marylou

I'm contemplating washing my hair. Normally a fairly simple task, but not easy with one arm in a cast. I could wash my hair or shave my head, which might be easier.

No you're not.

OKOKOK. I didn't go this year because I'm broken, but now looking at the pictures and stuff I really wish I had gone instead of staying home and going to Costco. Looks like it was great fun and of course the weather was stellar! I should have gone over and helped Porter keep the bench warm.

I will be there. I have an extra ticket if anyone wants to go with me. I'm hoping it will be P. Puget, but he hasn't responded to my email yet.

I believe there usually is; I imagine Gore will make a big announcement about donating the money to some group. Other winners got money, but perhaps I'm mistaken about winning the peace prize. Gore already gave away his winnings, IIRC.

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Or the 1970s for that matter, so let's coronate Nixon, Ford, and Carter for dodging that bullet. *Whew.* Jay, I guess i've come to expect a little more from you than that, but if you really think we need to put ol' Jerry Ford up for a Nobel Peace Prize, let's get on it. I think Carter already won it, and Tricky Dick was a criminal, so let's all get behind Ford, one of the all-time presidents for.....oh yeah, having a pulse, and not getting us into too much trouble. Kind of the American Dream, that.

Fairweather, you're a nitwit. Leave me out of your stupid little delusions about what goes on at these events.

Dork!

It was kinda boring last year, except for the slide show, which I liked a lot. Plus I just had surgery, so all I could do is sit around.

I know Reagan has practically been sainted for his foreign policy work, but I contend he was largely in the right place at the right time. history is being kind to him. Hell, history's being kind to NIXON anymore.....

The Right are just bitter because they don't have anyone who's deserving.

I like the Valandres better. I've never been in a sleeping bag that fit as well as a Valandre. That said, my main bag is a FF, made just for me right here in Seattle.

KPLU plays too much jazz music and doesn't cover national politics as much. I'm in it for the politics.

Exactly. Liz, we're looking for a little hand-holding here as thre KUOW beggars have disrupted our delicate lives with their begging. Speaking of which, there's a tell-all piece in The Stranger this week about how much cash KUOW has in the bank that will make you not want to pledge.

Yeah. I get around some of it by catching up on my podcasts, but I want today's news as well.

Oh mAAth problem! I thought it said mEth problem. F'in tweakers!

Ouch. That thread makes me glad I already bought tires. Makes my head hurt.

Make me want to break things. I know, I know, I can change the channel, but I don't want to have to give up NPR for a whole week.

I'm wide awake and all itchy because the Percocet is peaking. It's not stressful, just kind of annoying. I guess it's better than living through the 'night pain' associated with surgery. Hopefully I won't remember it tomorrow.

Good news. I had the wrist done today, no problems, all four screws out in 22 mins in the OR. Just a local and a little IV of something that made me feel slighly groovy. Next week, the biggie 2 hour ankle surgery.

Hillary Clinton has managed her political career brilliantly, IMO. No surprise she's slaying the competition. I think it's really hers to lose, and Newt Gingrich pretty much said the same thing earlier this week. Depending on who the Rs put up, I would not be surprised to see them put Condi on the ticket for veep. I don't think anyone can beat Hillary.

Amen. ---------------------- Are we sure it is a federal judge? ---------------------- Blake, I feel your pain. Keep up the good climbs. Breaking the law in an NP is going to be heard in Federal court because the Park is Federal land, so yeah. Same deal for not displaying the parking pass, it's Federal land. Like it or not, that's the deal. Being bold, special, and a climber written about in the national climbing mags changes nothing. I regularly tread on public land for administrative purposes (stocking fish as a volunteer for the State of Wa) and I still have to get all the damn permits. Same deal for real-life paid gummint employees. I heard a story from a guy just this week of some Fed fish bios getting busted for doing legit admin work in the Olympic NP without permits. They were just too damn lazy to get the permits and they got nailed just like the rest of us. EVERYONE has to get the damn permits.

Ok, well he told me about being ticketed for illegal camping at Lake 6305, so that's all I know. If ya knowinly break the law, things like htis are going to happen. If you have a legal history of doing same, the judge is going to care what your reason is that. much. less.

That was the point I was trying to make. That and Blake's been busted for not having a permit in the park at least once before. Judges generally don't care for people who think they are above the law.