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I'm having a horrible time, trying to send this link to all of you.

... (I hope), I just started a Yahoo! group, named "Reykr." If all of you join that group, I can just...to keep getting announcements about my blog, please join the "Reykr" group! (Of course, anyone can access my blog from its...once said), however. I think you can join the "Reykr" group here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Reykr/ If you have any trouble joining, please leave a comment on this...

Why I picked "Reykr" as my alias, for this blog.

I picked the name "Reykr," to make it easier to find my blog, by a Google search. My usual name, Jerry Baker, is pretty useless for that, because ... tree," in Old Norwegian and Icelandic. However, that was already taken as a user name for a different livejournal blog. So, I picked "Reykr," a word on the same page of the Icelandic Dictionary. It means "smoke" or "steam" and is a root of "Reykjavik."...

The Tornado at Picher, Oklahoma

..., cut in and rescued him after 12 hours work. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743515-1,00.html Because I was born on August 8, 1932, I suppose it's possible that I might have acquired my given name from that news story. The date of the tornado was also a significant one for me It was the 19th anniversary of a successful lung cancer operation I had, on May 11,1989. Reykr

"People are like sheeple," by Jerry Baker

...sites that advertise products sold by ANOTHER "Jerry Baker." Many years ago, he wrote a book, titled "Plants are like People." I've often thought of writing a book, titled, "People are like Sheeple." The other "Jerry Baker" calls himself "America's Master Gardener." Because I've found so many complaints about him on the Internet, perhaps he should be called, "America's Bastard Gardener." Reykr

Letters From Ken Hoy

... know who is the long distance learning co-ordinator in ESL at UNI? Is it Kenneth Baughman? Thanks for including me on your long list of e-mail addresses to your blog address at http://reykr.livejournal.com I enjoy reading your blog, Jerry. I'm constantly learning new knowledge that I share with my advanced English students. Your name is well known by my students here at Palace Language Center...

Scandinavian Jokes, Etc.

...Bible, it says, "Now, I see through a glass, darkly." Maybe, it might help to wash the windshield. Reykr Reykr means "smoke" or "steam." in Old Norwegian. "Reykjavik" means, "steamy bay," named because of a hot spring, there. "Reykr" is cognate to the Scottish "reek," the root of "Auld Reekie," an affectionate name for Edinburgh, smoky because of...

Today is the anniversary of the cause of the 1918 flu pandemic.

... one location to another. The troops then carried it to Europe, where the population, already weakened and malnourished after 4 years of war, easily fell victim to it. Then in spread throughout the whole world. That flu killed more US troops than the Germans did. It was almost like a kind of insane biological warfare, which destroyed our own people, as well as people in other countries. Reykr

I just found out that Kerry and Reykr are anagrams of each other, and neither has any other anagram. That was a surprise. Bob Coyle is one of two people I know who can ...'s Day (April 23), which was also Good Friday. It's interesting that Kerry, an Irish word, is an anagram of the Old Norwegian word "Reykr." John Kerry is not of Irish descent, however, but the Nebraska senator Bob Kerrey is.

Birthday Today: Darold Treffert

... I don't know what ever happened to Carol, since I never saw her after 1974. The people that knew her, such as Hazel Lentz, Edith Schreiber and Ella Hornick, are all dead. Ted Odell had a brief acquaintance with her, but since I haven't heard from him for close to two years, he's probably dead, too. He had cancer, the last I knew. Reykr