Ben Saunders is on his way across the Arctic at last. Strangely, he’s got company, at least for the first few miles. There’s another expedition on the ice, and they were within sight of each other for a while.
He contributes a new word: “Shreezing.” It’s that cold up there, people.
Transarctic: He’s Off!
March 8th, 2004 · Comments Off · Traveling Along, We're Adventurers
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Old Friends
March 8th, 2004 · Comments Off · Connections
I heard from an old friend today. Not via email, or voicemail, or textmail… I got an actual card in an envelope with postage. It seems she’s laid up after a foot operation and is convalescing at her parents’ house, and is feeling lonely and out of touch. I was talking about [...]
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Sindarin Calligraphy
March 8th, 2004 · Comments Off · Uncategorical Weirdness
Today a post in Caveat Lector sent me on a short excursion down memory lane.
Dorothea’s husband David is an expert in Sindarin (one of the Elvish languages), and consulted on the Lort of the Rings movies, as cited numerous places (but an interesting place is here.) She reports:
We’re hoping he can get the class [...]
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