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Mar 25, 2022Liked by Mark Finn

You should have your own travel TV show where you describe in your narration all the great places of the world like you do with Greece in this column.

It is awesome that the Tomb of King Agamemnon is a real place on this planet that you can go to.

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Isn’t it, though? Thank you, Berkeley, for the lovely excavation project!

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Mar 25, 2022Liked by Mark Finn

I *just* watched "Big Trouble in Little China" last night. Synchronicity is weird.

Thank you for sharing the photos.

Except that last one. I could've done without that last one.

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We all could have done without the last one.

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Mar 25, 2022Liked by Mark Finn

Great photos! It's like I was there huffing up the trail with you. And yes, that's a fabulous T-shirt.😃 But I disagree about selfies. I've seen more bad ones than good! And hey, sometimes a janky staircase is interesting.

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These were stairs in the academic sense of the word: they had the same shape and structure of a staircase, but they were made for people with a 60” inseam. They were far less interesting and far more daunting.

Maybe post-operation I’ll be more eager to hike up these structures.

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Sounds like they would be easier to climb pre-arthritis😃

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Did you refer to the bus as the Pork Chop Express?

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I wish I’d thought of that. I was too busy grabbing ahold of the seat with my ass-cheeks and praying for a quick, fiery death instead of something slow and crushing.

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Mar 25, 2022Liked by Mark Finn

You should have bought the shirt. I know a threadwitch who could have sewn the graphic onto another shirt for you. Thank you for sharing the pics. Doubt a Greece trip is in my future. Now I have to build up a sufficient willpower charge to hold off on rewatching Big Trouble until this weekend. Maybe as a reward for accomplishing things? Nah, incentives never work on Save vs Geek Urge rolls.

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I debated it, but didn’t want to take a chance on it going unused.

I rewatch BTiLC at least once a year.

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Mar 25, 2022Liked by Mark Finn

It usually ends up being a double feature with Buckaroo Bonzai, for me. Somewhere out there in the multiverse exists a reality where a BB & Jack Burton team-up movie exists.

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I'd watch the hell out of that movie. Just as I'd watch the Jack Burton, Snake Plisskin, Captain Ron multiverse cross-over movie, too. Special guest: the Computer wore Tennis shoes.

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Mar 25, 2022Liked by Mark Finn

I'd watch yours too. I can see a nice little Rudy Russo cameo in that one. I'll pass on having Will Stronghold though. It would be funnier to have a "do I know you?" moment with Josie DeMarco-Stronghold & Captain Ron.

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