http://superfreakymemories.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/10/22/fried-oreos/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/10/22/fried-oreos/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:35:17 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1606 Ashley at the North Carolina State Fair.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/10/22/fried-oreos/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/10/22/this-photos-original-caption-was-too-corny/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/10/22/this-photos-original-caption-was-too-corny/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:04:32 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1614 Will at the North Carolina State Fair. Thanks to Lisa for the updated caption.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/10/22/this-photos-original-caption-was-too-corny/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/07/05/self-portrait-with-amphibian/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/07/05/self-portrait-with-amphibian/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:32:05 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1538 Behind the scenes of the froggie foto.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2011/07/05/self-portrait-with-amphibian/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/isabelle-in-a-corner/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/isabelle-in-a-corner/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:37:08 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1457 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/isabelle-in-a-corner/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/all-tongue/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/all-tongue/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:23:08 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1463 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/all-tongue/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/08/at-the-nanjing-train-station/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/08/at-the-nanjing-train-station/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:43:08 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1351 This little girl was fascinated by my camera.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/08/at-the-nanjing-train-station/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/back-alley-watermelon-dealer/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/back-alley-watermelon-dealer/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:26:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1332 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/back-alley-watermelon-dealer/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/04/19/tiananmen/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/04/19/tiananmen/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:19:35 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1290 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/04/19/tiananmen/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/22/mr-lau/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/22/mr-lau/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:56:12 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1086 On my way to the Philippines, I stayed at the same hotel in Hong Kong as during our last visit with the students — specifically so that I could return to this man’s restaurant a few blocks away. A friendlier manager, you could not find. And the Cantonese food, oh, the food was so good. [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/22/mr-lau/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/08/the-lived-in-look/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/08/the-lived-in-look/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:15:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=800 At the Shenzhen airport.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/08/the-lived-in-look/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:17:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=679 In the Chengdu airport on the way to Hong Kong.  Our Sichuan Airlines flight to Shenzhen was delayed an hour & a half.  This woman was pacing around with her baby swaddled on her back, and Jenny helped me ask if I could take their picture. Mr. Cute Baby here is smiling at the gestures [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:56:20 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=620 This boy seemed calmly abandoned. This “New Town Plaza” mall was the size of a small city.  The map even indicated a Ben & Jerry’s store (!) somewhere on the distant end of its vast reaches, but when the alternatives were, “The journey will be long and perilous; only some of you will make it [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:55:53 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=548 This must be the view most people, those shorter than me, normally see. Aki took this photo in the “Ocean Theatre” of Ocean Park as we waited for the Sea World-esque dolphins show to begin.  I wanted a photo of me awash in the Chinese multitude, but you can see what is probably an Indian [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/hans-n-franz/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/hans-n-franz/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:41:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=560 My student Hans waiting in line for the cable cars at Ocean Park in Hong Kong.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/hans-n-franz/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/shelly/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/shelly/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:44:04 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=574 Nervous before the test.  A moment later, she asked if I could have some of my intelligence, so I gave her all I had to spare.  Shelly got the raw end of that deal. I think the mosaic on the side of this Hong Kong school is interesting; such Christian iconography is out of place [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/shelly/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:54:07 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=572 Most American “Chinese” food comes from the Cantonese branch of Chinese cooking, indigenous to the south of China and not easy to find elsewhere.  In Chengdu, I’ve been craving “Chinese food” because Sichuan cooking is very, very different (and proudly über-spicy).  My first trip to Shanghai offered a glimpse of more familiar fare — Shanghai’s [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/hi/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/hi/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:46:56 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=455 Ice cream!]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/hi/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/why-so-serious/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/why-so-serious/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:44:13 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=453 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/why-so-serious/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/china/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/china/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:34:05 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=816 This man epitomizes today’s China.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/china/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/foodstuffs/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/foodstuffs/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:13:27 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=391 For sale at the corner of Tianfu Square. I’m ambivalent about the composition here, but I liked this man, so we’ll have to take what we can get.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/foodstuffs/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/tianfu-monk/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/tianfu-monk/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:04:37 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=364 He nervously posed for me after a roundabout exchange in the style of “Who’s on first?”  