From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteI didn't know anything about ready player one and the more I know the more absolutely fucking terrible it sounds.
ReplyDeletegregory blair The novel it is based on is terrible imo. Basically nostalgic references mixed with a total Gary Stu character who never met a challenge or conflict he couldn't immediately solve within a page or two.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to see how Spielberg will improve it.
ReplyDeleteSeth Harris yeah I've seen some excerpts... Geeze.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Ready Player One was an exercise in demographics based market targeting and I hate that it worked.
ReplyDeleteI'm covering Ready Player One on the podcast. Prepare to drink my Haterade!
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