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Close Encounters of the Aquatic Kind III: Dolphins.
A few more Aquatic Action Adventure Shots, taken just moments ago from the Fictionarium: South Florida Campus’s balcony: a school of friendly dolphins! If you ask me, they’re far nicer than the ominous, leaping Blacktip Sharks of my last foray … Continue reading
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Close Encounters of the Aquatic Kind II: Sharks.
ABOVE ARE SOME PICTURES I took yesterday from the balcony of the Fictionarium: South Florida Campus. In terms of the story behind these images, I feel as though I should just hyperlink back to my earlier post regarding manatees, save … Continue reading
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Close Encounters of the Aquatic Kind.
WE HERE at the Fictionarium: South Florida Campus certainly do encounter quite a lot of wildlife’s finest – sharks, foxes, egrets, not to mention the most loathsome fauna of them all, the feral iguana. Unfortunately, seeing something and getting people to … Continue reading
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The House that Bernie Built.
I’ve often said that Palm Beach isn’t just any old island. It’s a place where 20 carat diamonds are termed “manageable,” where people spend an emperor’s ransom on beachfront estates and then never set foot on the beach, where, for … Continue reading
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Notes on the High Line.
When the Empire State Building was under construction, the governor wanted the top spire to be used as a zeppelin docking station, despite the fact that passengers would have to disembark a quarter of a mile above the ground, and wind … Continue reading
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The War of Very Civilized Aggression.
Greetings from sunny South Florida, the new (perhaps temporary) home of the Fictionarium! While our day has been engaged in the pursuit of several immediate short term goals (going to the beach, buying groceries, purchasing a Vespa), I couldn’t help … Continue reading
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The Tale of the Very First Martin’s Day
On the Third Anniversary of the Very First Martin’s Day, a tale to mark the occasion. Once upon a time, there lived a young princess named Andrea. This young princess – Princess Andrea, as she insisted her closest friends call … Continue reading
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On the Palm Beach Mayoral Race.
Palm Beach, where all politics are local – and civilized. THE ANCIENT ATHENIANS BELIEVED that democracy worked for less than 50,000 citizens – the number of people that could fit on a hillside and still have their voices heard. With … Continue reading
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Great Books, Half Read.
Welcome to Great Books, Half Read. May I say, from the get-go, that I’m embarking upon this enterprise half-heartedly. It sort of reminds me of when parents ask their children, “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you … Continue reading
