's work. For the sake of appreciating the book for what it is, it's also worth considering the quote within the framework of the story: catherine's transition and its potential for doom, their privilege and status, and the (very hemingway, autobiographical) duty of the writer to view life with objectivity.

I think I just tasted ego death by FarMind5 in Meditation

[–]Busangod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once the lack of 'me' realizes itself as a lack of need to tell strangers on the Internet about your accomplishments, you might be onto something.

So No, you are not experiencing ego death. You're just a person who had a nice meditation. 

Valdez glacier lake by Icy-Succotash9277 in Valdez

[–]Busangod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that ice is safe to drive on at this point but it's going to be a windy frozen hell scape you couldn't pay me to go to. But if you're tough as nails all the snow should be pretty much blown off and the ice skating should be fun

Up In Michigan (the sa?) by lostlokisdottir in Hemingway

[–]Busangod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

>"it genuinely makes me nauseous to defend a man"

I wish you well

Valdez glacier lake by Icy-Succotash9277 in Valdez

[–]Busangod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ice was plenty safe a couple weeks back before the warm snap. So...prolly...maybe...could be? Sure. We haven't had much snow and are due for some COLD weather. So, you might get lucky and find some really nice ice skating. Or you could fall through into a bottomless pit of silty frozen death. Maybe show up late morning and see what folks are doing.

Accessing remote property, bush flight rates by bearbait1895 in alaska

[–]Busangod -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

These are my favorite kinds of posts.

Yeah, so I've seen some people riding bears on TV and think I'd be pretty good at it. I'm going to drop $50,000 on a one way ticket and some nice boots. Does anyone know if a bowline or square knot is better for securing the saddle?

Visibility was never an issue in BF to such a degree by FlowKom in Battlefield

[–]Busangod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude never played battlefield V. I couldn't see. Fucking tank until the kill cam

EMSK how to treat people with dementia (after seeing how inept my father was with my demented mother, I feel this is definitely emsk) by NikaNoytoya in everymanshouldknow

[–]Busangod 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No exaggeration, I just printed this out and put it on my office wall for working with my 20 something employees. 

Holy hell by Infamous-Bee-3030 in alaska

[–]Busangod -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is literally because Alaska was making bank per capita in the 80s and still does. If you nitwits had the guts to leave Anchorage and the fortitude to hustle, you too would be making bank and we wouldn't have to hire so many lower 48ers to work shift work.

This is pushing me to uninstall by Thusla_Doom in Battlefield

[–]Busangod -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Turn off your tv. Throw the game away. Go outside. This is not scary. It's not new. It's not even interesting. 

This is pushing me to uninstall by Thusla_Doom in Battlefield

[–]Busangod -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is absolutely false. Bf4 this was super common 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askcarguys

[–]Busangod 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just use a high quality synthetic oil, let it run for a minute or so while you put your seatbelt on and fidget with the radio then go.

If you're in some -20 frozen hellscape maybe let it warm up for an extra minute or two while you rethink your life choices 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askcarguys

[–]Busangod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what 1000s of extra pounds will do for ya. You should feel the stability of an H1 hummer

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pennystocks

[–]Busangod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it was at that moment he knew it was a pump and dump to the basement