Author: rcragun
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first cancelled class… in 5 years
I will have taught at the University of Tampa for five years at the end of this semester. During that time I’ve cancelled classes for conferences, which I usually know about well in advance. I also cancelled classes once when my brother Mark died. But I’ve never cancelled a class because I was sick or…
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the true meaning of Easter
Blue bunny ears and chocolate rabbits: Toren is finally starting to get what holidays are, which is making them much more fun.
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What’s better than Busch Gardens?
The splash pads at Busch Gardens:
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train ride
We found a little train at Busch Gardens like the one at the Tampa Zoo. We keep finding new stuff; the place is huge:
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most pathetic orangutan ever
This orangutan was sitting right next to the glass just staring people in the eyes one day. It was actually quite sad:
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riding a turtle
Toren found a turtle to ride at Busch Gardens one day:
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Inches from a tiger
Someone at Busch Gardens had an interesting idea. Rather than just allow people to get close to tigers by looking at them through a glass window, why not allow people to actually be under the tigers (by climbing up into a plastic box that they like to lay on)? Toren and I found this one…
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Ever wonder what it feels like to be swallowed by a hippopotamus?
It probably feels something like this:
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Guess whose hair Toren inherited?
Really, this should be an easy one: My hair doesn’t do that. Toren definitely got his Mom’s hair. Here are the two static heads together: And one more:
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his grandmother would not approve
My Mom (Ryan’s Mom, Eugenie) hates motorcycles. She’s like the mother in The Christmas Story who kept repeating, “You’ll shoot your eye out,” except she would say, “You’ll kill yourself.” While, statistically, she’s right that the odds are higher, I don’t think the way Toren rides is quite the same: