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: Christopher tm Herdt (cherdt) wrote,
2009-09-30 18:49:00

Christopher tm Herdt
cherdt
2009-09-30 18:49:00

Fantasy Whaling Team

This morning on NPR's Marketplace, I heard them talking about buying insurance for your fantasy football players. My half-asleep, half-awake brain started working on a fantasy whaling team:

Keep the Pequod, a good ship
Ditch Ahab, replace him with Tom Izzo
Starbuck was good, but Jack Chase from Whitejacket was even better
Keep Queequeg, of course, but maybe replace Tashtego with Andreas Thorkildsen, who won the gold for javelin in 2008

Oy. My brain.

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Fantasy Whaling Team

Bike repair: replacing chainrings

Reading List for English 317: Quest for Utopia

S24O - Sub 24-hour Overnighter

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