Camilo

It's going to be cold at night. I'm sleeping with gloves on so my cuticles don't crack. It's hard work being a metrosexual. I'll be there Friday night with some friends, I look forward to meeting you all. Also, if we run out of beer, there's a chance I can run into Redmond and get more from my buddy who owns Cascade Lakes Brewing Co (Only if it doesn't offend TerminalGravity). It would be fitting to drink their MonkeyFace Porter at Smith.

Sorry. . . I just got my chest waxed and I'm cranky.

Mid-debate: Kerry should step up to him, pat him down, punch him, and rip the cord out of his ear in front of everybody.

I just like playing shuffleboard. I was there two years ago. Does anyone else have shuffleboard?

Black Cat in Sellwood has shuffleboard!

If you were a liberal and just yelled at somebody making fun of their political sticker, why the hell would you call a REPUBLICAN radio host to brag about it?!?!?! Call Al Franken!

If you go to the upper right corner of barrabes, there's a "setup" button where you can choose language.

Ahhh, but I bet you wear your PRG belay card when you climb outside? I wear my belay card outside sometimes, and sometimes climb with my ATC clipped to my harness. I do these things because I'm goddamned LAZY. However DFA. . . are you one of those guys at the gym who, despite the nice comfortable climate control, removes your shirt as soon as you walk in the place?

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the South African choir who sang on Paul Simon's Graceland album plays Sunday the 16th at the Aladdin. If you're into bluegrass or old-time music, check bubba guitar.

Your last approach didn't work, Nalo? Bummer. Keep trying.

Mullets are overdone, like PBR. Been there, done that. Who's gonna sack up and grow a curly rat tail?

Up again.

Start at sunrise, climb 'till it's hot, then go drinkin' and swimmin' at Lake Billy Chinook until 4! Then climb again. That's what I'll be doing. Have a good weekend everyone!

Edit: Alpinfox informed me that this story has been posted before. Sorry. Just trying to kill a Friday morning trying to get out of here. I can't take credit for writing this. . . it's from Craigslist. I guess it was extra funny for me because I witnessed my younger brother doing the same thing, sans beer, just last night.

How about these? Get them cheaper at your local Target. Timex makes a bunch of watches like this, some cheaper than others. If you know the exact model you want, there are often even cheaper ones on ebay. Timex Timex

What does the EPA have to do with second hand smoke? Just wondering, but wouldn't this be more of a concern for a medical organization?

Did you know that many vending and soda machines have the same keys? Free Butterfingers!!!

Here's beating a dead horse, but this story says that Kryptonite is going to release some kind of trade-in or something or other next week. "Tocci wouldn't say if the plan involved a recall or rebates on new locks for current customers, but did say "I think people will be happy with it." " News story

On slow days we used to try to break our locks. We had a 4 foot bolt cutter, and I had the Krypto New York chain because I was off to school in L.A. We couldn't hacksaw through it, and the bolt cutters barely put a scratch on the chain. That's the way to go. I was just checking Kryptonite's website and they have quite a few locks with new "pick-proof" technology (different key), but a bunch of them are only available in Europe. Also, these are going to be impossible to find for the next few months because people will be buying them up right and left. I'm going to try to order one later today. This sucks . I'm not usually one to get all caught up in mass hysteria, but I don't want to get my bike stolen by some wanker with a pen.

I stopped by the shop I used to work at last night, and asked them about this. They tried the trick yesterday but couldn't do it because all of their pens are kind of chewed up. They called two other shops in town and they both said that they've made it work. The beefiest New York lock doesn't use the same type of key, but it's heavy as hell. I'm just going to use the chain that I have and change the little Krypto lock on it to a big padlock.

Thanks for the clarification, Jim. I hesitated to post that link because it had few (I think I counted 1 or 2) peer reviewed journals as sources, but it was just to make a point about spouting off fact or fiction about something without backing it up. I could have found something better, but I'm supposed to be working . I personally think it's a pain in the ass to wade through the bullshit that people state as fact, but it has to be done because people will spin anything to support their point, on both sides of the argument. Does this make sense? Anyways, I apologize for posting disinformation about a topic of which I know little. It wasn't my view, but I should've done my homework. Stupid way to make a point.

How about just posting an informational link, footnoted, so we can spread facts instead of opinions? No need for personal attacks. Like this Now relax.

Cheney -> 4 heart attacks + pacemaker + Quadruple coronary bypass. Many more plugged pipes. Cheney's cardiac history

The best is the combination of 2 and 3: The people who drive around looking for the closest spot to the door at the GYM.