Patrick Meagher (southplumb)
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Location | Durham, North Carolina, United States |
| Introduction | I am a Durham native and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill after studying biology and anthropology. I have written for or produced illustrations, etc. for many newspapers, magazines, websites, and cable access and radio stations. I was a member of AML, later worked with USMLO, and was recently a member of the NCGP. I am distantly related to Irish bourgeois democratic revolutionary Thomas Francis Meagher, who was also a US general during the Civil War and an acting governor of territorial Montana. My profile image is an uncommon pinxterflower that grew near the edge of RTP in Durham for probably more than 20 years, but that bush and the entire population were seemingly killed by Duke Energy, though they knew about the flowers. The next nearest pinxterflowers I know of are miles away, so unless there are surviving sprouts or seeds, these rare azaleas are probably not going to return there anytime soon (see my 9/8/2018 DS post). I reserve the copyright on content I created while other content is posted with permission or under fair use. Unless otherwise stated, my posts don't represent any group. I rarely check the listed email. |
| Interests | French, Japanese, Spanish, Mesoamerica, the Neotropics, East Asia, Afghanistan, Albania, Mesopotamia, Mexico, Socialist Bloc countries, Marxism-Leninism, astronomy, myth, political economy, political ecology, animation, biology, anthropology, France, Japan |
| Favorite Movies | 赤毛, Jean de Florette, 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, 火垂るの墓, 県立地球防衛軍, 刀語, 輪るピングドラム |
| Favorite Music | 演歌, 社会主义好, Teocalli |
| Favorite Books | Field Guide to the Piedmont: The Natural Habitats of America's Most Lived-in Region, from New York City to Montgomery, Alabama, Codex Borgia |
You're trapped in a well with a goat and a slinky. Describe how you will escape.
This is a hard scenario. I've seen species of mountain goat perched on what look like sheer cliffs, so if I can't climb out, maybe the goat can, and I can attach a message with the slinky. Or maybe I could shoot something out with the slinky, or use it like a rope, or dig out. Otherwise we're stuck. The goat sharing my misfortune or fate might be named Capella.