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buck lake

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:16:21 +1200

on the concordia language villages’ main site, about an hour north of the cabin, is a small lake called buck lake. it’s an odd shape, but just right for hiking around in about 45 minutes. when i first started going to skogfjorden, 19 years a...

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colossal squid on tv!

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:29:21 +1200

we interrupt this summer reverie to bring you some real-time squid news! the documentary about the colossal squid (including the specimen from earlier this year at te papa) is airing tonight on discovery channel (and possibly tomorrow) at 9pm, th...

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the lake

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:51:05 +1200

and now we get to the lake. the lovely, lovely lake. in the 1950s, my great uncle and aunt built a cabin on the shores of lake kabekona. from them it passed into my grandfather’s hands, and from him to my mom and aunt. it has become a cher...

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family

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:14:46 +1200

twice previously i have started this post, and twice it has been lost. either this third time will be lucky, or i’m giving up. from taliesin, we headed for stoughton, wisconsin, ancestral home of bestema and her siblings. four generations later...

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taliesin

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:55:41 +1200

let’s start at the beginning. on day 1, i traveled to los angeles from auckland, waited eight hours, and managed not to miss my connection to minneapolis via las vegas. i did spend part of the flight to vegas wishing i had missed it, however, as ...

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an excursiating silence

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:40:31 +1200

both of you regular readers will have noticed that there was about a five-week hiatus here followed by a sudden rant on chicago. this is because i decided to buck the trend of doing the most frequent posting while traveling, and instead leave eve...

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chicago

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:53:50 +1200

few people are ambivalent about chicago o'hare international airport, and even fewer have positive feelings toward it. i myself have mixed memories that include the inevitable missed connections due to mile-long inter-concourse dashes, balanced a...

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a little work, and a little play

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:13:35 +1200

have i mentioned before that i love the south island? the conference went well - good talks, well organized, good food. always nice to catch up with others in the field and make some new acquaintances. in this case, some of whom could be immin...

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a-schmoozing we will go

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:31:43 +1200

not that a week's absence seems require explanation, given my poor track record this year, but i'm off to a conference in christchurch. rumor has it that there was snow down to sea level there over the weekend and i am ridiculously excited at the...

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guest bug

nobody@vox.com(Tintenfisch) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:34:51 +1200

today we have a guest appearance from my dad, who is a far more established and prolific photographic talent than i. he spotted and shot this wonderfully bristly robber fly (family Asilidae) in northern minnesota a few weeks ago.

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