http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/The-Invasion-of-the-Green-Team-.html
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Attack of the killer G's
2 months ago
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Before I continue on my delayed recaps...
I was thoroughly moved by an article about oinkers.
Can't wait to see you, McG.
I was thoroughly moved by an article about oinkers.
Can't wait to see you, McG.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
recap 1
Let's see...
In early December, I left Guyana after making a special trip to see a very large waterfall called Kaieteur. It was an hour flight s
outh of Georgetown and is technically known for having the (123rd) highest
"free-fall" of water on earth.
There are frogs found only in the Kaieteur national forest called the Kaieteur Golden Frog. If it were provoked and it jumped onto your upper lip, it could secrete a gas (160 thousand times stronger than cocaine) that would put you in a coma! They spend their entire (pathetic) lives in the same plant and are about the size of a thumbnail.
After that, I spent two weeks in Chicago and found an apartment.
Then I flew back to Seattle for the weeks leading up to Christmas and the New Year.
On January 5th, 2009, I got into my laden 1990 Toyota Camry and drove to Chicago...
In early December, I left Guyana after making a special trip to see a very large waterfall called Kaieteur. It was an hour flight s
outh of Georgetown and is technically known for having the (123rd) highest
"free-fall" of water on earth.There are frogs found only in the Kaieteur national forest called the Kaieteur Golden Frog. If it were provoked and it jumped onto your upper lip, it could secrete a gas (160 thousand times stronger than cocaine) that would put you in a coma! They spend their entire (pathetic) lives in the same plant and are about the size of a thumbnail.
After that, I spent two weeks in Chicago and found an apartment.Then I flew back to Seattle for the weeks leading up to Christmas and the New Year.
On January 5th, 2009, I got into my laden 1990 Toyota Camry and drove to Chicago...
Friday, January 23, 2009
Friday, November 28, 2008
dedly snake bai
Well, we found another labaria today. This one was big.
All the guys said it was the biggest one they've seen.
Did I mention that I leave camp tomorrow...for good?
All the guys said it was the biggest one they've seen.
Did I mention that I leave camp tomorrow...for good?
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
nerd alert
I read more books this year than I've read in my past or future combined!
in particular order:
The Phenomenon of Man (Pierre Teilhard De Chardin) nf
The Art of War (Sun Tzu) nf
Annals of the Former World (John McPhee) nf ~700pg (see ya)
in particular order:
- Ages in Chaos: James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time (Stephen Baxter) nf
- The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) f
- Animal Farm (George Orwell) f
- Blue Like Jazz (Donald Miller) nf
- The Case for a Creator (Lee Strobel) nf
- The Chomsky / Foucault Debate – On Human Nature (Noam Chomsky and Michael Foucault) nf (you're boring me, stop boring me!)
- A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess) f
- Deep Jungle: Travel to the Heart of the Rainforest (Fred Pearce) nf
- Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (Laurence Gonzales) nf
- Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness (Edward Abbey) nf
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Phillip K. Dick) f
- DUNE (Frank Herbert) f
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Hunter S. Thompson) f?
- The Fencing Master (Arturo Perz-Reverte) f
- The Flanders Panel (Arturo Perz-Reverte) f
- Frost at Christmas (R.D. Wingfield) f
- I love you, Beth Cooper (Larry Doyle) f
- The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man (Amir Aczel) nf
- The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) f (holy crap depressing)
- Krakatau: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (Simon Winchester) nf
- Lord of the Flies (William Golding) f
- The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Simon Winchester) nf
- Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis) nf
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Ken Kesey) f
- Plato: The Last Days of Socrates (Plato) nf
- The Portrait of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde) f
- The Road (Cormac McCarthy) f (holy crap depressing)
- The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis) f
- The Seville Communion (Arturo Perz-Reverte) f
- The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón) f
- Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp (C.D. Payne) f
- Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (Charles Seife) nf
- 1984 (George Orwell) f
The Phenomenon of Man (Pierre Teilhard De Chardin) nf
The Art of War (Sun Tzu) nf
Annals of the Former World (John McPhee) nf ~700pg (see ya)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
here you go, conor
(excerpt from e-mail to glenda)
How are you today? If I were you, I would sleep through the construction and wake up at about, oh, 11:30, shower until 12:30. After drying off, I would make myself some toast and then walk to a coffee shop close by, or not so close. Sipping, I would stare out the window and decide whether I should keep walking in the opposite direction of Margene's apt. At the last sip, I would violently crush the cup in hand and run out the door, not stopping until I came to the nearest pet store. Knowing that pet stores often sell live animals to almost anyone with money, I would emerge victorious with a plastic bag full of fish and a gerbil in a ball. At this point, it would be wise to transfer the fish to a clear plastic cup (w/straw), and board the "L" with socialite aplomb. Departing at the loop, the natural choice would be to visit the Art Institute and enjoy the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit. People would stare, but don't worry, they're ignorant. Explain to them that they're the ones who have been depriving "inferior" species of culture and fine art (take sip of water). Shameful. This blatant disregard (will it ever end? one can only hope) would make anyone grumpy, and hungry. Fortunately there would be a hotdog stand right out side where you could collect some ketchup packets...
can you find my thesaurus word?
How are you today? If I were you, I would sleep through the construction and wake up at about, oh, 11:30, shower until 12:30. After drying off, I would make myself some toast and then walk to a coffee shop close by, or not so close. Sipping, I would stare out the window and decide whether I should keep walking in the opposite direction of Margene's apt. At the last sip, I would violently crush the cup in hand and run out the door, not stopping until I came to the nearest pet store. Knowing that pet stores often sell live animals to almost anyone with money, I would emerge victorious with a plastic bag full of fish and a gerbil in a ball. At this point, it would be wise to transfer the fish to a clear plastic cup (w/straw), and board the "L" with socialite aplomb. Departing at the loop, the natural choice would be to visit the Art Institute and enjoy the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit. People would stare, but don't worry, they're ignorant. Explain to them that they're the ones who have been depriving "inferior" species of culture and fine art (take sip of water). Shameful. This blatant disregard (will it ever end? one can only hope) would make anyone grumpy, and hungry. Fortunately there would be a hotdog stand right out side where you could collect some ketchup packets...
can you find my thesaurus word?
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