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Frog Time: Do the Hard Thing

Frog Time: Do the Hard Thing

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning, and if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” (Mark Twain)

It was a (briefly) pleasant discovery to find it was a writer—Mark Twain, at that—who came up with the “eat the frog” catchphrase. (Until I learned that Twain, like Lincoln, is credited online with things he never said.)

Social distancing in the COVID-19 era, in turn, provided me with a choice opportunity to whip up my own Amphibious Barbeque Cookout (ABC).

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