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Monthly Archives: May 2022
Vancouver in the time before humans (Vancouver and Me supplement one)
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Till we meet the first time – shaping clarity. Sometimes elements of my research are a bit repetitive and routine. This can be beneficial because it pounds concepts I find difficult through my skull until they finally lodge at least …
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Notes on the XXI Winter Olympiad – Vancouver 2010 (Vancouver and Me addendum two)
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On to the Games at last. With Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia making their Winter Olympic Games debuts, 82 countries brought 2,566 athletes to the Games. Canada’s 14 gold medals set a record for most gold …
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Notes on the XXI Winter Olympiad – Vancouver 2010 (Vancouver and Me addendum one)
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A curious choice. At first glance (and even at a second glance) Vancouver seems like an odd choice to host the Winter Olympics given that the average low temperature in December and January – the city’s two coldest months – …
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Vancouver and Me
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How I came to visit Vancouver. My recollection of the time I spent in Vancouver, BC is, as it has been with other cities to this point, somewhat sketchy. Here’s why: When I made my lone visit to the city …
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Tongva and turtles (Los Angeles and Me a special supplement)
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Regular readers of this blog and people who otherwise know me should be quite familiar with my fandom for Maryland Terrapins athletics including its catchphrase “Fear the Turtle.” One aspect of my travels that’s both central and peripheral and that …
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