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Yeah, but that's one stylin' belay jacket.

Some people climb for fun. Some people climb for ego enhancement. I believe it is latter who feel the need to do something "great" to validate their climbing experience or that doing something great validates another's climbing experience.

DIRTBAG Goods and Services IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: clothing, namely, casual and informalclothing, such as shirts, blouses, pants, shorts, underwear, shoes,socks, hats and caps. FIRST USE: 19951201. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE:19970601 Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING Serial Number 75386807 Filing Date November 7, 1997 Current Filing Basis 1A Original Filing Basis 1A Published for Opposition July 18, 2000 Registration Number 2392519 Registration Date October 10, 2000 Owner (REGISTRANT) Canning, Douglas P. INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES P.O. Box470775 San Francisco CALIFORNIA 941470775 Attorney of Record ROBERT E HARTENBERGER Type of Mark TRADEMARK Register PRINCIPAL Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

I know squat about copyright law, but doesn't this: "Copyright ©1996-2005 Dirtbag Clothing Inc. All Rights Reserved" at the bottom of the dirtbagclothing.com page mean something?

I'm looking for suggestions for reggae bands along the style lines of The Itals and Toots and the Maytals. Please and thank I.

After reading 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bryson, I mentioned to my 8th grade students the idea that to go back even 20 generations in a family involves over a million people who were parents of parents of parents, etc. 30 generations is over 1 billion. Going back to the time of the Romans gets you something like 1 quintillion individuals who are parental units. They kind of shrugged at this, being more cognitively concrete. Further explantion that 1 quintillion is more than all of the humans than ever existed, which means that if you look around the room, the person you are sitting next to will most likely be related to you in some distant way, got their attention in a big way. The "popular girls" looked at the greasy-haired, pimple-faced kid like he had just vomited on them.

How many 'yahoos' here do you think will actually catch your reference to "A Modest Proposal"?? Huh...what? Duh... that's so fucking obvious it's pathetic. Even responding to something so intentionally obvious is what's really pathetic. Did you forget your haldol today?

How many 'yahoos' here do you think will actually catch your reference to "A Modest Proposal"?? Huh...what?

and which industrialists would that be?? "I have been assured by a very knowing Industrialist of my acquaintance, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout." (with apologies to Mister Swift)

Big Business about to get some reach around.

more hyperbole from an overwrought Bush hater... You claim "Bush went out of his way to reach out towards American Muslims immediately following 9/11" which really seems an opinion touted as fact. I merely provided a counter example to your unqualified statement. There was nothing overwrought or hyperbolic in what I said. I initially searched for anything I could find on Bush reaching out to the Muslim world and the only info that presented itself from several queries using a variety of search terms was the one visit to the Islamic Center and the religion of peace quote. Please, provide me with the info I sought. I would really like to know the extent to which Bush reached out to the Muslim and Arab populations in America after 9/11.

OK, here is a glaring counterexample to your unqualified statement: Bush went out of his way to reach out towards American Muslims immediately following 9/11 - irrespective of their political affiliation, and appealed to the American people not to make the mistake of demonizing these fellow Americans. That is integrity and tolerance exemplified. A token visit to the Islamic Center in DC and a declaration of Islam as a "religion of peace" was hardly "going out of his way" in my opinion. Subsequent "reaching out" included surveillance, search, seizure, and incarceration of Muslims and Arabs in America without notification, evidence or an opportunity for the victims to access legal advice (see PATRIOT Act).

That Merit Badge shit is hard core: "To earn this merit badge doing cross-country (Nordic) skiing, a Scout must: Tell the meaning of the Wilderness Use Policy. Explain why each skier must adopt this policy. Explain why every skier must be prepared to render first aid in the event of a skiing accident. Tell the first aid measures for shock. Show how to apply splints. Discuss hypothermia. Tell about symptoms and what action must be taken in the event of hypothermia. Show your ability to select, use, and repair, if necessary, the correct equipment for ski touring in safety and comfort. Discuss the basic principles of snow craft, including avalanches. Demonstrate the basic principles waxing for cross-country ski touring. Discuss the differences between cross-country skiing, ski touring, ski mountaineering, and Alpine skiing. Explain the parts played by strength, endurance, and flexibility in Nordic skiing. Demonstrate exercises and activities you can do to get fit for skiing. List items you would take on a one-day ski tour. Present yourself properly clothed and equipped for a one-day ski tour. Discuss the correct use of your clothing and equipment. Demonstrate the proper use of a topographic map and compass. Show a degree of stamina that will enable you to keep up with an average ski touring group your age. On a gentle, packed slope, show some basic ways to control speed and direction. Include the straight run, traverse, side-slip, step turn, wedge stop, and wedge turn maneuvers. On a cross-country trail, demonstrate effective propulsion by showing proper weight transfer from ski to ski, pole timing, rhythm, flow, and glide. Demonstrate your ability, on a tour, to cope with an average variety of snow conditions. Demonstrate several methods of dealing with steep hills or difficult conditions. Include traverses and kick turns going uphill and downhill, side steps, pole drag, and ski-pole "glissade."

que? After rereading that, it seemed kinda harsh. I guess what I meant is that KFC registers pretty low on my healthy food meter.

That's a strange statement: You couldn't stomach the whole book, but you didn't think it was a waste of time (till the last chapter, at least)? By the way, you should read the last half of the last chapter, I've heard the recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken is revealed! I'm sort of busy, can some one give me a quick snyopsis of the book? Ten sentences or less. It's more like clipping a bungy to the back of your harness that's tied to a big tree and walking forward: The further you get the harder it is to continue. The book started out okay, but got succeedingly more ridiculous and predictable as time went by. Kentucky Fried Chicken sucks. Laytons more verbose than I am...he'd give a better 'snyopsis'.

I read through to the 2nd half of the last chapter and decided I'd had enough. No regrets.

First ascent of Crest Jewel Direct, June 2002.

Photographer was "karlbaba". aka Karl Baba

The utility pole is out.

Sharp-toothed key: Place the side of the key against the bottle neck. Place a tooth under the serrated edge of the cap. Place thumb against key. Twist the key toward you like you are opening a lock. It takes two or three placements to get it open, but if you get it right, the cap flies off and lands in someone else's lap.

Give him his refund in the form of 3000 loose pennies.

This bear scat contained cigarette butts, a sanitary napkin, plastic bags and aluminum foil gum wrappers. No nuts.

I work with a guy who will, during department meetings, suddenly burst out with laughter over something going on inside his head. Creeeeepy.