He explained to me that its extraordinary fluid effects were worked in the hardest of woods - he was proud of his technical feat - before telling me his story.
He prowls Patagonia's headquarters, in Ventura, California, checking in on new designs (he showed me a sturdy down jacket that felt about as heavy as a paperclip and then said he'd kill me before telling me how they make it) and tinkering with a lightweight camp stove of his own invention at his desk.
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Let me be clear before telling you my little story: What I have been up to this past week should not be confused or even compared with the fantastic journalism being done around hurricane Sandy.
Now before you start writing that scathing comment telling me how stupid I am for implying these external factors have NO impact on our lives, please allow me to elaborate.
The approach is not something I've had before - someone screaming at my face, telling me as it is.
Let's put this in context: just a few hours before, one of my Timorese colleagues was telling me how he wanted to lay flowers today for his nine family members who died during the struggle, but how they only knew where two of the bodies were.
One woman came up to me to shake my hand during a commercial break, telling me she'd just finished arguing a case before the Supreme Court.
Now before somebody decides to state the obvious and reply to this comment by telling me dismissively that these are merely my opinions, well yes, they are my opinions.
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Then just before 5pm EST today I got the email you see at the bottom of this post telling me to disregard the first email.
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Now, before I get off the topic of the education, let me do a little more truth-telling.
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