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Do you enjoy time-travel as a theme in books or movies?
If you could go anywhere, anywhen, where would you go?
Time travel novels I've known and loved:
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. This novel was realistic enough that any time Henry was flung about in time (or was chronologically displaced, as all his travels were involuntary) none of his personal effects went with him, making finding clothing his first priority wherever he landed.
The Outlander series by Diane Gabaldon also captivated me. WWII English nurse Claire first accidentally stumbles through a time portal among the standing stones of Scotland, and then later discovers the secrets of voluntary movement back and forth. I'd go back to 18th century Scotland, too, if I could find a Jamie there!
I do not understand why pNut hasn't bought a kilt yet, given his legs and heritage (Scots on both sides). The rewards would be substantial.
As for my favorite time travel movie, that would have to be the romantic Somewhere in Time, starring an impossibly young Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and a luscious soundtrack.
Yes, I am a hopeful romantic.
Now, here's my thought about traveling backwards or forwards: As a woman I wouldn't want to go back in time. Times have always been dangerous for women and I would likely be thrown in an asylum or burned at the stake for attitudes and beliefs that seem perfectly natural to me. Nor do I think it would be particularly wise for any person of color to go back, either, unless they could avoid the white folks altogether.
(Like most of my thoughts, this was not an original one, as a google search turned up Louis CK saying that, as a white guy, time travel to anywhere or anywhen in the past would absolutely rock for him. He does not, however, want to go to the future and see comeuppance might be in store....)
There are other disadvantages to going backwards, as well
The past smells bad. I mean it. Go too far back and they don't have basic hygiene, much less antibiotics. You could die from a cat scratch, or get rabies from a rusty nail. And they have lousy coffee.
So, forward I should go. I'd make my first trip a short one, maybe 10 years out, and stay just long enough to figure out the investment equivalent of Apple or Google I would bring back and implement here to secure my retirement. I do have a practical side, after all. Then I'd start traveling forward in 100 year increments to give myself a chance to acclimate for the purpose of seeing if humanity has wised up any.
Being a romantic, I expect they will.
What would you expect to find in the next 10, 100, or 200 years?
Were we not promised jetpacks?
Latest Updates on Kossack Regional Meet-Up News Below the New Day sunrise cloud
:: COMMUNITY BUILDING UPDATES ::
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Let's build communities!
Every region needs a meatspace community like SFKossacks.
We take care of each other in real life.
I urge YOU to take the lead and organize one in your region.
Please tell us about it if you do and we're here for advice.
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>>>Instructions on HOW TO FORM A NEW DAILY KOS GROUP
NEW GROUPS IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING:
Send a Kosmail to the organizers and ask for an invitation to the group.
• Northern Indiana Area: Kosmail Tim Delaney
• Long Island: Kosmail grannycarol
• Northern Michigan: Kosmail JillS
• Nebraska: Kosmail Nebraska68847Dem
• Westburbia Chicago Kossacks: Kosmail Majordomo
• Caprock Kossacks (Panhandle/Caprock/Lubbock/Amarillo area) : Kosmail shesaid
• West Texas Kossacks (including Big Bend Region and El Paso) : Kosmail Yo Bubba
• Las Vegas Kossacks: Kosmail miracle11
• Vermont Kossacks: Kosmail 4Freedom
• Silicon Valley Kossacks: Kosmail Glen The Plumber
Note to the above new leaders: Feel free to leave a comment any day reminding readers about your new group. Also, tell us about your progress in gathering members. Kosmail me when you've chosen a good name for your group and have created a the group. Then I'll move you to the NEW GROUPS LIST. When you've planned a date for your first event I'll make a banner for you to highlight your event in our diaries and your diaries.
These are the groups that have started since * NEW DAY * began. Please Kosmail navajo if you have started a group before that.
