27 Monday Feb 2012
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, how to open a message in a bottle, message in a bottle, S.O.S., terrorist
We’ve had several beautiful days here in Lexington recently, and there’s nothing that makes me eager for adventure like a sunny day.
So…
The message started out looking like this:
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24 Monday Oct 2011
Posted in Adventure, Breaking a bottle, message in a bottle, Science
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bottle, breaking glass, Clint Buffington, cracking velocity of glass, glass, Glass Fracture Velocity, illustration, message in a bottle, shattering glass, speed of cracks in glass, stick figure
Here’s a random fact: cracks don’t form instantaneously in glass as it shatters, despite what it looks like.
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07 Wednesday Sep 2011
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, Breaking a bottle, Love, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel
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adventure, beachcombing, Clint Buffington, daydreaming, humor, illustration, message in a bottle, romance, stick figure, travel
Finding a message in a bottle is fun!
It’s also extremely addicting. And when I’m landlocked and working, and my mind wanders back to the beach, and to bottles shining in sunlight–
I start getting a little batty! The unopened bottles in my home become the tell-tale hearts of my life, always pulsing in their cardboard box, hijacking my concentration. I stare at them and want to open them and yes, yes, their time will come!
But I have to be extremely careful. The papers inside are the only links I have to the senders, soon to be (hopefully!) my friends. Each one is priceless, each brittle paper. So I wait until the time is right for each bottle, wait till I have time and a quiet day stretching out before me, when I can gather the tools and supplies I need. And then, the bottles know: there is no escape!
