catbirdseat

Moore doesn't need to exaggerate. Our murder rates are actually THAT bad compared to other first world democracies.

Aha, catturdeat returns after a lengthy hiatus.

They only suck because they are overused. They are cliche, cloyune, passe...any other French words?

I moderator can delete it, but you will have to grovel.

I've climbed with kids at the icicle on a number of occasions. It a lot of fun. As they say, "Kids say the darnedest things". If you err on choosing the grade, err on the easy side. If they complain it is too easy, put up a harder top rope. Have lots of good food and drinks on hand and remind them to partake so they don't get grouchy. Teach them how to belay one another, but be close by while they are learning. It's good if you have a second adult at the top to help coach and keep an eye on the anchor(s). I hope you all have fun and be safe.

I find it difficult to understand how or why some people can totally abandon their sense of civility and decency when they go online. I've heard others say that Necro is a good climbing partner and an agreeable person. Sure, there are people who take on alternate "persona" for their personal amusement, but this is a very serious and solemn occasion. Climbers and people in general are always going to be interested in accident reports. It reminds us that we are all mortal and live only one small mistake away from a similar fate.

Necro, I have met Elizabeth in person at Pub Club and she is a good person. You are making a personal attack on an individual because of your feelings about the media in general. It isn't fair and it isn't right. She didn't do anything wrong in my opinion. If anyone else reported the accident you wouldn't have jumped all over them. Furthermore, it was common knowledge that Elizabeth posts as Newstips. --Brian

There's quite a few ways to go wrong on rappel. Be careful everyone.

I think many of them figure you shouldn't be going over the speed limit and it is their duty to prevent you from breaking the law. Never mind they are breaking a different law themselves.

I'll bet the town is for it. Darrington has fallen on really hard times. It would help the local economy. Still, as Stefan mentioned, it sure rains a lot there. They could only race in the summer months.

Leno said something about their lawyers saying that if they showed anyone's face individually it would be tantamount to an endorsement, UNLESS they said something derogatory in every case, which is what they did.

You should know that we are all devastated.

When WILL they learn. Do you think the cause is a sense of self-righteousness, or just plain cluelessness?

First sow the seeds, then apply lots of manure, and water well...

He had 90 of the candidates for Governor on the show. There was this one chick who was a former porn star. He made some crack about her having already had her "ballot punched". She flipped him off and they showed it very briefly.

You never know with erik. He's a deep thinker. He is always several steps ahead of us. Just when we think we've figured him out, he has already moved on. That's what he was doing at that stop light- out thinking us.

Now picture the eagle with a tiny olive twig in one talon and a huge bundle of arrows in the other. He's kind of lopsided right now.

You are poorer for it and it shows.

I think I saw you on the road yesterday, catbird. Frail, 75 year old man, in an ancient Oldsmobile, going about 30 on the freeway. That was you, right? Or was it your son? No that was my grandson.

There is more to lummox than meets the eye. You got to read a lot of his post before you realize there is some intelligence behind the coarse facade.

You ain't kidding.

When I see a creature with the body of a lion and the head of a woman, I'm going to run it over.

Sometimes people do things that tick me off and I would just to give in and rage, but I don't let myself. It just ends up putting me in a bad mood when I get to work and I don't need that. I just tell myself to "fuggedaboudit".

Okay, I'm awake already (the coffee helped too).

cc.com has a long tradition of bad haiku poems Dru has come up with much better examples than I can come up with