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Book Review: Robin Williams Is My Uncle: And Other Stories We Posess

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Robin Williams Is My Uncle: And Other Stories We Possess by Cathy Borders My rating: 4 of 5 stars Disclosure: I formatted the interior of this book. I've been paid. I make nothing extra based on book sales. I rarely read the books I format. Of course, I have to read a little bit of each book to figure out what goes where. That's my job. With this book I would read a line to figure out where to put it and a few minutes later realized I had read a couple pages. I knew I had to read the whole thing. The back cover and Amazon description says the book is a "bricolage study." Words like "autotheory" and "epigenetics" are there too. Academic gobbledygook. I could have looked them up, but I didn't care to know. I did know that the book is a good read. I'm a pedestrian book consumer: mysteries, legal dramas, non-fiction history... I should not have found this book compelling. But, I did. I started it and didn't stop until I was done. It kept...
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2025-08-31: Waubonsee Community College

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I drove out to Waubonsee Community College today. I knew there was a trail there somewhere and I found one (maybe there's more than one?). I spoke to a bike rider and he told me it went all the way down to Oswego -- about 10 or so miles. I didn't not walk that far. If the trail markings are correct I turned around at the 4K mark. It was a nice day for a stroll down the path. I'm a city boy, so this is my kind of trail -- paved! I didn't know WCC had an observatory. It's not exactly Kitt Peak, but I suppose you can still see some cool stuff.
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2025-08-26: Clouds

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The clouds have been interesting the last few days. They are big, substantial-looking things that float by slowly, majestically. In two or three months the winter clouds will arrive--a bland, continuous blanket of gray. I'll enjoy these clouds while they're here!
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2025-08-25: Duluth Sunset

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This is a pretty good shot from a webcam! 
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2025-08-24: Geneva Car Show

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I call it the Geneva Car Show, but it has a fancy foo-foo name that I can neither pronounce or spell. However, I had a wonderful time. I got there early, before it officially started, but I guess thousands of other people had the same idea. The weather was (and still is today) perfect.  This is the crowd about half an hour before the official start! A Buick A Ford A Corvair Monza - such an exotic name! A Packard Clipper
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2025-08-23: The Kaneville Fest Car Show

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I drove out to Kaneville early this morning to see the car show. I talked to a couple guys about the cars, snapped a few photos and headed back home. It wasn't a very large show, as you can see. Tomorrow's show in Geneva is a big one and I'll post pictures from that one tomorrow or Monday.
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3 Of My Favorite Things All In One Place!

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