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I don't own a car, and my bike doesn't have any Free Tibet stickers, but when I was in the eighth grade, I had a Duran Duran "7 & the Ragged Tiger" button on my denim jacket. I hope that doesn't disqualify me from commenting on the tie-a-yellow-ribbon-Jesus-fish crowd.

If you turn your ribbon magnet sideways it means you support the troops and Jesus!

...but the Leisure Town link was funny.

When he's not posting wacky stuff on the internet, James Lileks pens moronic right-wing editorials that are syndicated all around the country, and also writes a lameass column called "Backfence" for my hometown paper, the Minneapolis StarTribune.

It's probably a little early to be calling it a success. We thought the 1967 elections in South Vietnam were a success too. Don't expect this to be even the beginning of the end of our involvement in this fucked-up region.

Oh, I get it. Sport climbers are homosexuals. Like Harry said,

I didn't know accidental gas leaks could kill! I'm going to have to be much more careful.

I am the first person to this point! I am leading in following dir... oh.

Before Dru or one of the other Canuckians beats me to it, I have to point out it's Bryan Adams. You forgot Ms. Morrisette.

If I climbed hard at the gym for 5 days in a row I bet my elbows would hurt too. But I'm weak like that. I'd start with climbing only every other day and see if that helps.

Camping on the weekend in Joshua Tree is a hassle. If you're arriving on the weekend, you might want to plan on camping in the backcountry. You just need to hike a mile from the road, and like 500 feet off the trail, or something like that. That's what I did last year and I enjoyed getting away from the crowds. But it's not very convenient for climbing. It seems like now would be a good time to go. I was there in April and it was already ridiculously hot.

Nice to see a story like that told without the typical sensationalism or errors regarding technical details. Thanks.

This story sounds something like "Stander" Which was a pretty good movie, by the way.

You can say that again.

Is wind a concern in Iraq? What would be better for a member of a neocolonial occupying force to have while camping out in the middle of a godforsaken desert or bombed-out city full of people with guns and pipe bombs who hate you -- the Patagonia or the Wild Things? What kind of windshirt should one wear while declaring "Mission Accomplished" on the deck of an aircraft carrier?

Where are you at? Ulan Bator?

MFT has a healthy worldview and is almost entirely without ego...

Ah, "Lame Thread-Locking Motherf'ers"... a tour de force!

"C'mon, bizatch, climb!! I'm not gonna pull yer ass up!" No, more like: "Okay, put your right hand on that big hold there...no the big one right there where I'm pointing....okay, now move your left foot up to that little ledge...no, your other left...other left!!..."

Big deal. We spell Venezia with an i-c-e, Praha with a g-u-e, and Deutschland with a G-e-r-m-a-n-y. I'm pretty sure being able to spell country's names how we want is part of the global war on tyranny or whatever.

These sound like useful skills to have. Anyone know what the hell they mean?

"Found: BD Neutrino on Girth Pillar" deserves at least an honorable mention. Second the vote for the Big Housecats.

Refer to NOLSe's criteria above. Is she in the guidebook (i.e. the back of the Willamette Week)? Is she chossy? Would someone conceivably want to climb her? Etc. Not that I want to encourage this kind of thing.

Sweet Sweetback was baadaasssss. The guy who drives the bumper sticker canvas is just "badass."

I figured that was the criteria you were using. Sounds reasonable, I guess.