NEW GROUPS LIST:
• California Central Valley Kossacks - Formed: Jul 29, 2012, Organizer: tgypsy
• New England Kossacks - Formed: Aug 6, 2012, Organizers:
Clytemnestra for Lower New England (Conneticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island)
nhox42 for Upper New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)
• Houston Area Kossacks - Formed: Aug 7, 2012, Organizer: Chrislove
• Kossacks in India - Formed: Aug 14, 2012, Organizer: chandu
• CenTex Kossacks - Formed: Sep 9, 2012, Organizer: papa monzano
• Central Ohio Kossacks - Formed: Sep 26, 2012, Organizer: VetGrl
• Kansas City Kossacks - Formed Oct 15, 2012, Organizer: [Founder stepped down]
• Phoenix Kossacks - Formed Oct 16, 2012, Organizer: arizonablue
• Chicago Kossacks - Formed: Oct 31, 2012, Organizer: figbash
• Koscadia the Pacific Northwest coast from Northern California to Alaska
- Formed Oct 17, 2012, Oganizer: Horace Boothroyd III based in Portland, OR
• Boston Kossacks - Formed: Nov 7, 2012, Organizer: GreyHawk
• Motor City Kossacks South East Michigan (Detroit) Area - Formed: Nov 10, 2012, Organizer: peregrine kate
• Pittsburgh Area Kossacks - Formed: Nov 12, 2012, Organizer: dweb8231
• Salt Lake City Kossacks - Formed: Nov 17, 2012, Organizer: War on Error
• Twin Cities Kossacks - Formed: Nov 17, 2012, Organizer: imonlylurking
• Dallas Kossacks North Texas - Formed: Nov 21, 2012, Admins: Catte Nappe and dalfireplug. Please contact them to join the group. An Event Organizer needed.
• The Southern California Inland Empire Kossacks - Formed: Dec 3, 2012, Organizer: SoCaliana
• Los Angeles Kossacks - Formed: Dec 17, 2012, Organizer: Dave in Northridge
• Northeast Ohio Kossacks - Formed: Jan 16, 2013, Organizer: GenXangster
• Kansas & Missouri Kossacks - Formed: Jan 17, 2013, Organizer: tmservo433
• I-77 Carolina Kossacks who live from Columbia, SC to north of Winston-Salem, NC. - Formed: Jan 30, 2013, Organizers: gulfgal98 and eeff
• Indianapolis Kossacks - Formed: Feb 6, 2013, Organizer: CityLightsLover
• Southwest Ohio Kossacks - Formed: May 10, 2013, Organizer: Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN
• Northern Arizona Kossacks - Formed: Jul 5, 2013, Organizer: Sam Sara
• Mexican Kossacks - Formed: Apr 14, 2013, Organizer: roberb7
• New York Hudson Valley Kossacks - Formed: Oct 27, 2012, Organizer: boran2
• North Carolina Triangle Kosmopolitans - Formed: Aug 2, 2013, Organizer: highacidity
ESTABLISHED GROUPS LIST: (List will grow as we discover them)
• SFKossacks Founded by navajo, Formed: May 2, 2005
• Maryland Kos Founded by timmyc, Formed: Feb 23, 2011. Contact: JamieG from Md for a group invite.
• New York City Founded by Eddie C - Contact the group organizer for meet-up events: sidnora
• Baja Arizona Kossacks, Event Organizer: Azazello
• Three Star Kossacks Tennessee, Founded by maryKK, Formed: Apr 8, 2011
• Nashville KosKats, Founded by ZenTrainer Formed: Jan 30, 2012
• Virginia Kos Founded by JamieG from Md, Formed: May 3, 2011
• Kos Georgia Founded by pat208, Formed: Feb 13, 2011
• Colorado COmmunity Founded by Leftcandid, Formed: Feb 13, 2011
• New Mexico Kossaks Founded by claude
• Philly Kos Founded by mconvente Formed: Aug 29, 2011
• DKos Florida Founded by ThirstyGator, Formed: Feb 14, 2011, Currently organizing: Kosmail Vetwife to be included in next event.
• Oklahoma Roundup Founded by BigOkie, Formed: Feb 13, 2011, Currently organizing: Kosmail peacearena to be included.
• DKos Asheville Founded by davehouck, Formed: Feb 13, 2011 - Organizing Assist by: randallt
• San Diego Kossacks Founded by La Gitane, Formed: Nov 18, 2011
:: Events Currently on the Books for ALL Kossacks ::
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Wednesday, October 30th
I-77 Kossacks Last Minute Meet-up
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Sir Edmund Halley's Restaurant and Freehouse
4151 Park Road • Charlotte
ORGANIZER: Send Fineena and SteelerGrrl. Send SteelerGrrl a kosmail to attend.
RSVPs:
1. Fineena
2. edrie
3. SteelerGrrl
4. SteelerDude
5.
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Latest diary: Calling all I-77 Kossacks: Charlotte meetup 10/30
Saturday, November 2nd
SFKossacks BBQ in the Wine Country
TIME: NOON
LOCATION: Andrew McGuire's home in the Wine Country
Address to be given privately to RSVPs • Windsor
Andrew McGuire is Executive Director of California One Care
We will also be honoring Día de los Muertos with an altar, feel free to bring something to place there.
Please volunteer for beverages & side dishes needed below. Andrew will be supplying all of the grilled meats.
- POTLUCK SIGNUP -
Beverages:
20 bottles of wine [11 down, 9 to go]
10 six-packs of beer [1 down, 9 to go]
5 six-packs soft drinks
5 six-packs bottles of water
Appetizers:
6 appetizers, anything goes here. Whatcha' got? [3 down, 3 to go]
Side Dishes:
4 green salads needed, each to feed 10 [2 down, 2 to go]
4 side dishes needed, each to feed 10 [2 down, 2 to go]
Desserts:
6 desserts [2 down, 4 to go]
ORGANIZER: Send navajo a kosmail to attend.
RSVPs:
1. Andrew McGuire
2. navajo +6 bottles of champagne
3. Shockwave
4. Hunter
5. elfing + tomato city salad
6. Hunter & elfling offspring
7. smileycreek
8. paradise50
9. dharmasyd (will carpool with either jpmassar or ceebee7 from Berkeley)
10. maggiejean +wine + side dish
11. norm (will drive carpool from Oakland) +broccoli-cauliflower casserole
12. Lusty + brownies
13. dksbook
14. Mr. dksbook
15. kimoconnor (needs carpool from Mission District in SF)
16. jpmassar + dessert
17. side pocket + stuffed mushroom apps + onion dip with crackers + one 6pk beer
18. Mrs. side pocket
19. ceebee7
20. ceebee7's sister
21. leema (will drive carpool from Marin)
22. marge +appetizers + large green salad
23. Glen The Plumber
24. remembrance
25. TLO™
26. jotter +4 bottles of wine
Maybees:
Saturday, November 9th
Kansas & Missouri Kossacks Meet-up
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Trey Bistro
21 N 9th Street • Columbia, MO
ORGANIZER: Send tmservo433 a kosmail to attend.
RSVPs:
1. tmservo433
2. Man Oh Man
3. cweb7
4. glitterscale+friends
5. kj in missouri
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Latest diary: Columbia, Missouri Get Together.. Details & KC Info
Saturday, November 16th
Indianapolis Kossacks Meet-up
TIME: 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Pancho's Tacqueria
9658 Allisonville Road • Fishers
ORGANIZER: Send CityLightsLover a kosmail to attend.
RSVPs:
1. CityLightsLover
2. Yours Truly
3. Mokurai
4. Alexandra Lynch
5. avalonbear
6. Tim DeLaney
7. Dragon5616
8.
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Latest diary: [Waiting for linked diary]
Saturday, November 16th
Kansas & Missouri Kossacks Meet-up
TIME: TBD
LOCATION: TBD
TBD • Kansas City
ORGANIZER: Send tmservo433 a kosmail to attend.
RSVPs:
1. tmservo433
2. Statusquomustgo
3. ShowMeMoBlue
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Latest diary: Columbia, Missouri Get Together.. Details & KC Info
Sunday, November 17th
Los Angeles Kossacks Meet-up
TIME: TBD
LOCATION: TBD
TBD • TBD
ORGANIZER: Send Dave in Northridge a kosmail to attend.
RSVPs:
1. Dave in Northridge
2. susans
3. Otoelbc
4. Joe Bacon
5. jakedog42
6. DontTaseMeBro
7. DontTaseMeBro's husband
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Latest diary: Los Angeles Kossacks: October 19 Meetup, Saladang Song, Pasadena
Send navajo a kosmail if you post a diary about an event so we can update our round-up.
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