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QUESTION: What do Slovenia, owls, the 1880s and baseball have in common?
ANSWER: Nothing.
At least, that’s what the answer would be if it weren’t for Dr. Seth Hawkins. As it is, Dr. Hawkins, a retired professor, runs a small museum in St. Paul, Minnesota, featuring exhibits dedicated to all four subjects. What connects them? Absolutely nothing. Hawkins is simply drawn to "obscure" things.
He realized one day that he didn’t know much about Slovenia, so he started collecting stuff related to it. He made 10 trips to the country after 2001, and spent about $30,000 collecting masks, maps, clothing and other items. His dedication hasn’t gone unnoticed; he’s now "one of four finalists — and the only non-Slovenian — under consideration to become the Slovenian consul to Minnesota."
The fascinating story of Dr. Hawkins is here: Eccentric Collector Thrives on the Obscure.
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That picture makes negative sense, even after reading your post. That owl will haunt me all day. Thank you.
LOLSorry, but i cannot stop laughing. I’m just reading DaVinci code (yes I know, a few years late, out of fashion and just before the movie) and trying to decypher and connect the simbols on the picture. Sorry, cannot do it… And i cannot more than agree with sgazzeti… this owl will also haunt me all day…
God, it must have been tough being a Slovenian owl in the 1880s with a baseball on your head.
I have also made 10 trips to Slovenia post 2001 and must have spent $30000 on beer alone (almost). Can I be considered for the position of Slovenian Consul to Newcastle-upon-Tyne please?
send an e-mail to dimitrij.rupel@gov.si, claim to be a sexist pig and you’ve got the job. At least that seems to be the standard in this country as of recent
Dr. Hawkins is good friends with my neighbor. We’re visiting him later this month. I’m not even kidding! How on earth did you find out about him?
@plav trg: see, that’s just not eccentric enough. sorry. maybe if you spent your money on, say, model airplanes, made exclusively from slovene birch wood… what you could do, however, is try to negotiate a sistership between the towns of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Laško. that might work.
There would certainly be a strong beer link between the two although Newcastle is a city about the size of Ljubljana while Lasko is basically a large village so there may be a mismatch. On the more general point I will endeavour to be more eccentric and obscure in future although I draw the line at model airplanes and certainly birchwood
Susan: Wow, that’s great! Give him my warmest regards. I must say it’s very hard to find any information on him. There’s no website or anything. It’s a small world after all.
That picture makes me think of Monty Python animations. There should be a wierd skit to go with it!