I pointed at my camera, the monk with him pointed at his camera, he pointed at my camera, I pointed at his camera, we each pointed at our own cameras at the same time, and so on. Behind and below him is the incomplete [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/tianfu-monk/feed/ 4 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/guarding-mao-in-tianfu-square/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/guarding-mao-in-tianfu-square/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:59:32 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=362 This poor guy had to stand there, ramrod still for hours, while local tourists (and some rather more far-flung) photographed, mimicked, and stared. I’m told the joke is that Mao is trying to hail a taxi.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/guarding-mao-in-tianfu-square/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/01/the-good-ol-song-of-wahoowa/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/01/the-good-ol-song-of-wahoowa/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:30:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=369 So there I am at the Three Gorges Dam, the largest such project in the world, surrounded by hundreds of Chinese and foreign tourists.  Then I hear something very, very familiar, I follow the sound through the crowd, and before I know it I’m staring at this guy.  He’s busking away while keeping an eye [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/01/the-good-ol-song-of-wahoowa/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/the-shennong-stream-gorge/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/the-shennong-stream-gorge/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:35:54 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=336 The captain of my sampan boat, framed by the narrow gorge of Shennong Stream off the second gorge of the Yangtze River.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/the-shennong-stream-gorge/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/best-seat-in-the-house/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/best-seat-in-the-house/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:33:35 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=382 This meaty man rested at the front of his sampan boat but took over a rowing spot from a spindly teenager in an effort to beat us to the end of the line.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/best-seat-in-the-house/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/the-captains-cove/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/the-captains-cove/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:31:56 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=339 In Shennong Stream]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/the-captains-cove/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/oh-captain-my-captain/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/oh-captain-my-captain/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:56:38 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=279 The captain of my sampan (peapod) boat on Shennong Stream: my favorite picture of the entire trip.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/30/oh-captain-my-captain/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/29/merry/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/29/merry/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:03:27 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=283 My guide in Fengdu.  When I asked how she chose “Merry” as her English name, she told me she liked being happy, so she wanted a happy name.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/29/merry/feed/ 1 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:09:59 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=133 Fly Wang, one of my colleagues at Kaplan China in Chengdu, took me to a hotpot restaurant and Jingli Street.  Here she is at dinner. On the table next to her, you can see the ordering sheet for the hotpot, which is a big bowl that cooks at the center of the table.  It’s divided [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/she-sold-me-my-sim-card/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/she-sold-me-my-sim-card/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:17:24 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=112 She tore through screen after sophisticated computer screen of options in Chinese script like she’d done it a thousand times before (which she surely has), then handed me a receipt printed on old-fashioned carbon paper.  Here she’s formatting my SIM card in a store phone.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/she-sold-me-my-sim-card/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/cell-phone-sales/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/cell-phone-sales/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:38:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=79 … and did a great job, too.  We had our little sit-down, and she brought out a different phone for the same price — one that I ended up buying instead of my original choice.  She put in a SIM card, switched the phone from Chinese to English, and even posed for a picture: far [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/cell-phone-sales/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/12/america-in-china/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/12/america-in-china/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:11:33 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=72 On my way to school, I found myself behind this man and his small son. America is right here on the Chengdu sidewalk, in this man’s Mickey Mouse backpack and basketball-in-a-bag.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/12/america-in-china/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/03/03/the-mom-unit/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/03/03/the-mom-unit/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:33:12 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1011 At dinner before my flight. We like our tradition of going upstairs and eating at the Houlihan’s while we wait.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/03/03/the-mom-unit/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2007/07/31/comic-duncan-v-july-31-2007/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2007/07/31/comic-duncan-v-july-31-2007/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:48:37 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=254 Quite possibly the best birthday present ever. Thank you, Dave Werner.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2007/07/31/comic-duncan-v-july-31-2007/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2007/06/21/the-girma/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2007/06/21/the-girma/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:44:15 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=272 Samson Girma, Wakefield Class of 2007, at his graduation.  Best picture of the night.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2007/06/21/the-girma/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/09/09/tude-is-everything/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/09/09/tude-is-everything/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:45:22 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=586 At the 2006 Philadelphia Livestrong Challenge.  I had everyone cracking up as I tried to get my mouth, arms, and eyes just so.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/09/09/tude-is-everything/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/23/wear-yellow/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/23/wear-yellow/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:32:03 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=836 I was nervous before my race, so I asked Jasmine to come with me to the National Portrait Gallery, which had just reopened after years of renovation.  Old friends are good for calming down. Lance Daddy was there! Also, Brett Favre is trying to give me a shoulder massage.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/23/wear-yellow/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/13/ilana/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/13/ilana/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2006 09:16:14 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1236 My TNT teammate.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/13/ilana/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/05/so-refreshing/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/05/so-refreshing/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:54:28 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1238 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/08/05/so-refreshing/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/04/16/paul-kim-maestro/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/04/16/paul-kim-maestro/#comments Sun, 16 Apr 2006 06:43:58 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=605 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/04/16/paul-kim-maestro/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/04/01/smile/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/04/01/smile/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 09:18:18 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=850 On the National Mall.