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I was listening to NPR yesterday on the way to Painesville Elevator (yes, one of the nice things about a small town outside of Cleveland is there's still a Feed Mill. Ask your grandfather) to buy bird seed and caught part of ST. Here's the blurb:

Author Geoff Dyer is the breed of travel writer who prides himself as a �counter-tourist�: he has traveled all over the world without ever snapping a photograph; he hates sunsets in exotic places -- too much pressure to enjoy it; and he deplores mass tourism. Geoff�s approach to travel is reflected in title of latest book, �Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It.� For instance, Geoff chose to go to Rome at the precise time in the summer when virtually the entire population had fled the city for the annual holiday. His stories take us all over the world, but his focus is more on how he sees during his trips, rather than what he sees.

You know all about my collection of quotes. Think about something Geoff said in a not entirely serious way:

Maybe there's something in buildings and people that sort of aspires to ruination.

What do you think? Is it the heroic fault?