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The Great Invisible Wall Of China

August 11, 2021 – 3:25 am

Over my years of traveling back and forth to Asia I’ve flown into Peking on more than one occasion. Teachers around the world had taught that man-made barrier against the barbarian horde was visible from low orbit. This claim was based on the English antiquary William Stukeley writing in 1754 about Hadrian’s Roman wall, “This […]

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Marco Polo Pole Dancing School

July 30, 2008 – 8:30 am

My cousin Sherri was a stripper. She was an aerial expert on the steel poles. Naked the slender brunette would swirl around the metal column like an Aztec skydiver. her mother never came to a show, but I always told Aunt Mary, “You’re daughter is the best.” “That’s because you’re family.” “Maybe a little, but […]

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