Comments on: Good for nothing kid or future saint? http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/ Leif Pettersen's battery-powered rise to the zenith of travel writing rapture Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:27:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Killing Batteries » It’s Tuscany Month at Killing Batteries http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-136430 Killing Batteries » It’s Tuscany Month at Killing Batteries Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:48:30 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-136430 [...] fishing?” No really, where are we going? This is what’s pissing me off today (Nov. 26th, 2007) Good for nothing kid or future saint? The delicate art of accepting free crap Dangerously Drunk Hitchhiker and A$$hole Gas Station [...] [...] fishing?” No really, where are we going? This is what’s pissing me off today (Nov. 26th, 2007) Good for nothing kid or future saint? The delicate art of accepting free crap Dangerously Drunk Hitchhiker and A$$hole Gas Station [...]

]]> By: What Difference Does it Make? http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-15450 What Difference Does it Make? Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:51:21 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-15450 You are boring beyond belief. Your CA-RAZY writing is the defintions of boredom. Your calculated, trite "surprise" makes me tired. You are CA-RAZY my friend! Keep up the great work! Lonely Planet ROCKS because of writers like you. You make it exactly what it is - and on that point, I'm completely serious, of course. You are boring beyond belief. Your CA-RAZY writing is the defintions of boredom. Your calculated, trite “surprise” makes me tired. You are CA-RAZY my friend! Keep up the great work! Lonely Planet ROCKS because of writers like you. You make it exactly what it is – and on that point, I’m completely serious, of course.

]]> By: ellascat http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-13683 ellascat Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:40:30 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-13683 leif, you make learning fun. excellent post. i especially loved your spelling of 'frea-kay.' leif,

you make learning fun. excellent post. i especially loved your spelling of ‘frea-kay.’

]]> By: Matt http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-12164 Matt Mon, 28 May 2007 19:22:12 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-12164 Yeah, Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun. I sorta categorized both as ruthless leaders and get them confused all the time too. Genghis Khan was from Mongolia. I actually had no idea where Attila the Hun was from, although I guess I should have had some, since I did think the Huns were in Europe. Yeah, Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun. I sorta categorized both as ruthless leaders and get them confused all the time too. Genghis Khan was from Mongolia. I actually had no idea where Attila the Hun was from, although I guess I should have had some, since I did think the Huns were in Europe.

]]> By: Romeo http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-12106 Romeo Mon, 28 May 2007 00:37:08 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-12106 Talk about that country: can you believe we're making good movies now? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/movies/28prix.html Talk about that country: can you believe we’re making good movies now?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/movies/28prix.html

]]> By: Leif http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-12009 Leif Sat, 26 May 2007 09:54:00 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-12009 Romeo the Romanian Minnesotan! Man, sounds like you've been busy. I don't have any signed contracts yet, but our paths may cross on two continents in the next few months. Keep in touch. And if you continue to live my life in reverse I may have to start collecting royalties. Romeo the Romanian Minnesotan! Man, sounds like you’ve been busy. I don’t have any signed contracts yet, but our paths may cross on two continents in the next few months. Keep in touch. And if you continue to live my life in reverse I may have to start collecting royalties.

]]> By: Romeo http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-11998 Romeo Sat, 26 May 2007 07:34:39 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-11998 Leif Even Pettersen! You ROCK my world! (That will warm your heart even though I'm a dark-haired male, instead of a blonde with large boobs, which is of course everyone's favorite kind of fan. Am I wrong? :)) Everyone else: I spent 20 years in Leif's Lonely Planet fief, the Moldavia&Moldova awkward twins. Well, mostly in Moldavia. (Guess which country I hail from.) I'll buy his book just for the sheer pleasure of reading it. (And screaming at him if he missed my favorite restaurant or that dingy half-truck-cum-sewer-trench-contraption that serves as a rock venue for my neighborhood.) I'll be back in Iasi for two weeks this July, Leif. Then I'm off to Paris for a month. Then I'm off to South-East Asia. (I got into a grad school, agonized over missing a nearly full scholarship, then finally told them to bugger off.) OK, I didn't tell them, but for two weeks I've been preparing that e-mail. Oh my God! Am I turning into... YOU? Leif Even Pettersen! You ROCK my world! (That will warm your heart even though I’m a dark-haired male, instead of a blonde with large boobs, which is of course everyone’s favorite kind of fan. Am I wrong? :))

Everyone else: I spent 20 years in Leif’s Lonely Planet fief, the Moldavia&Moldova awkward twins. Well, mostly in Moldavia. (Guess which country I hail from.) I’ll buy his book just for the sheer pleasure of reading it. (And screaming at him if he missed my favorite restaurant or that dingy half-truck-cum-sewer-trench-contraption that serves as a rock venue for my neighborhood.)

I’ll be back in Iasi for two weeks this July, Leif. Then I’m off to Paris for a month. Then I’m off to South-East Asia. (I got into a grad school, agonized over missing a nearly full scholarship, then finally told them to bugger off.) OK, I didn’t tell them, but for two weeks I’ve been preparing that e-mail.

Oh my God! Am I turning into… YOU?

]]> By: Amiel http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-11968 Amiel Fri, 25 May 2007 18:47:53 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-11968 Leif: answers to those questions are kind of the same as asking Irish/Basque separatists if the IRA/ETA are terrorists. It all depends on your point of view. (That's my way of avoiding answering your question). Leif: answers to those questions are kind of the same as asking Irish/Basque separatists if the IRA/ETA are terrorists. It all depends on your point of view. (That’s my way of avoiding answering your question).

]]> By: Lucas http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-11921 Lucas Thu, 24 May 2007 23:38:20 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-11921 Wait.. I thought china invaded tibet right after the peaceful ways of the buddhists sparked a spiritual transformation in brad pitt? Wait.. I thought china invaded tibet right after the peaceful ways of the buddhists sparked a spiritual transformation in brad pitt?

]]> By: Leif http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-11887 Leif Thu, 24 May 2007 08:34:28 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/good-for-nothing-kid-or-future-saint/#comment-11887 Gemma – You're full of all kinds of interesting information! What? No inner-city education? Oh right, you studied in Europe. Lucky. And yes, Francis is starting to grow on me. I imagine I'd be the same way if I had a trust fund and not much direction and I liked to have a big night out once in a while. He's a saint that you can share a beer with. That's more than you can say about that stick in the mud Catherine. Amiel – but are those wars/invasion BECAUSE of Buddhism? I'm asking. I really don't know. Did China invade Tibet in the name of Buddhism or because they're dickheads? Ditto Sri Lanka? Man, I'm learning more this week just from working and blogging than I learned in my senior year of high school. Gemma – You’re full of all kinds of interesting information! What? No inner-city education? Oh right, you studied in Europe. Lucky. And yes, Francis is starting to grow on me. I imagine I’d be the same way if I had a trust fund and not much direction and I liked to have a big night out once in a while. He’s a saint that you can share a beer with. That’s more than you can say about that stick in the mud Catherine.

Amiel – but are those wars/invasion BECAUSE of Buddhism? I’m asking. I really don’t know. Did China invade Tibet in the name of Buddhism or because they’re dickheads? Ditto Sri Lanka?

Man, I’m learning more this week just from working and blogging than I learned in my senior year of high school.

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