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Like Seattle with Palm Trees: The Academic Redneck Arrives in Hawaii

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad  When I was in seventh grade in 1977,

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A Fourteen-Day Tour: The Academic Redneck Heads to the Pacific

Tomorrow, yours truly, the Academic Redneck, embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime historical study adventure, “Iwo Jima and the War in the Pacific,” through Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours. My trip will begin in Honolulu, Hawaii, where I’ll tour the USS Arizona and other relevant Pearl Harbor landmarks. Then it’s on to Guam, Saipan, and Tinian before climbing Mt.

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The Academic Redneck Fitness Challenge: Update 8

Previous Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-February 5, 2018): 27.6 pounds Weight Loss (February 5-March 5, 2018): 6.8 pounds Total Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-March 5, 2018): 34.4 pounds Yay me! I’ve battled back to the weight loss I had accomplished last October. I’m proud that I didn’t give up even when I had several months of setbacks and

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