Appleton Trip-Day Two

Today was mostly uneventful until evening when a lot happened.  I stayed at the house and worked on the common Good presentation and watched the snow fall.   I also watched The Battle for Algiers a French film of the 1960's which is one of the works being studied in this quarter's Freshman Studies Program.  I have never seen it but highly recommend it.  Although in black and white, it is very modern in its treatment of the Algerian War.

Megan, Bubbles, and Jennifer

When Meg came  back from campus, we had a quick dinner and then headed off to the roller rink for her second practice for the local Roller Derby League.  Due to the snow storm, only the newbies showed up so they benefited from a lot of personal instruction from the coach and player/coaches.  She is shown here with Jennifer on the right and Bubbles in the center.  Being taller and more slender than the others is probably not an advantage in this endeavor.  I told her she should concentrate on her skating technique!  A roller derby contest is apparently called a "bout."

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When we got home around 9:00, the electricity went out for a couple of hours and so I went to bed and am now posting this on Friday.  Three more days with plenty of photos and posts.

Oh, I almost forgot.  Here is a video of AstroBabe (tentative RD moniker.)   Actually this was her 25 times around the oval which is one of the skating skills test.  she was within striking idstance of the qualifying time.