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Just barely caught something on the radio before I snoozed the alarm. Figured I misheard what they said. Then my phone rang and my Dad told me to get out of bed and turn on the tv. Decided not to go to work because they'd send us home since we were in an office tower downtown. Watched tv for a few hours and then went shopping with EddieE for therapy and went to pub club in T-town. Got flack for haveing a pub club, but since I had just moved to town and knew very few people in Seattle I needed people to be with. Thanks to those few who came out to share some brews and discussion. My former employer lost almost 500 people in the tower and several of my clients lost a lot of people - one nearly lost everyone on their money management and trading staff. The death and destruction is still hard to believe. Osama should be brought to justice, but I am pretty conflicted about how Bush has handled his war on terrorism and about the continued death of innocent casualties and destruction of what little infrastructure overseas in countries where the people had little control over what their leaders chose to do. I don't think we will fully realize the implications of our president's/government's actions for many years. We are the 800# gorilla and I think we lack true leadership in both thought and action on these issues.

Don't Marines primarily use aircraft carriers for transport to their missions? So I think the ones we have already are full of marines ready for action. You're all so excited about a new big boat that costs a lot of money - jillions according to ChucK. Meanwhile our own roads, schools, and healthcare systems, not to mention our utility infrastructure are all in serious need of attention. Boys and their toys...

Still doesn't make anysense to me given that they are proposing shutting down up to 1/4 of the naval bases. Where are they going to put the damn thing? Haven't they put 2 or 3 new carriers into service inthe past 10 years?

How many more billions will that cost the taxpayers? Or was it figured into the $87 billion since I am sure that the Navy will post it off the coast of Iraq to make sure any Saddam followers are intimidated by a ship named after the guy who bombed the hell out of their country.

Count me in! Wouldn't miss it.

I lead the first two pitches of GNS at Index and practiced running it out above my gear. Then we went up to climb Timberjack. It kicked my butt. A little too physical after having the summer stomach flu last week... Laid around in the boulders pretending we were commentators letting the viewers understand the scene on Thin Fingers. Funny shit! Excellent day.

We got a 6pack of Monkey Face porter at Smith two weekends ago. That stuff is really yummy!

Wasn't me, but it was nice to see you stranger.

Just a little personality shift after climbing all day with E-rock...He got hold of my computer for awhile saturday night.

Where'd you get the photo of E-rock? Have you seen that ridiculous T-shirt he wears? What a creep!

I want to have Extremo's baby.

Ummmm, Eric? Just maybe it had something to do with the wording you chose? It's spelled E R I K you fuckstick, YOURS is Eric. BTW I saw your stupid blow-job post before you pulled it last night, pussy.

Sphinx, do you like to talk dirty? You should come into my work. We really like it when you say all the dirty stuff you're thinking when you're in line at the register.

Don't have that one, Dru. The mags have been spoken for. Thanks for taking them off my hands.

LOOKING I believe in magic, and I believe it can happen to me. I am willing to wait magic is bs...gonna be a long wait... there is magic in every day. look arround you. flowers bloom, children are born, people fall in love. the sun sets and rises again. butterfies fly thousands of mile in migration, as do hummingbirds.life is beautiful and full of magic. "magic" in relationships is the bs forced down our throats by hollywood and disney cartoons. Yeah there's a great feeling when you find someone you think you are compatable with but that's not magic. It's one part chemical, one part cerebral, and one part horny physical. Once the sensation wears off it is all about whether you like the person as a person. Do you have similar goals and interests to share? Can you be comfortable living the daily routine with him/her? Are you commited to being honest about what you want, need and are willing to give to the other person? Can you trust eachother on many levels? Can you encourage and allow eachother to grow as individuals? This is where the "work" starts. Once that commitment to honesty in communication changes then the relationship is doomed if you can't find it again...you'll stop working and everything will seemed fucked up. That's my $.02

Maybe you'll be able to enlighten us after your lunch with Tom Ridge next month.

Climbed Monkey Face with a few other cc.comers on Monday. It was a great climb and a lot of fun. One rant...While we were rapping two climbers decided to rap into the notch for the first pitch from the tyrolean traverse anchors. They conned some kids into waiting there at the ledge to help them get their rope free because they were dumb enough to thread their rope directly through the bolt hangers. Then they knocked rocks down onto the ledge where the climb really starts and we were standing. This was not at all appreciated given that you knew we were down below! If you guys post here you need to get a clue about people around you and get some more skills before climbing outside the gym!

It's good, but I'm just getting started on it. Usually takes me a while to get through the philosophy stuff. Gotta take time to sink in. If you like the whole Pooh metaphor "Pooh on Management" (or something like that) is a great book about management theory. Came out in the early 90s I think.

Someone posted a few weeks ago that they were reading a book on the partition of India and Pakistan. What was that book title and was it any good? Looking for something on the subject. Thanks. Currently reading the first Lord of the Rings book and the "Tao of Pooh"

I have copies of assorted Rock & Ice and Climbing issues back to the mid-90s. Before I toss them out next week when I move I thought I'd offer them up to anyone who wants to come pick them up. send me a pm.

If you're in the Smith Rocks area stop by the grasslands and say hi.

mabe that a "conservative" candidate is involved with shit like this... it is kinda stretching the ideals that the moral right embrace... I think it's great. The moral right needs their ideals stretched. They're waaay to uptight about a lot of issues.

The only bolts on Damnation I recall are the anchor at the top of the pitch.

That's the right attitude. The next generation will take care of it so what do WE have to worry about. Just wait till all the Boomers start to collect social security and medicare. Then we'll all see what deficit really means.

I like to rack the gear and some slings on my harness, except when climbing in chimeys or offwidths where I have to get inside and the gear will be in the way. Lately I've been racking the draws (shoulder length slings with caribiners) on another sling over my shoulder, but don't like heavy things like cams or nuts being on a sling because they just get in the way when I climb. Handovers at belays are not an issue and if seconding and not swapping leads, I ask the leader how he/she wants me to pass off gear. Some take it off my harness and some ask for pieces. I always clean up the slings, etc. it makes it much faster to not hand the leader a big mess of gear slings with nuts and cams on them.