Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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Classics of Literature summarized in 10 words or less

  1. Moby Dick - Ishmael watches Moby crush Ahab. There may be metaphors.
  2. A Christmas Carol - Scrooge meets ghosts, does a face turn.
  3. Romeo and Juliet - two feuding families’ kids fall in love and commit suicide
  4. Remembrance of Things Past - Proust talks way too much. My brain hurts.
  5. Gulliver’s Travels - Man serially shipwrecked among weird beings; likes smart horses best.
  6. Lord of the Rings – Elderly man persuades young boys to go on dangerous journey.
  7. The Bible - Creator of the Universe lays down rules for humans
  8. The Three Musketeers - One deceitful wife has another deceitful wife killed.
  9. The Wizard of Oz – Lost girl kills woman, joins three others to kill again.
  10. War and Peace - Napoleon invades Russia. People fall in love, philosophize, die.
  11. To Kill A Mockingbird - Innocent man convicted; young Alabama girl learns important life lessons.
  12. The Brothers Karamazov - Sons argue existentialism and one kills Dad for the inheritance.
  13. Atlas Shrugged - Railroad heiress sleeps her way through the world’s leading industrialists.

Pass

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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. Great Fire of London, 1666
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. Great Fire of London, 1666
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. Great Fire of London, 1666
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. Great Fire of London, 1666
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. Great Fire of London, 1666
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
    (this the ‘extinction event’ asteroid that is thought to be responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs and a lot of other stuff)
    (and I also question the Great Fire of London… the fire was caused by humans and not a force of nature like an earthquake, volcanic activity, or hurricanes)

-“BB”-

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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago

Replaced Great Fire of London

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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
  8. Haiti earthquake, 2021
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
  8. Haiti earthquake, 2021
  9. The Minoan eruption on Thera, ~1600 B.C.
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
  8. Haiti earthquake, 2021
  9. The Minoan eruption on Thera, ~1600 B.C.
  10. Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, 1964
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
  8. Haiti earthquake, 2021
  9. The Minoan eruption on Thera, ~1600 B.C.
  10. Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, 1964
  11. Luzon earthquake, 1990

Magnitude 7.8. I was 150 miles from the epicenter and felt the earth shaking.

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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
  8. Haiti earthquake, 2021
  9. The Minoan eruption on Thera, ~1600 B.C.
  10. Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, 1964
  11. Luzon earthquake, 1990
  12. Tōhoku (Japan) off-shore earthquake and resulting tsunami, 2011

-“BB”-

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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
  8. Haiti earthquake, 2021
  9. The Minoan eruption on Thera, ~1600 B.C.
  10. Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, 1964
  11. Luzon earthquake, 1990
  12. Tōhoku (Japan) off-shore earthquake and resulting tsunami, 2011
  13. The Galveston Hurricane, 1900

Celebrities with disabilities

  1. Jose Feliciano - blind
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Natural disasters, through history to the present

  1. Lisbon Earthquake, 1755
  2. China floods, 1931
  3. Eruption of Krakatoa, 1883
  4. San Francisco earthquake, 1906
  5. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, 2005
  6. The ‘Chicxulub impactor’, est. 66 million years ago
  7. The Great Galveston hurricane, 1900
  8. Haiti earthquake, 2021
  9. The Minoan eruption on Thera, ~1600 B.C.
  10. Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, 1964
  11. Luzon earthquake, 1990
  12. Tōhoku (Japan) off-shore earthquake and resulting tsunami, 2011
  13. Yarnell Hill Fire, Arizona 2013, started by lightning strike and killed 18 firefighters

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Things to do in Philadelphia, whether or not it’s always sunny

  1. Museum of the American Revolution
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Cardigan was first.

Celebrities with disabilities

  1. Jose Feliciano - blind
  2. Marlee Matlin - deaf
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Celebrities with disabilities

  1. Jose Feliciano - blind
  2. Marlee Matlin - deaf
  3. Michael J. Fox - Parkinson’s disease
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Celebrities with disabilities

  1. Jose Feliciano - blind
  2. Marlee Matlin - deaf
  3. Michael J. Fox - Parkinson’s disease
  4. Peter Dinklage - Dwarfism
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Celebrities with disabilities

  1. Jose Feliciano - blind
  2. Marlee Matlin - deaf
  3. Michael J. Fox - Parkinson’s disease
  4. Peter Dinklage - Dwarfism
  5. Howie Mandel - colorblind