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An example of this is Donna Lee by Charlie Parker. He wrote a new melody using the chord changes to My Home in Indiana. You can also reharmonize an existing melody, but would still be called an arrangement or a variation and not a new composition. I suppose an example of this would be Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes by Carl Maria Von Weber.

Well, that's the difference, I don't think it's trivial - Remember this rebuttal is coming from the Dr Flash Amazing the sporto god from SmithRock. HEY CBS- you should inhale the chalk dust as it blows your way...as a chemist I would think you like that type of stuff. Chalk was once thought to be contaminated to varying degrees with asbestos. Childrens chalk was tested and found not to contain it. Who knows about climber's chalk? Certainly it is unpleasant to breath the stuff in. When they created the policy of no loose chalk at Stone Gardens, the atmosphere there improved immensely.

An example of a congressman with diarrhea of the mouth- guy who needs to learn to shut his trap. Unbelievable.

You're damn right Dru! It's amazing but sometimes we agree on things.

Traitor. He used the training that was given to him to defend his country and he used it to murder his own countrymen. These are among the absolute worst crimes one can commit. He deserves much worse than death.

that's such crap. it'll be days before it reabsorbs the fluid and just be sore and annoying. one quick pinprick and it's over. Agreed, I've waited up to a week for blisters to reabsorb in the past, they just don't go away. Pop, disinfect, suck it up. Wrong order. Disinfect with peroxide or isopropanol and THEN pop with a flamed needle.

My thinking is generally linear, or that is how I've always regarded myself, but I'm beginning to realize I am also capable of intuitive thought. Probably most folks now wouldn't even recognize Stardust if they heard it, but it certainly is what I'd call a "haunting melody".

Climb: Mixup-East Face Date of Climb: 7/17/2005 Trip Report: The right side of Gunsight Notch was all melted out with a huge moat, so we took the left side. There was an easy step across from the snow to dirt on the right. There's a boot path that lead around the crag to the other side where the climb begins. We started our climb from the South side about 50 ft down, rather than 100 ft as Beckey mentions. The start is a bit steeper, but protects and quickly gets easier. Belayed from a horn where there are two ways up, an easy but longer gully on the left or a short chimney on the right. I went right. It was a little wet in places from rain the previous day. Protection is a bit sparse, but the climbing is pretty easy. Even though it was fourth class, I was happy to be wearing rock shoes, as the rock is quite slick. The stair case scramble was really cool and fun. There was a short pitch of low fifth class rock that leads to a small notch west of the summit. It protects well. We went just to the right of the notch and stepped across. Gear Notes: Medium nuts, pink and red Tricams, #3 slider nut, green and red Aliens, Clog #2.5, couple hexes. Approach Notes: Traverse over Mixup Arm from Cascade Pass was easier than usual. One mud gully to cross.

A discussion isn't necessarily warranted. I just think that some people are so inspired that it can seem like divine intervention. They themselves can't explain the process whereby they create. Einstein also comes to mind.

I think it sucks when the climber on the next route is using loose chalk and has to dip for every single move. The wind is such that a rain of white particles comes down on you. It just pisses me off when that happens.

I heard a quote on the radio today attributed to Hogey Carmichael. He said that when he first heard Stardust after it had been recorded it seemed much bigger than he was. He hardly could believe he had written it. It was almost as though the melody was already there waiting for him to find it. This remided me also of Michelangelo Buonarroti and how he spoke of freeing the angel that was inside the stone with his chisel. Extending that analogy to the climber making the first ascent, creating a new route. The line was there. It was always been there. The act of climbing it turns it into a tangible thing, something more than it was.

What you want is a corn snake. One time our cat brought in a live rat through the doggie door and it got loose in the house. We let one of the corn snakes after it. The snake found the rat in minutes and was retrieved with a bulge in its neck and a satisfied look on its reptilian face.

You have a way with words. That imagry is just freaking me out man. I didn't need that.

The couloir? It's all melted out like I've never seen before. Huge gaps.

You may not post very often but when you do it's something good. I'm thinking back on your Ptarmigan Ridge TR.

Good grief, man! I've done that approach and it's hard enough even if you stay on route. You are one tough mofo.

I generally don't climb in shorts at Darrington on account of the potential for the "cheese grater effect". You are a braver man than I.

dude, shut your cakehole Sorry, I hadn't noticed that this was the Assholes Only thread.

I just give them a straight answer. What's wrong with that? Why be rude to strangers for no reason? Because you think you are superior in some way?

I think you are right. In Europe they use a comma instead of a decimal point.

This is going to be an interesting trial. Will the young man make it a Federal Case? The state law would almost certainly be overturned if it went to the Supreme Court. Apparently, it wasn't enough to get him for underage drinking, littering, evading arrest, burning personal property and theft. My guess is that the in the end he'll accept a plea bargain that doesn't include the desecration charge.

Next thing you're going to tell us is that the people in the paintings on the wall talk back to you! What are you smoking anyway?

That's pretty horrible, all right.

Maybe it starts with stem cells.