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2006/04/01/smile/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2005/11/26/jonathan/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2005/11/26/jonathan/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:40:34 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=812 In the Dome Room of the Rotunda on a day trip down from D.C. when he visited me there for Thanksgiving.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2005/11/26/jonathan/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2003/07/20/in-the-galleries/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2003/07/20/in-the-galleries/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2003 09:28:04 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=599 No one is allowed to go up there.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2003/07/20/in-the-galleries/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2003/04/21/service-space/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2003/04/21/service-space/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2003 07:35:51 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=591 I miss my service space and my weird blue truck.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2003/04/21/service-space/feed/ 2 http://superfreakymemories.com/2001/07/05/duncan-the-duomo/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2001/07/05/duncan-the-duomo/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2001 05:26:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=821 or: Stripes in Sienna]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2001/07/05/duncan-the-duomo/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2001/03/25/so-relaxing/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2001/03/25/so-relaxing/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2001 03:28:07 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=991 I’m not even going to tell you what Chad always says about this photo.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2001/03/25/so-relaxing/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2000/10/12/polished/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2000/10/12/polished/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:01:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1027 Help! (look closely) For some reason, my big guides decided to inflict this unspeakable atrocity upon me. As soon as that night’s probie meeting ended, I decamped to Brown & solicited Lauren’s help in erasing the horror, the horror — immediately. (… but not before taking a photo for posterity)]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2000/10/12/polished/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1997/07/21/that-looks-so-familiar/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1997/07/21/that-looks-so-familiar/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 1997 07:58:19 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=259 In Colorado with Duke, I saw Jimmy on the cover of a book and immediately asked him to pose with his likeness.  It’s so perfect; it still makes me laugh, and I’ll always be indebted to him for agreeing to one of my favorite photos of all time.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1997/07/21/that-looks-so-familiar/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/08/25/grrr/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/08/25/grrr/#comments Sun, 25 Aug 1996 08:03:54 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=957 Track-Dunk-man in my sophomore year of high school. With a mouthful of braces, I wasn’t about to be smiling for the camera. I only had them for about two years, but I never learned how to smile in photos until they came off. For a long time, this was the only picture of me floating [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/08/25/grrr/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/06/23/greasy-duncan/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/06/23/greasy-duncan/#comments Sun, 23 Jun 1996 09:35:14 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=995 Early attempts to grow facial hair did not prove especially fruitful, even in the rain forest.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/06/23/greasy-duncan/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/06/16/my-name-is-inigo-montoya/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/06/16/my-name-is-inigo-montoya/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 1996 01:01:07 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=999 That’s not really his name. This little guy worked at the Cacauo station. He was the coolest guy up there (except, maybe, for Mr. Mule). It’s always intimidating when a six-year-old can speak Spanish better than you, and it’s also always intimidating when he can beat you at swordfighting-with-the-meter-sticks.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1996/06/16/my-name-is-inigo-montoya/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1990/07/31/my-granpa/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1990/07/31/my-granpa/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 1990 02:25:09 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1074 My Granpa less than a year before he died, on my birthday in South Africa. On September 4, 1999, I wore the watch Granpa is wearing in this picture when I stood in for him to give my mother away in the UVa Chapel.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1990/07/31/my-granpa/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1988/08/01/soccer-me/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1988/08/01/soccer-me/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 1988 10:10:44 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=953 Yep, I used to play soccer. By the looks of things, I was pretty proud of it too. If you like this picture, I assure you there is another one from the same day (unfortunately lost to us…) of the entire team in which I look like a complete idiot. My first season on this [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1988/08/01/soccer-me/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1987/08/08/pygmy-hunter/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1987/08/08/pygmy-hunter/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 1987 07:40:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=596 With Sepi’s bow & arrow at Mt. Hoyo in Zaire, 1987]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1987/08/08/pygmy-hunter/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1986/08/03/first-grade/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1986/08/03/first-grade/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 1986 06:02:16 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=316 On the playground of Gaines Elementary School, Athens, GA, in first grade. Let’s see, I was in Mrs. Garbin’s class, and that was the year I got the piece of pencil lead stuck in the palm of my right hand … it’s still there! Notice the spiffy Coca-Cola pants and toothy grin. Oh, for the [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1986/08/03/first-grade/feed/ 1 http://superfreakymemories.com/1984/11/14/blue-yellow/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1984/11/14/blue-yellow/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 1984 12:07:12 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=655 Still my favorite colors, and they were my Granpa’s too.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1984/11/14/blue-yellow/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/1940/08/31/granpa/ http://superfreakymemories.com/1940/08/31/granpa/#comments Sat, 31 Aug 1940 20:00:00 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1209 My Granpa fought for the Allies in the South African army in WWII. He told me all kinds of stories about sneaking behind enemy lines, seeing Egypt and Rome, and fighting at El Alamein, the massive and decisive battle for North Africa. Even though he served under Montgomery there, my Granpa always had incredible respect [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/1940/08/31/granpa/feed/ 0