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Name 'cause I'm slow and white. The current image is a hamster in a globe hamster ball - which is sort of suitable for our world.

... partly due to chica's schedule (only Sunday off from Retail Hell), so I had to support the terrorists a bit more than I would have liked. Still got 2 days out on some grand chunks of rock. chestbeat pix. unfortunately, didn't get any up at PG, so am stuck with the Pad Person shots.

Bouldered at Swftwater on Saturday - got humbled, as usual, by Royal Flush, did laps/variations on Footless Traverse, played on some larger numbers on the same boulder, then watched Cole Allen work a project using the Footless Traverse 'footholds' for his starting holds. Went and cried in my scotch. Sunday- goofed around Seattle with the chica. Monday- Went up to Pearly Gates for the first time - A grand bit of granite. Ticked off about 10 pitches worth of climbing between 5.8 and 5.12 for a Grade III day. Finished off on the 10d slab off right for the shakiest on-sight of the day.

I've got the Canon A70 - the A80 seems to be the standard now (3 MP vs. 2MP). I like it for the metal case and slightly beefier build. I've had it for 9 months, so am still in the experimenting phase with it- my g/f has a Fuji Finepix - 2 nice things about it - through-the-lens viewfinder and a 6X optical zoom - most of the digis only have a 3x zoom. Its a bit bulkier, but still on the order of a 35mm compact AF.

Yeah, my folks were soooo pleased to discover all my preferred sports 'required' helmets - climbing, biking, skiing, motorcycling...

or Courtney Love?

Tonya Harding?

I had a Petzl Ecrin Roc until it took a jumper off a ledge (dumb move, clumsy climbing parter). I replaced it with a BD Half Dome - a bit more closer-fitting and less noticeable than the Ecrin, which makes me much more likely to wear it, plus a bit more protection of the back of the head - the decision had come down to between the half dome and Petzl Elios, but the BD happened to fit my head a bit better.

The Sperminator

bump Anyone? Bueller...bueller...

I'm looking for a partner Saturday and Monday if folks are around - Index, Leavenworth, etc... Cracks (10+?) or bolts (11+?), I'm game.

And don't forget project management... (cat herding)

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Trigger the oil slick and rear flamethrower.

Jon Stewart's Commencement Address at William & Mary Kurt Vonnegut's State of the Union

SOMEBODY STOP ME!!!!!

.. or less shit.

Oil sands Canada, the next OPEC?

From The New Republic (www.tnr.com) 5/16/04 "HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NEW ZOGBY POLL: Bush's job approval is down to 42 percent. His approval on Iraq is down to 36 percent. Kerry is up by five points in the horserace (47-42). Right track/wrong track is at 54/40. The percentage who say it's "time for someone new" is at 53 percent. Kerry favorability is at 55 percent. Bush favorability is at 52 percent. Bush and Kerry are tied in the red states (45-45). Kerry leads in the Blue states (49-38), the East (53-36), the West (45-44), the central Great Lakes (47-41), and among progressives, (81-12), liberals (79-12), moderates (55-30), Hispanics (59-39), African-Americans (85-6), Democrats (84-9), and Independents (46-37). Bush leads in the South (47-43) and among conservatives (71-19), Whites (46-42), Asians (63-37), Republicans (81-8), and Libertarians (80-0). Not exactly a majority coalition."

Slate.com now has a Kerryism feature to complement their Bushisms feature. The obfuscating versus the inarticulate. Let the cage match begin.

Can't...let...thread...die...

We'll have a party of 3, possibly the gorge Sat., Tuff, Sun.

you hunt the web for pictures of fat housecats and snaffles

Caption: Britney Spears suddenly and spontaneousely ages, revealing that she is actually Joan Rivers, who sold her soul to the devil for a return to youth and popularity.