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Showing posts with label Larger than Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Larger than Life. Show all posts
Friday, September 27, 2024

News from Arsuk

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So I guess my 50th class reunion is happening tonight .  I'll be elsewhere doing family stuff.  I wonder if the organizers of the event ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Little Rhody

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An odd progression of seasons in 2024.  Usually spring arrives right about when I'm heading overseas on the annual archaeology jaunt.  T...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Yellowstone Bill

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Well here he is, Yellowstone Bill.  And for good measure, the Famous East Side Cave where he resided for a while in the 1890's.  These ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The East Side Cave (Minneapolis) Revisited

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Brewery cave posts have been scarce in recent years.  Honestly I think I've had a look at all that are to be found in a reasonable trave...
Sunday, March 10, 2024

Beached Whale

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So here's something I had not seen before.  And likely never will again. Near one of the areas we fish at a 70 foot long Sperm Whale had...
Friday, January 12, 2024

Return of the Nimrod

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The Birkebeiner Ski race is familiar to people in Scandinavia, in northern Wisconsin, and among the cross country ski community in general. ...
Monday, September 25, 2023

Giant Punks

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Well there's something you don't see every day.  It's autumn and the Giant Pumpkin growers are having their annual festival in a...
Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Barbenheimer Anticipated

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Many, many years ago when I was doing combat robots with one of my sons we dabbled in assorted comic relief ventures.  Mostly Barbie Jeeps w...
Monday, May 8, 2023

Vindolanda 2023 - Day Six

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In any two week excavating block you can expect to lose one day to rain.  This was it.  The decision is made with variable concern for excav...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Detritus and Victorian Scandal at Gilsland Spa

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For part of my stay in northern England I was outside the village of Gilsland.  It is a community that reminds one of a kid wearing hand me ...
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Friday, June 25, 2021

Minor League Baseball 2021 - Cedar Rapids brings the A Game

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After our visit to the Twins Triple A club in St. Paul it was time for a drive down to Cedar Rapids Iowa to take in a game at the lower ...
Friday, July 17, 2020

An American Doughboy - Still Standing....for now.

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Road trips are an excellent way to discover new things.  But there are disadvantages too.  When just "passing through" you sometim...
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Monday, November 25, 2019

Time and Space Capsule - Astronaut Cards

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Another set of peculiar artifacts from our fall attic cleaning.  This is a series of trading cards from 1963 that celebrate the astronauts o...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Plague Stone

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Last time I mentioned that on a visit to Penrith the author Daniel Defoe inspected various historic features including The Giant's Grave...