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Yeah, I didn't know muffintop lats were an option. Yech.

talking is one thing, LOUD talking on the cell phone so every damn person can hear every detail of your conversation is another. I just stare at that person. It is amazing how uncomfortable that loud talker will get as soon as they feel that they are being watched. I don't mean-mug them or anything; I just keep my face either expressionless or else I raise my eyebrows and tilt my head toward them as if I am trying to hear them even better. Works every time.

Call me an old fart, but I still don't get it why it's so fashionable to have your girlfriend look like she's 11. Ick. Old fart? I consider you a grown up.

Rock climbers don't need a backcountry permit even if they spend the night slung off the side of El Capitan, the park's famed 7,560-foot granite tower, so McGahey stresses leave-no-trace camping techniques. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure take all my stuff with me for the next day when I am on a bigwall.

"And Cathedral Peak, a 10,900-foot temple of rock rising from the sub-alpine Tuolumne Meadows, is often where newcomers start. Rookie Ha Pham, 23, hopes to venture up it eventually, but said she was concerned the conditions she'd find wouldn't meet her standards. "They should have signs and stuff and trash cans outside," said Pham, who climbs regularly in the safety of a San Francisco gym. "I don't think they even clean your rocks off for you out there." That is a journalistic gem.

hinduism... we all transit from one to the other.... constantly, actually. Interesting segue

I heard on the radio the other day that the bottleneck on the roads that were eased with tolls (Tacoma bridge I think is what they were talking about) has now moved to the courts. Hundreds of people are contesting tickets they say they got unfairly due to the automatic toll thingy malfunctioning.

failure and success are reverse of the same coin. old adage This is an old adage? In what currency?

I never know what you are talking about.

1. pick a bunch of huckleberries. 2. get drunk on margaritas. 3. repeat

Yeah, I got that. I just think that most people don't know anything about the history of unions and only know them as a bad word. I think folks don't realize how much unions have accomplished in the past so they have proven to be very effective. Whether they are appropriate for this day and age is another discussion, but I always like starting out with a historical perspective on things.

Potentially? Our weekends, limits on the hours we can work, child labor laws, safety laws, etc are a direct result of unions. That doesn't mean you should have to join or pay anything against your will necessarily, but just to put it in perspective.

When the 404 is finally found?

I do not know what that tatoo is trying to convey.

I was just going to say, "Being married to one"

People who think they can predict the Rapture are an interesting group. The Rapture is not mentioned by any of the early Church fathers. Orthodox churches don't teach it. Most people don't believe it. But it is still an interesting concept.

I assume that you do.

Sprayus Emeritus would be fine.

Master: 1. a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate. 2. an owner of a slave, animal, etc. 3. an employer of workers or servants. 4. the male head of a household. 5. a person eminently skilled in something, as an occupation, art, or science: the great masters of the Impressionist period.

Bike lanes are awesome! In Ballard, whenever they put in a bike lane they seem to put in a left turn lane. This is great as Seattle drivers have no idea how to get the fuck out of the way. They need guidance and an arrow. It's perfect!

the reason he was saying "I don't believe it" over and over again was that he was getting road head!

(this is like a choose your own adventure book)

Or maybe....

Impossible. He was with his wife. In a minivan.

That would make the "living vicariously" question more fun.