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This is the only good political news I've heard in quite a while. I say again:

I came across this bulletin board and thought all of you folks who like to talk politics would enjoy it: I'm Pro-war, goddamn liberal media, sniveling liberals, Clinton, Kerry's fake war metals, blah blah blah If you are a liberal, prepare to be disgusted and outraged. These people are rabid republicans and it has apparently liquefied their brains (as rabies is wont to do).

Have you been using the beta? Have you come across any Cons yet? How does it compare to Opera?

Nice to see something to compete with M$. Get it here.

It's cloudy in Seattle tonight. Anybody live somewhere with clear skies tonight?

"I just put a skylight in my living room.... ....the people who live above me are furious". -Stephen Wright

I was in Juneau this June with Fred Beckey and we visited Kenny at his house. He was a very warm and generous guy with lots of great stories to tell. I especially enjoyed playing with his son Zach who seems to be a budding climber (of trees anyway). Very sad news. I'm so sorry for his kids and wife.

Sorry man, I tried to take some pictures, even a video, but it didn't capture anything. Hopefully tomorrow night will be clear for ya'll. More aurora Websites: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Curtis/curtis.html Not my picture:

Holy shit. I saw a lot of aurora displays when I lived in Alaska that were brighter and more colorful than this one, but I have NEVER seen anything anywhere near that dynamic! Pulses, shimmers, dancing waves and curtains... The pulses would start in the north and quickly spread southward brightening up the curtains of pale green. WOW!

It's goin' off right now!!! Check it out! I see pulses!

That was cool. Seems to have peaked around 9:15pm. Even people in Alabama saw it! http://www.spacew.com/www/auroras.html

I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!!! PRAISE JEEEEBUS!

I have The "Republic of Freemont" isn't a REAL country metrosexual.

Senor Skyclimb lives in Corvallis. Poor guy.

Where is the grafitti? Where are the beer cans? This can't be "under a bridge". I think those pictures were shot in some Hollywood studio. Come on, spill the beans.

I have heard rumors that such things exist. Please list examples.

Please shower me with compliments!

Over W Face, NEWS? This is supposed to be our top 5 climbs that WE HAVE NOT DONE YET. Correct? If so, here is my list: Rock: NR Stuart SF Prusik NEB Slesse Japanese Gardens, Index (I need a ropegun. RuMR?!, MisterE!?!!?, BobbyP?!) Just about anything in the southern picketts Not rock: NF Hood Triple Couliors, Dragontail Ptarmagin Ridge, Rainier NY Gully, Snoqualamie Some other stuff... I like rock climbing.

I "climbed" the REAL Mt. Elbert once...

I hope you clubbed a few Bush voters. http://www.pbase.com/nolock/mountains

Those fuckin' savages! We should take over that goddamned country for it's own good!

Bill The Bard wrote that. Hamlet. I don't see how the quotation was all that apt in the context in which you used it, except that you ruffled J_B's feathers, but the emotion the quote is about is a little more complex than that. edit: And no, I didn't use google initially, but here is the context of the quote (using google): "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." --From Hamlet (III, ii, 239) Queen Gertrude speaks these famous words to her son, Prince Hamlet, while watching a play at court. Gertrude does not realize that Hamlet has staged this play to trap her and her new husband, King Claudius, whom Hamlet suspects of having murdered his father. She also does not realize that the lady who "doth protest too much" is actually herself, as the Player King and Queen represent King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude. The former will be poisoned (in this play within the play) by the king's brother, as in reality (Hamlet suspects) Claudius killed King Hamlet. Gertrude's statement is in response to the play-Queen's repetitive statements of loyalty to and love of her first husband. p.p.s. I believe John McCain will be elected president in 2008. He's pretty much unstoppable as far as I can tell. He has right wing appeal, very strong moderate appeal, he has impeccable character... hell, I might even vote for him. In the early days of the democratic primaries, I was very excited by the prospect of Dean getting the nomination. It looked likely to happen and he was a politician that could almost imagine honestly supporting! A rare thing, especially at the national level. Jim McDermmot for President!!!

Sweet!

It's taken me a while to get around to posting these pictures, but I thought they might still be of some interest. Here is a picture of me holding the rock that ripped through our tent in the middle of the night at Thumb Rock. Note the hole in the tent fly. The rock embedded itself in the snow about 12 inches above the top of my head. Didn't get much sleep that night. Fortunately that event still remains my closest brush with death while climbing. Here is a nice picture of me on the upper slopes (I think) of Lib Ridge. We had beautiful weather. Both pictures are by my partner AS. Thanks! edit: And here is a picture of my partner AS aiding past the bergshrund just below Liberty Cap. This picture has been posted before: