tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post5111625420484958364..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: And once again The Marmot rubs it in our faces that he gets paid to go to neat placeskushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-59011286362006516402010-09-30T13:40:42.846+09:002010-09-30T13:40:42.846+09:00Well, of course there are neater places than this,...Well, of course there are neater places than this, but that he <i>gets paid</i> to go is what I'm jealous of.<br /><br />I have tried my hand at travel writing, but in the end I got rejected from some big names because my writing didn't have enough too-cool-for-school snark. Apparently, they want people like <a href="http://www.monster-island.net/2010/08/not-isabella-bird-reincarnate.html" rel="nofollow">this person</a>.<br /><br />(In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have used phrases like too-cool-for-school, but you'd think I'd have slam dunked the snark.)kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-61123903579316517782010-09-30T13:07:21.242+09:002010-09-30T13:07:21.242+09:00When I first skimmed your title, I thought he was ...When I first skimmed your title, I thought he was off to someplace really neat like The International Space Station or McMurdo Station.<br /><br />Nice...yes. Neat...not so much.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.com