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From Tabusintac to Tokyo
True stories only slightly embellished
By Jeremiah Sutherland
Copyright (c) 2007 Jeremiah Sutherland
Dedication
To H.S. and D.W., who made me who I am today. Well, all the good parts in any case. Any failings are, of course, my responsibility.
Contents
Introduction
Tabusintac Hill
Dirty Snowballs for Breakfast
Catholic and French
A Shad in the Bed
Dining For Disaster 16
How Coffee Led To My Education 21
High Arctic Daze 28
Corporate Malfeasance 35
Mega Mess in Montana 39
In the Belly of the Beast 50
Keep Your Friends Close 53
Wilderness Man I 59
Wilderness Man II 63
You Can't Go Home Again - I (so don't even think about it) 67
You Can't Go Home Again - II 74
A Nice Place to Visit 77
Japanese Diet 81
Introduction
There is a fine line between being a storyteller and a bullshitter. There is an even finer line between being a bullshitter and a liar. I come from a long line of storytellers. However, it is wise to keep in mind that any storyteller may occasionally wander across the line to bullshitting from time to time. Only in the interests of a better story, you understand.
Anyone who writes a story strictly from his perspective, and swears it's the unvarnished truth, is a liar. We all have a version of reality that's coloured by our perceptions and thought processes. The farther back in time one goes in one's memory, the more likely it will be that the intervening years will have shaded the bright colours of what we thought we saw, heard and did. The pai