July 9 - 26, 2004 Having just watched the Tour de France again this year (and dusted off my old racing bike!), Hoang and I have been wistfully reminiscing about our two week adventure around France. We followed the Tour a bit here and there and of course did as much - and ate as much - as possible. It was a … [Read more...]
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Non-CT Travel, Hikes, Books, & Movies
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro
Why State Highpointing?
US National Parks
Modern Library's Top 100 Novels
Top 100 Books Tallies & Reviews
Tour Stop 11: God Save the Beckham
Game 18 The Half Door, Hartford June 27, 2006 As with most Americans, I'm a bit of a mutt; A Germano-Scotch-English one. I suppose I'm mostly English, but I look a bit more Scottish I'm told. At any rate, I find a part of me cheering on the Brits at this point in the World Cup. We pasty white guys need to stick … [Read more...]
Tour Stop 10: USA is a “Ghana”
Game 17 Vaughn's Pub, Hartford June 22, 2006 What a day I had in store on Thursday, 6/22! I had taken the day off the day the World Cup schedule was released, knowing the Ghana game would be huge. Oh, and also perhaps because I had gum surgery scheduled for 8 AM. Can't forget about the gum surgery. I awoke and … [Read more...]
Tour Stop 9: Ed Has a Heart After All
Game 16 Goal International Sports Bar, Hartford June 22, 2006 At this point, I'm only writing this blog entry for the sake of consistency. Because our first attempt at a "Brazilian day" was a bit of a failure. Albeit a fun and delicious failure. We opted to watch the game versus Australia on Sunday at Goal … [Read more...]
100th Museum Visit Celebration!
The Century Mark April 2009 Note: Since originally writing this page, I've found many, many more museums. So while I love the cake below, the math involved is terribly incorrect! In recognition of my 100th Connecticut museum visit, I'll spare you my boring yammerings about the cultural importance of museums. … [Read more...]
Southernmost Point in the US
Bonus! Ka Lae Big Island of Hawaii (Right here!) June 1, 2003 [Note: The pictures are fuzzy because I pulled them off my old blog and had to enlarge them. Sorry.] If you consider yourself a "Parrot Head" and you've spent too much time, "Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake... wasted away again in … [Read more...]
Why State Highpointing?
"Why?" "What the heck?" "What's the purpose of that?" "I don't get it." These are but a few of the comments I've heard since I became aware of highpointing and decided it was a goal I'd like to pursue. And that was just from my (at the time of this writing) fiancee, the … [Read more...]
Modern Library’s Top 100 Novels
Just Read 2002 - 2039 or so Outside of all the regular CTMQ stuff, I have other goals. One of those goals is to read The Modern Library Top 100 English novels of the 20th century. If all goes well, I hope to finish the entire list around retirement age. This little scheme began in 2002 as an agreement with Hoang … [Read more...]
Top 100 Modern Library Books Tally
At the turn of the century, the Modern Library, whomever they may be, came out with a list of their Top 100 English Literature novels of the 20th Century. Criticism abounded and many more lists and counter-lists were developed. But I had met a girl in 2000 who agreed to tackle the whole list with me, plodding slowly … [Read more...]
ML73. The Day of the Locust
The Grass Isn’t Always Greener Modern Library # 73 1939, Nathanael West I was so happy to read this book. Really and truly. For one, it’s nice and short. (So short that Hoang picked it up and read it in a 24-hour block over the last two days of 2010, for no other reason than to rub it in my face that she is … [Read more...]
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