Archive for May, 2008
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mark, set, go…um, go?
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Ask anyone who has ever done field work in rural Africa what is the most important piece of equipment and I suspect every time the reply would be a 4×4 truck. Now, one might assume that such a statement has an implied “solid” or “good” or “sturdy-isque” type adjective put in front of 4×4 but […]
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lunachick ‘membrances…
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The summer after my first year in Gainesville I was struck by whatever random inspiration to get involved in the soccer community. At the time, the Chair of the Geography department had a son playing for a local club in town known as Leg-A-Z. He introduced me via email to Basil who invited me out […]
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Victoria Falls
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Victoria Falls - one of those places that’s worth the effort if on the continent. and even if not. considering i was stuck in Zambia for the day seemed like the place to be so off I went in search of really big waterfalls…the Falls are somewhere around ten minutes out of town…depends on if […]
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mark, set, go
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
gainesville in the a.m….slowly i turn in a 360 degree circle scanning the tops of the shelves, stacks of books and generally any surface that a driver’s license may have been laid with care…surely that sucker is around somewhere…as my eyes scan across the dresser i see the clock shift from 2:45 to 2:46 a.m…sigh…that […]