Greg_W

aieet. i read the article you linked to. seemed like just a bunch a crap on how climbers are selfabsorbed. all i can say is 'what a bitch.' Here, here. All the chics that were quoted sound bitter and angry. I'd be curious to see how the sales go; doesn't seem like a very inviting topic. Who's buying this for their significant other for Christmas? "Here, Sweetie, I bought you this book on how all the other wives deal with their mountaineer spouses. Maybe it'll help you work through all the bitterness and rage you feel when I just go cragging for a day. Maybe you won't drink so much when I go to Washington Pass for a whole weekend. I hope this book will help you get in touch with your feelings when I fuck up and die in the mountains like all those people in this book. I love you. Merry Christmas."

This is a totally gay thread...a new low for lameness on cc.com. It's fitting that Allison spearheads it.

Didn't he tag "Outer Space" on the way out?

Parking at minx's house - now that's a risk to assess!!! (just kidding, minx)

jja and I hit that and were back to the car by 2-ish. I actually got some decent sleep before heading in to work.

cheese quesadillas with liberal amounts of Tabasco.

I'm bringing burgers and steaks for about 25. (Secret handshake and password required for elk steak )

He's around. I talked to him last week. <sorry for the obvious name-drop, it happens so infrequently I couldn't resist>

Secret Service is not D.O.J., it's Dept. of Treasury, and acts solely to protect the President. I seem to recall some other stories in years past about Secret Service responding to idle threats against presidents and shit.

Doesn't matter. I know, Ratboy, I know, but think about what you would talk to that one about in the midst of afterglow or over breakfast. She'd probably make you worship her "first black woman to get one" Oscar, despite the fact that she's half-white.

Isn't softball a girl's game?? Ah, to be young and naive again. Must be nice. For you edification, "softball" in this context refers to a nice, fat, slow, easy opportunity. A good example is the types of questions that Larry King asks.

<softball chance to slam Erik deleted>

I'm claiming all this spraying as IT experience. What do you think?

Well, okay, that WAS a lie. I hope the kid gets a job, though. There are several self-employed individuals on this site who might use some part-time unskilled labor. Can I claim cooking experience if I make my own lunch in the morning?

You can have her, man. That chic is too whack even for me.

Sure, as long as I can claim plumbing experience for plunging my own shitter.

Sorry, Seth, but that is the funniest fucking thing I've read today. Thank you. I've never actually heard someone claim that as experience.

Touche. Thanks for the suggestions and the warning about the Naam.

The media frenzy and throngs that would follow Bush (or any president) to a funeral would create mayhem. In my own opinion, this would be a greater disrespect than not attending. Like Rodchester says, a funeral is a private, personal, family affair - not a media event or photo op. The "funeral" of Paul Wellstone, which turned into a huge campaign stop sickened me. Let the families grieve and say goodbye in privacy -the President was neither family nor friend, he has no place there. Greg_W

Yeah. You puttin' out? Cost isn't an issue - they don't even use real money up there. Isn't that weird?

Any suggestions? I'll be staying downtown.

ditto

I haven't been home in 6 days and tonight IS my laundry night! Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!

I remember leading this pitch thinking, "Okay, Matt said it takes #1, #2, #3 Camalots." I climbed the pitch and found that I placed them in exactly that order - that was good for a chuckle once I got to the belay.

I'm wondering if going back and seeing the first one again with a "spaghetti western" type mindset might make it better. I definitely had that mood going on when I hit the theater for "2" and caught some of the laughs I might have missed. Quentin used a lot of corniness on purpose in these movies I think.