The
Plummeting Tortoises Reading Group was born in September of 1995.
Although they didn’t realize that they were to be known as that at the
time.
In 1996, the original group (consisting of Bussard, Dolmatz, Downing and Machin) were reading a book called Lempriere's Dictionary
by Lawrence Norfolk. There was a scene in the book in which there were
tortoises on the roof of an opera house that could presumably fly.
The opera house caught fire and much to everyone's surprise the
tortoises plummeted to the ground as opposed to taking flight.
Original member Randy Downing passed away in the fall of 2004 and was ultimately replaced by Clark.
In
October, 2014, Machin retired from the school district and buggered on
off to Texas to be closer to his daughter and her family. In February,
2015, Sult joined the group and until a new photo is taken his head has been
awkwardly Photoshopped onto the body of Machin. Then in May of the same
year, Clark determined that his batting average as a contributing
member was below the Mendoza Line
and sent himself to the book group minor leagues where he will try to
get his form back with the Greensboro Gekkos. He will stay on as the
proprietor of this website, however, in the name of archival science.
Finally, in October of 2015, Rose signed up to make the Tortoises a
foursome once again.
The
group alternates book choices with the “chooser” serving as the host
of the monthly discussion gatherings. Truth be told, however, they spend
most of the Saturday afternoon sessions eating good food, drinking
various things, and listening to a lot of different kinds of music.
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