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Torture and humiliation is a landscape without boundaries, a terrible slope that even the most practiced interrogators can slide down once they allow themselves to apply the slightest physical or psychological pressure. — James Glanz, New York Times

Her family brims with accounts about how strong willed Private England could be.

As I went over London Bridge

I met my sister Jenny

I broke her neck and drank her blood

And left her standing empty.

I had to eventually post about something other than scavhunt.

I figure, better to get it over with. Our chronic withdrawal is not aided by our insistance on reliving the past, even though we’re surrounded by fluorescence and floor essence.

160. The biggest goddamn sombrero we’ve ever seen. Fully functional sombreros only. [12 points per square foot. No goddamn limit. 6 bonus points for a goddamn running rendition of the Mexican Hat dance]

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If it isn’t a deep, sworn secret, I’d be interested to know what item, in you folks’ opinion, almost destroyed the Hunt.

More Scavhunt here.

I linked to Mr. Kammerer’s blog below, but read his Sunday, May 09, 2004 post on scavhunt. It’s one of the most transcendent rants on scavhunt I’ve ever encountered.

Where? Here.

~C

Today felt more normal than yesterday. Tomorrow will probably feel more normal still.

Of course, I’m getting all sorts of hare-brained schemes to extend the eudaemonia further still, but most or all will be eventually discarded.

I will continue to add links to the resources post from 5/10/04.

You will find in this post links to the Official Website of the University of Chicago 2004 Scavenger Hunt, Articles on the Hunt, blogs maintained by judges and participants, and a few other relevant links.

I have also included a few thoughts I’ve had at the end of the Hunt this year.

Well, it’s over. As predicted, I didn’t have enough time to blog the whole event as it happened. Others have been more successful at keeping up, but I’ve gone into somewhat more detail.

Again, I have to hurry it along (I’m at work, lunch break) but I’ll pick up where I left off.

I’d hoped to blog yesterday.

But I became too busy running events (it happens) and didn’t get a chance to.

Now the problem has compounded… I have thirty minutes approximately in which to tell you as much as I can.

I’ve decided that I might as well blog this hunt, as well as I can. I think it would be fun to give the judge’s perspective on the whole thing.

If you are interested in a team’s perspective, check out Colin’s account.