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GALAPAGOS PILGRIMAGE PART 4: Truth & the Unreliable Narrator

ā€œAfter listening for 10 minutes, I realized itā€™s not so easy." - Some old guy with all the best words   Male blue-footed booby assuming display posture . Blue-footed-booby-doing-mating-display portion of photo (lower half) Credit: Dawn Cerrone. Diving-blue-footed-booby-portion of photo (upper half) Credit: Scott Dietz.     Human male assuming display posture   (Picture posted on MadSci Network ā€“ not attributed) That reminds me. Sgt. Rock asked me about my trip to the Galapagos.  With a perplexed forehead he said, ā€œWhy did you go to the Galapagos?ā€ which to my ear included the subtext, ā€œā€¦when you could have laid back in St. Martin, sippinā€™ gin and juice?ā€ (Editorā€™s note: After some reflection, it should be noted that the phrase, ā€˜sippinā€™ gin and juiceā€™ would be more characteristic of something Kip might say.) I suppose I could have explained how a tropical paradise holds reduced appeal for old fat men who havenā€™t come to terms with their di...