marylou

I have the most excellent music subscription service (emusic) and I found the most excellent record there while just randomly browsing around. It's Lemon Jelly's Lost Horizons. Not new, from 2002, wholly enjoyable electronica with a smattering of whimsy. Better than it sounds. Anyone looking for a music subscription service who likes alternative better than mainstream might check out emusic. Great selection, great price. I've been with them for a year or so, no complaints. Plus you get a bunch of free songs when you sign up. It comes out to about a third of the cost of itunes, depending on which membership you get.

Bite me, Idaho Mountain Range. Feel better now?

Why the past tense? I was trying to be charitable. a mercy post Well, once flaming was cool, now I guess mercy posts are cool and flaming is not.

Why the past tense? I was trying to be charitable.

Wow, some of you were really nerdy once upon a time!!

Are you sure about that? When I took my 2 day Level One, they told us that beacon work is not even a required part of the Level One curriculum. We spent maybe 2 hours tops on it, 18 or so on avoidance, recognizing terrain, pits, block tests, etc.

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Nick is giving you some great advice here. Stay away from fleece, go with a puffy coat for warmth and less weight. If you can only afford one puffy, get a synthetic one, I'd say. Headwear and handwear help to keep you warm for not a lot of money and not a lot of weight. You also might look at getting something like the Marmot Dri Clime jacket. Lots of companies make similar things, basically a layer of microfleece and a layer of ripstop. Very versatile, not expensive or heavy. Good places to get great deals: The Outdoor Research store on 1st Ave S. in Seattle. Last time I was in there, I got a really nice pair of ski gloves for $16. They also have their Celestial 2.5 layer jacket there for $60 when they have big sales, that jacket retails at $220. I have one and it's a really great piece. Another place to look is in the clearance area at Montbell's website. Also reioutlet.com. also the basement at the REI store, where they have stuff that's been returned sometimes for uhhltra cheap. The crowd here is pretty knowledgeable, don't be afraid to bring more things here for people to comment on. PS. I like the idea of a 2.5 layer jacket, but that REI one is not one of the better ones.

I picked up a pack of this stuff at the Ballard Market today. At a buck twenty-nine, it had better be damn good.

Dude, Waffle Stompers will always be cool.

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I have to agree with tapering pants (Levi's) and long skis (mine were 203s, what a terrible idea)

Chat is huge tonight, as always.

getting depressed in the winter listening to New Order my job overconsumption of just about anything getting older

If you are not yet intermediate, you'd be very wise to work on your skiing ability before going into the BC. That is, if you plan on skiing or boarding in the BC.

I might just do some experimenting in that general direction if the Maggi's a no-go. I bet a dabba' curry paste would have a similar effect on the ramen. Do you like that cock soup, or just the idea of a soup made of cock?

Here's another one: Maggi Curry Ramen. I can't find it locally anywhere yet. Am seeking source or substitute. Wow, I had no idea curry ramen would be soooo gooooddd.

My Nike is not a Timex, it's a Citizen. It has that "zero drift" deal, which means you calibrate every day, just like with a regular alti.

I was on a trip last year to Singapore and points beyond. I didn't see a lot of Westerners on the whole trip, but when I did, invariably the women had "gone native" and were wearing some ethnic Malay or Indonesian garb, especially sarongs. Now people in SE Asia wear sarongs a lot, and wow there are some beautiful ones to be had, but Singapore is a big cosmopolitan city, and a sarong is more like something you'd wear to the beach than on the streets.

The uniforms used to be a really ugly shade of blue. Now they are at once stylin' and tough lookin'.

Actually that's the Timex ones that have that problem. I have a Nike one and it doesn't have that problem. I had the Timex and it was a PITA--returned it after Timex told me that I had to put it in the freezer to reset it--lame. Sometimes they have the Nikes at the Nike outlet store at the North Bend outlet mall. I got mine 2 or 3 summers ago for less than $100. Some have complained of the bands breaking on the Nike watch (Norman Clyde for one) but so far, mine has held up fine. The Nike is also one of the smaller ones. I've compared mine to more expensive altis and calibrated against a GPS and it's as accurate as any other alti watch, far as I can tell. It was a little off at the end of last summer, but it's probably due for a new battery or a sensor cleaning. The sensors can get a bit rusty in alti watches, but your friendly watch repair place can fix that in a few minutes. Other nice thing about the Nike is it comes in gawd-awful bright colors. This comes in handy if you have the habit of taking yours off like I do. It's such an unnatural color that I'm inclined to notice it sitting in the dirt or on a rock.

Luke, those are not your best pics, but I do like "sloper finesse". I think the best pics you've posted on cc are the ones that capture the MGL landscape, as different as is is from here. the pictures really give you the sense of how far away all of that is from what we know, if that makes any sense at all.

If you can't get real eggs from a farm, try the expensive organic free range kind at least. Often a little on the small side, with deep golden yolks, and way tastier than the regular cheap kind. I went to Asia last year and couldn't believe how good the eggs were over there. I've never been a huge egg eater, but wow, the eggs there were 100 times better than almost every egg I've ever eaten here. I assume it's because they treat their chickens like chickens, letting them scrabble around in the dirt and eating bugs and worms and stuff, rather than how we treat ours here, which is kind of how we treat baby cows that are going to become veal--ugh.

Muffy is way hotter than that girl.