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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

Day: April 17, 2005

  • Swimming is boring

    I put in a mile and a half in the pool yesterday, both because I needed to get some exercise in and because I wanted to prove to myself that I’ll be fine with the Alcatraz distance. OK on both counts, though I’ll still be happy to reach the shore and start racing then. But…

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  • Book: Sharpe’s Battle

    Sharpe gets to drown his enemy in Sharpe’s Battle, a retelling of the battle of Fuentes de Onoro, on the Spain-Portugal border, in May, 1811. Maybe I read too many in a row, but this one was nothing special. I’ll have to wait for the library to find the next three, but I need a…

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