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If she's smoking, slow down. BTW, urethane condoms squeak. Squirt and laugh at the same time.

China, Germany, and France are being fucking pussies. Fuck them. Outside of Claudia Schiffer and Heidi Klum, what good has come out of those places in recent memory? Powell's presentation was a waste of fucking time. And likely compromised some intel shiznit. He rattled the cage, and the dumbfuck Ambassadors didn't stir. Time to press Go, Mr. President. Get that shit cleaned up before the desert gets hot. As for this crap: Stupid pussy statement. I know it comes from deep inside where you're soft and tender like a little girl, but I don't want to read that shit.

Losing weight is simple: Eat less, do more. Fuck cardio to "loose fat". More muscle=higher metabolism. If you want to be strong, get stronger by lifting. If you want to run a long ways, then go the cardio route. And if you want to be a better climber, do all of it.

Mary Clancy goes up to Father O'Grady after his Sunday morning service, and she's in tears. He says, "So what's bothering you, Mary my dear?" She says, "Oh, Father, I've got terrible news. My husband passed away last night." The priest says, "Oh, Mary, that's terrible. Tell me, did he have any last requests?" She says, "That he did, Father..." The priest says, "What did he ask, Mary?" She says, "He said, 'Please Mary, put down that damn gun.

It's called "compassionate conservatism". That's why social service funding in Bush's budget proposal is being decreased by over 75%.

I got one of those too. It's got everything. A barometer, an altimeter, a thermometer, a chronometer, a calendar, and this thing that tells time. The altimeter goes in increments of 20 ft, and it's not super accurate. But it has got me to pass elevations during long traverses pretty well. What else do you need?

Neoprene gloves intended for flyfishing and other similarly silly sports are available at Walmart for cheap (I saw camo-colored pairs there for $4.95). But they're cheap. The gloves with seams that I have I seal especially well around the little finger. It's that area that often rests against the ice and snow surface, gets wet, then cold, then solid, then colder. The sealant stuff never seems to last that long, though.

Who needs liquid water?

easy one here: Redoubt=Climberextreme Come on. Give her a kiss:

For the lower 48, either Vinylove, or Seal Skinz.

Both of those religions seem to spawn spontaneous regimentation, and that weirds me. But my own planet stocked with a whole gang of strange sounds like heaven to me.

I've been stroking my tools with the Vinylove for a few years now. One pair lasts me about a season. My hands stay pretty warm, but I've got warmer hands than most people I've climbed with. Just don't expect them to withstand a fast rappel. You need to use forced air to dry them, or they'll get funky (I use a couple cardboard tubes duct-taped into a shoebox placed over the heating register). And they wouldn't be my first choice for a multi-day trip, though my climbing partner used them on Liberty Ridge, and didn't complain. With regard to the Seal Skinz, when coupled with an overmitt, they'd do extremely well in even severe cold. The Chill Blocker style --which, again, will come out in March-- is roughly twice as thick as the regular style.

Fuck it. Cut all the damn trees down. I'm converting to Mormonism so I can get my own planet. Screw Earth. Leave it to all you losers who'll be left behind after the Rapture. Now all I need are some bitches --er, women-- to help me populate it.

Seattle Marine

Wouldn't you rather have a pair of the Vinylove? You can customize the design with a Sharpie pen.

hyperbole.

Do it yourself with a Speedy Stitcher. If you de-tune the needle, it will push aside the fabric picks rather than cut them.

Dude left on Feb 1st. He's packing a ton of stuff. That's a BOB trailer he's pulling, BTW.

Must've been a temporary problem at serratus.com (or serratus.ca) because it's accessible today. Now why can't I find pogies on their site? BTW, Crad is in rare form this month.

That's longer than most. Buck Owens would say it's "just dumb". I saw Buck performing at the Crystal Palace in December, and that was the comment he made for all the couples there celebrating their Anniversaries. I reckon Buck may be a little bitter about his last divorce that's costing him $62.5 million.

That kind of talk practically guarantees a late April snow dump.

I'm a little uncomfortable with public displays of affection. Is this public?

No. Not a brick-and-mortar place, anyways. They're too new, I think, for some retailers to gamble on. You can order direct from Danalco http://www.danalco.com/ I don't think they charge for shipping, either. Or I can put together a purchase, but the minimum order is twelve pair total (the sum of socks and/or gloves of any sizes must be 12). Toward the end of March, they're supposed to start distributing "ChillBlocker" models that feature a thicker liner to make them even warmer. The current Seal Skinz are lined with Coolmax.

At this year's conference, Vice President Dick Cheney told the crowd that "CPAC has consistently championed those ideas that make America great." Some "ideas" on display included advocating religious war ("No Muslims = No Terrorists"), equating of Tom Daschle and Hillary Clinton with Osama bin Laden and Saddan Hussein, and villifying Harry Potter (video title for sale: "Harry Potter, Witchcraft Repackaged: Making Evil Look Innocent"). It'd only be an absurd display if the people with the reins in our country weren't there. But they were. Does anybody else find the antics that go on at CPAC to be downright scary? Does anybody else find the Bush budget proposal to be irresponsible (okay, how about crazy Reaganomics)?