Elsa Schneider: You're wasting your breath. He won't tell us, and he doesn't have to. It's pretty obvious where the pages are... He's given them to Marcus Brody.
Henry Jones Sr.: Marcus!? You didn't bring him along, did you? He's not up for the challenge.
Walter Donovan: Brody sticks out like a sore thumb. We'll find him!
Indiana Jones: The hell you will! He's got a two-day head start on you, which is more than he needs. Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan. He speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom. He'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the Grail already.
[Cut to Marcus in İskenderun]
Marcus Brody: Does anyone here speak English? Or even Ancient Greek?
- Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
That quote reminds me of It's a Wonderful Life, and the uncle who keeps a pet crow. The holidays are approaching, the weather has cooled off and fishing season has wound down for me. Three weeks ago the bail spring on my fishing reel broke, so I contacted Daiwa and their customer service department kindly forwarded me two new ones.
It took a little elbow grease but the new spring works, the reel is again functional and next year I'll hopefully get back to enjoying the distance from Minnehaha Falls to Lake Calhoun, which has formally had a name change to its original Dakota name, Mde Maka Ska.
As far as baking, biking and books goes, here are some recent efforts:
A couple loaves of bread from my Half Ass Kitchen;
My Goodreads reading list for the 2016 Reading Challenge;
2016 Reading Challenge
Michael has
completed his goal of reading
40 books in
2016!
44 of 40 (100%)
view books
...a recent bike ride from Saint Paul to Lake Minnetonka, about 46 miles on a sunny afternoon;
Sometime over the summer I happened to see a number of beautiful sunsets over Lake Hiawatha, so I thought I would add a photo of that in here too.
Tight lines, rubber side down, don't forget the salt, adieu, ciao, whatever.
Happy holidays.
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| Lake Hiawatha Summer sunset 2016, Minneapolis. photo by Michael McKinney. |
I apologize for the sloppy formatting and inaccessible hyper links.
