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Entries from June 2008

Fish, Fat, a 500 pound Conundrum

June 12th, 2008 694 Comments

My knee is feeling better, but I might be getting fatter. This morning, I got up and walked the one pebbly block to the closed-down Lutheran college campus where I’m using the practically closed-down Lutheran college campus gym. I want to swim, but everytime I call to ask if the pool’s open, the [...]

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Hook, Line, and Lost ‘Er

June 10th, 2008 648 Comments

If remote means to be removed, and I looked it up, and it does, then that’s what I’ve been for the last three days.
Luke and I went up to a cabin that you can only reach by boat, where the only things you hear are the rain on your slippery hood, the occasional buzz of [...]

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Sittin in Sitka with my Blasted Joints

June 5th, 2008 572 Comments

Despite the fact that I have another torn ACL and miniscus, this time in my “good” knee, Alaska is magnificent.
Flying into Juneau was unlike any other place I’ve been. Mammoth black mountains descend into a gathering of yellow lights right against the sea. It looks like a more modern version of a Lord [...]

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