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Friday Night Live at the ROM

Hello all, long time no write. I great deal has down down in the last nine months and one positive thing is I’m now a volunteer at the Royal Ontario […]

Posted by: Marlowe

Country: Canada

Date: March 13, 2017

Gollum eats a fish

My Only Wish, To Eat a Fish…

Fish. Seafood. Fruits de mer. These have been words I’ve avoided on cans, packages and menus for close to three decades, and for good reason. Here’s a tale of love […]

Posted by: Marlowe

Country: Canada

Date: August 3, 2016

CN Tower

Another Tower Climb Bites the Dust

Jut a few days ago, I, with a friend, ascended the CN Tower for the World Wild Life Foundation; raising $250 for the organization. Starting off slowly around 7 AM, […]

Posted by: Marlowe

Country: Canada

Date: April 22, 2016

Lawnchairs, Lentbok and Limburg Lore

Lawnchairs, Lentebok and Limburg Lore

Jos Peerlings tells tales of Limburg, The Netherlands over a few cold beers. Here we talk about historical figure Rowwen Heze and the dreaded Bokkenrijders.

Posted by: Marlowe

Country: The Netherlands

Date: August 9, 2015

Archaio

I like dinosaurs, so I built a website

Marlowe has finally let his enthusiastic nerdiness overtake him. He has built a site about dinosaurs, and much more. Culture studies, theory and philosophy and science and technology are what this site also offers.

Posted by: Marlowe

Country: Canada

Date: November 7, 2013

Halloween and St. Martin’s Day

I took a look at the history of Halloween and St. Martins Day and recalled celebrating the latter event as a child.

Posted by: Lisette

Country: Canada The Netherlands

Date: November 6, 2013

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Marathon training: 22 days left

Marlowe’s not trained in quite a while. He makes the cut this time but finds out the marathon is one kilometer more than he thought. The walk’s getting close and the heat is on!

Posted by: Marlowe

Country: Canada

Date: September 28, 2013

Scotia Walk 41 days left

Marathon training: 41 days left

The last training on the 5th had gone well at just over 7 KPH, but things like street lights and pedestrians had been major obstacles. Also I was wearing runners […]

Posted by: Marlowe

Country: Canada

Date: September 16, 2013