MADman

Oly- if you're into Japanese history, "Rich Nation, Strong Army" by Richard Samuels is a great exploration of Meiji reformation through 1980s. I'm occassionally cracking "Collapse" - Jared Diamond's follow-up to Guns, Germs and Steel. Damn if that guy doesn't know how to beat a dead horse. I'm thinking I'd like to pick up one of the new Shackleton books. Any reviews?

There are friends; and then there are friends.

Did her snaffle look like this?

I knew I could count on you arch.

FUCK!!!! THIS IS SHIT! I've been watching this site for months and have come to expect a certain level of high-quality bullshit in this particular forum. So I finally register with a not so witty screen name but one that works well with my avatar so that, on occasion, I might add my own little 2 cents to the stinky pile. And what do I find??? Nine frickin' pages about married people being boring. And you can't even really count the whole 9 pages towards that subject, laced as they are with allusions towards moldy posts people were forced, yes, practically FORCED to drag out because THIS THREAD, and not married people, is so fucking boring that how it got to 9 pages defies reason! Have I missed the boat? Is the golden age of Spray gone? Do I have to take up some other extra-curricular activity so I can log into the obligitory accompanying forum and trade barbs and anecdotes having nothing to do with _____________ (fill in the blank; skydiving, sea kayaking, stamp collecting, etc.), yet whose humor and wit have not been exhausted? Say it ain't so, Joe. Say it ain't so. Fuck. And I was just getting used to blowing the chaulk dust out of my laptop keyboard.

I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motorcycle. And I don't wanna tickle, I just want to ride on my motorcycle. And I don't wanna die, I just wanna ride on my motor cy....cle.

Saw an invoice today that showed the organization I work for paid $103 for a piece of plastic I could at the hardware store for $4. Unconscienable.

Co-worker: Is it plugged in? Me: Yep. Co-worker: Can I get started? Me: Give me a second to get you turned on. Co-worker: I'm already turned on, I just need to connect to the internet. Context: Co-worker moved to new space and needed LAN connection hooked up, which I had to activate in a back room. As I was walking out of her space, I couldn't help but notice a different co-worker smirking, which made me replay our conversation in my head.

Marriage is so boring that the online dating industry generates $470 million a year in revenues from people who are probably looking for...ding, ding, ding...a potential marriage partner. Now, if all those people would just become climbers and discover this site, so they could wile away their otherwise boring lives to be in an online forum called "Spray" (because that's about as exciting as it gets! YEAH!!!) instead. Now - I think I'm gonna go do some humpin'

That's really terrible that you would exploit someone's else's child for your own personal gain. By the way, mine are adorable and a bargain at only $100 for the weekend.

Looking for a gym climbing partner interesting in 2 days a week (Wed & Fri?) at Vertical World Seattle from 3:30 to 5pm. One day a week may be okay.

Did Shuksan via White Salmon Glacier 7/23-25. Gully was jammed with teams, but certainly doable. Wouldn't hurt to have a few stoppers and hexes.