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Let us see if the loose threads of the last few days can be captured. I arrived in Minneapolis Wednesday night, and the first bit of news I caught (besides the late-breaking story that professional women picking up their luggage... Keep reading this entry »
We are safely back in Hood River, and by we I mean me, and by me I mean everyone else who is also safely back in Hood River, and by everyone else I mean those who never left and have... Keep reading this entry »
We have been enjoying Duluth. The Lake is dazzling.... Keep reading this entry »
Tomorrow is my birthday. To celebrate I will be boarding a plane and flying to a place I have been before. I am so exciteding.... Keep reading this entry »
I survived our 1/2 circumnavigation of Mount Hood. I'm plum exhausted and chilling to the new Mates of State album, eating Hot & Spicy Cheez-Its, sniffing Nag Champa and trying not to fall asleep. My nose, neck and arms are... Keep reading this entry »
It be Internationarrr Talk Like a Pirate Darrr! Having trouble gettin' yar blood in ordarr? Have a look see at this histarrical note from last summarr: Pirate Day here at camp, and t'is been a day of legends. Pirates invaded... Keep reading this entry »
I must pack, for tomorrow I leave on a backpacking trip for the weekend. We're hiking from Vista Ridge to the Timberline Lodge, along the east side of Mount Hood. The hike will take us more than twenty miles and... Keep reading this entry »
Just one more day until International Talk Like a Pirate Day! This day is wholeheartedly endorsed by the University of Minnesota Duluth Coolest Club Ever. The CCE is a creative thinktank dedicated to the discovery, analysis and dissemination of all... Keep reading this entry »
Between Eolas, Microsoft and Verisign, we'll be lucky if there's any Internet left in a month. I'm looking into career opportunities in the meat packing industry. People always need meat.... Keep reading this entry »
While kiting today I received my first round of threats from a windsurfer. I had to emergency land my kite twenty feet away from him: THUMP! "Sorry about that!" "Get the hell away from here, smelly kiter!" "Dude. Sorry." "[incomprehensible]!"... Keep reading this entry »
My friend Diggity got a new USB 2.0 card, as friends are wont to do. The card came with a driver CD, as cards are wont to do. The driver CD has spelling errors, as driver CDs are wont... Keep reading this entry »
Today we hiked up to Gnarl Ridge on Mount Hood. If you fancy grainy mpeg panoramas of mountains and sharp volcanic rocks we've got your stuff. (2.1 mb video) The film starts facing north (toward Mount Adams, if the ridge... Keep reading this entry »
I'm fine, I'm just lazy. Now that summer is unspun I am sleeping again and I can feel the wit and acidic verve returning to my marrow. Sweet, delicious marrow. The skunk outside my window just shot off another round,... Keep reading this entry »
Tonight we've been enjoying Homestarrunner.com. A friend (who has enjoyed previous lives falling off cliffs, picking cactus needles out of his hands and being the Voice of Reason) has been enjoying an evening in the same vein with TechTV's Real... Keep reading this entry »
It's raining. A good, cold, soaking rain.... Keep reading this entry »
Have you ever wanted to learn about semiconductor physics, but find the subject so dreadfully boring that you always end up chasing squirrels, instead? Let Britney Spears make semiconductor physics fun and exciting!... Keep reading this entry »
If you're looking at this page through Internet Exploder you're probably wondering when I got kicked in the head by a horse. Why else would he make such strident efforts to make this thing so butt ugly? I assure you... Keep reading this entry »
HOO-YAH! It's Saturday and we're not thinkin' straight! Let's start saying things! I had a wicked session today at Rowena! I nailed it, totally lit up on my 4.4 and Mistral Edge. Rowena. It took me all summer but I... Keep reading this entry »
Just a quickie. Latest stats from the forest fire are 400 acres, a cow barn, a "structure" and an old lodge that was being turned into a bed and breakfast. My co-worker Dederick is a full-time firefighter and he was... Keep reading this entry »
Yesterday the wind came back, but it swung around to the east and nipped us in the bum. Sometimes the wind blows from the east, here. It's a rare event, like catching a badger with nothing but dental floss and... Keep reading this entry »
Let's catch up so we can move on to better things like clowns with chainsaws and people who mutter untruths under their breath. I haven't been taking notes the last few days and my brain is curdled as usual, so... Keep reading this entry »
Ok. Things have calmed down a bit and I'm brewing a full report of the last few days. In the meantime, watch Tyler jump off cliffs at Punchbowl Falls (1.0 mb mpeg video).... Keep reading this entry »