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Second Circumperambulation

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Roger

I walked around Lake Geneva again with three friends. It’s 20.6 miles around. It took us nine-and-a-half hours — beginning at 8:30 and finishing around 6:00 — including a leisurely hour for lunch in Fontana. The weather was perfect for … Continue reading →

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Reptile-Amphibian #14 — Green Frog

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Roger

rana clamitans Friday, October 5, 2007 — 6:30 pm McHenry County, Illinois — Hickory Grove Conservation Area Most frogs are green, so it makes total sense that Green Frog would actually be the name of a frog that is brown. … Continue reading →

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The Great Panjandrum Part Two

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Roger

Where did Nevil Shute get the name for the device created to break through the Atlantic Wall? It seems that a British actor named Charles Macklin, back in 1755, was bragging that he could recite any paragraph from memory after … Continue reading →

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The Great Panjandrum Part One

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Roger

Last night, I finished reading A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute. I browsed around on the Internet to see if the book was made into a movie. (It was — two movies, actually.) Anyway, that lead me to this … Continue reading →

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Harold Holt, We Hardly Knew Ya

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Roger

I’m currently reading In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson. On the first page, I read this: Australia is such a difficult country to keep track of. On my first visit, some years ago, I passed the time on the … Continue reading →

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