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Stephen Hawking is indeed a great mind and a fitting successor to Steinmetz. Not many know of his contributions to extreme sports: see here.

Dwight:

That's a pretty comprehensive list of early to middlin' Heinlein. I also enjoy his later works ("Friday" and "The Number of the Beast"), his general fiction ("A Bathroom of Her Own" has a wonderful description of local politics), and non-fiction (his essays "Inside Intourist" and "Pravda Means Truth," written following his tour of the USSR, are required reading for my kids before they are old enough to handle Solzhenitsyn).

Chinquapin and Sac-au-Lait (not exactly sure of the spelling; literally, "sack of milk") are very Southern (both Louisiana, IIRC) for RES and Crappie, respectively. Dr. Dave knows far more about either of those than I do (indeed, more than most of us likely do), but probably has not posted about them under those names.

It's cold enough here to stay inside except for forays for firewood, but after reading of your balmy MN temps, I believe I will go out and work on a tan some today.