Comments on: Public Leisure and Valuing Free Time http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/09/04/public-leisure-and-valuing-free-time/ Bargain destinations and the cheapest places to travel Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:25:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gary http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/09/04/public-leisure-and-valuing-free-time/comment-page-1/#comment-153356 gary Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:43:59 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=1321#comment-153356 Another great article, Tim. So much of American culture has been reduced to how quickly the garage door closes, only to fire up the HDTV, logging into Facebook, running our games and Twittering nonsense. And we wonder why we're fat, self-absorbed and ideologically far right of center. Pass the Prozac. It's OK, it's not a pre-existing condition. Another great article, Tim.

So much of American culture has been reduced to how quickly the garage door closes, only to fire up the HDTV, logging into Facebook, running our games and Twittering nonsense.

And we wonder why we’re fat, self-absorbed and ideologically far right of center.

Pass the Prozac. It’s OK, it’s not a pre-existing condition.

]]> By: jim johnston http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/09/04/public-leisure-and-valuing-free-time/comment-page-1/#comment-153141 jim johnston Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:14:01 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=1321#comment-153141 Curiously, here in Mexico City where open green space is rare, many of the smaller parks are underused. Mexicans like crowds, so they all go the the same place--Chapultepec Park. You're right on about the time=money equation. It doesn't exist here--and my life is surely better for it. jim johnston, mexico city Curiously, here in Mexico City where open green space is rare, many of the smaller parks are underused. Mexicans like crowds, so they all go the the same place–Chapultepec Park.
You’re right on about the time=money equation. It doesn’t exist here–and my life is surely better for it.
jim johnston, mexico city

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