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Take Spray out of the "Past 24 hours" button and see what happens. The temptation to spray is too strong.

Isn't birth control a sin in Catholicism? Didn't one of the Popes come under fire for discouraging the use of condoms in AIDS ravaged Africa?

Bad form in on occasion is survival. Doing in on a regular basis defeats the purpose of climbing IMO.

Who wants to lick something that's bitter?

Don't forget the duct tape.

The same can be said about Valentine's day. I was thinking on the way home that really we've got holidays backwards. We should be beautiful wonderful people to each other every day and celebrate being by being cruel and exploitive on the holidays. Who's with me? What should we call it? Satan's day?

http://www.steakandbjday.com/

Only one month to Steak and a Blowjob day

I was imagining riding a tauntaun to your bivy then slicing it open and crawling inside. This version is much less disgusting.

I have recently developed a taste for Pastis which is very similar to (primordial) Ouzo. I didn't realize that it was formulated in response to the banning of the wormwood component of Absynthe. You learn something new every day.

I agree mattp but please don't let this turn into another ID debate. The last one achieved nothing.

Reading that made my day a whole lot better.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Weird.

I couldn't find anything in the article discussing the range or acceleration.

If I were a Christian that didn't believe in any of those accusations I would find the OP quite insulting and hypocritical. You can't accuse someone of being prejudiced in such a prejudiced manner. There are as many atheists that are homophobes and racists. Just because someone tries to support their delusions with the Bible doesn't mean that Christianity is at fault. Let's say that the Bible is the word of god hidden in a bunch of crap to test the faithful. Those that have misinterpreted the Bible fail and go to hell and those that are true to the spirit pass. That's the way I like to think of it at least. It's just too confusing to believe that every word of the Bible is true. I watched a debate on the existence of god after the CBC presentation of 'The Root of all Evil'. The Christian supporter was confronted with conflicting statements in the Bible and stated something like 'You just know which parts are true and which are false but it is all still the word of god. You read it over and over and you get the idea.' That was met with groans... I think of myself as a scientist and an atheist (and possibly a humanist; I haven't looked into it enough) and would like to think that all religions will come to the same conclusion that we should all work together and treat each other with respect. Some need some guidance in coming to that conclusion but hopefully the religious leaders of the world will start making sense and stop wielding the power of faith as a tool of manipulation. There will always be disagreements between faiths but hopefully they can be worked out without killing each other.

Wasn't that done by the California Raisins? A398VraSBwY

Does this mean that the number of pirates isn't dropping after all? Have his noodley appendages been fixing the world's problems?

Wikipedia definition of 'hype man'

Now THAT is a rant That kid's amazing and I agree that his trad record is irrelevant.

The information is interesting but the article is infuriating. I despise reading articles about scientific data that are presented as propaganda by any side of an argument. The article hypocritically accuses others of doing that very same thing. The world's climate is an incredibly complex system and drawing conclusions from one piece of data is just plain ignorant. Why are people constantly looking for excuses to continue polluting? Is there really any doubt that we are causing irreversible damage to the environment? Regardless of climate change, it is plainly obvious that we have to clean up our act.

Congrats to the kid. I can't say this without sounding like a prick but I'll say it anyway. This is one small measure of the success of child raising. There are tons of kids out there who have been driven by a parent's image of success who are utter miserable messes. I hope that the confidence and positive self image of such an achievement is why you are so proud. I had an interesting chat with a friend the other day about some socialogical experiments in child raising. They looked at a group of families that had the opportunity to have their child enrolled in a 'good' institution of learning. Some kids got in, others didn't. They found that the actual school was not as important to the child's success as the fact that the parents were willing to support their child in going to the school. Family support is more important to a child's well being than the path they take. Please don't take this as an attack on your parenting. It just seemed like a one dimensional demonstration of success in an incredibly complex issue. I don't know you or the whole story.

Fixing a hole where the rain gets in... Does Shoe Goo (or similar) work at all for gluing a torn seam?

The only general advice I have for skiing deeper snow is that you need a certain amount of speed to turn easily. Things are much more difficult without a bit of momentum and the faster you go the more lift you get from the snow. This, of course, reduces the margin of error and can lead to some spectacular wipeouts. With deeper snow the fore/aft balance becomes tricky and being able to read the relative resistance of the snow as well as the presence of barely buried obstacles are the hardest parts. That just comes with experience. As for Dynafits, I think they are a marvel of engineering. They have a solid connection with the heel down and an efficient pivot for the climb and they are the lightest on the market. I've used mine in bounds and in the BC. They've released when needed and stayed on when needed. The only problem I've had is with the fittings at the toe icing up. Dynafits

I found the Wikipedia list of Christian metal bands. Some of them barely qualify. I love the ones that classify themselves as unblack metal.