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Alex Breitler
A native of Benicia, he lives in Stockton with his wife, Ann (a Record copyeditor who fixes all of his mistakes). He has been writing mostly about natural resources since 2003, first in Redding and now in Stockton. He is on the lookout for a giant ... Read FullCategories
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"Good morning…"
The following voicemail was waiting for me when I got to the office this morning:
“Yes, good morning, I just read your story on the front page regarding Leap Day. Kind of a fun story until I get to the last paragraph, and there it is: once again you’re perpetuating the myth about the red-legged frog and Mark Twain’s book about the jumping frog of Calaveras County. Read the book and you will find that not once is it mentioned that it is a red-legged frog. Please do not perpetuate this myth over and over and over again. Get your facts straight. Read the book. It is not a red-legged frog that is in the book of Mark Twain. Please stop making this mistake.”
An informed colleague tells me that while the book indeed does not specifically mentioned the red-legged frog, that was the prevelent species up in the foothills during Mark Twain’s day.
And as the largest native frog west of the Mississippi, I’m sure the red-legged frog packs quite a jump.
As to this caller’s passion over the issue, one can only speculate. She didn’t leave her name or number so I can’t call her back.