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Scott Adams, the artist behind the Dilbert comic, ask this
Philosophical Question of the Day

If a man goes into the forest and pokes a bear with a sharp stick, and the bear kills the man, whose fault is it?
Don’t read this next part until you have made up your mind whether it is the [...]

2006 Goal Tracking

Learn to whistle loudly using my fingersI think I’m gonna just buy a whistle
Learn three five card tricksEh, don’t care about this so much anymore…
Learn five origami modelsCompleted - I’ve learned/relearned the crane, the flapping crane, the frog, the waterbomb and the iris.
Redecorate/organize my family room and den and spare [...]

I’m not much of a gamer these days, and when I do play, it’s typically PC games. I can’t remember the last time I’ve turned on my Game Cube.
That could change with Nintendo’s next gen console - the Wii. Have you heard about this thing? I’ve been reading reports on it [...]

Now that I’ve posted all my journal entries from the trip, it’s time for a wrap-up.
It was a great adventure, even if we didn’t hike as far or camp as much as expected. We experienced the park like most people never will and I marked two items off my life to-do list. [...]

Haha, this is hilarious! Thanks, Missy!
From YouTube:
Weird Al parodies Chamillionaire’s Ridin Dirty - White and Nerdy
I got a good laugh out of Donnie Osmond dancing in the background.

Lyrics
They see me mowin’
My front lawn
I know they’re all thinking I’m so white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too [...]

Thu, 19 Oct 2006
Miles Today: ~10
Total Miles: ~27.5
This morning we awoke to perfect weather, just like last night. It wasn’t cold at all and there was a freshness in the air. By now, we were much more efficient in tearing down camp and packing up the gear, so we were on the [...]

Wed, 18 Oct 2006
Miles Today: ~3.25
Total Miles: ~17.5
Today was the opposite of yesterday. Where everything was miserable and gloomy then, today was perfect. It was weird being in a hotel last night…
Amazingly, and for the first time that I can ever remember, I wanted to get up earlier than my traveling companion(s). [...]

Tue, 17 Oct 2006
Miles Today: 2
Total Miles: 14.25
Wow, what a miserable night and day! We woke to a constant rain, gusting winds and a wet tent. The rain started around 9pm last night and didn’t let up until noon today, only to start up again a couple hours later. We, [...]

To all you suckers who missed out -
Spamalot was awesome! Tammy, Paul, Emily and I saw it last night at the Aronoff. Hilarious! They did a good job of “lovingly ripping it off from the motion picture.” They kept all the classic, funny scenes from the movie, but added [...]

Mon, 16 Oct 2006
Miles Today: 9
Total Miles: 12.25
Horrible night’s sleep! Neither Mindy nor I slept well. My problem was that I was too hot in my sleeping bag. That, and the seemingly constant wind throughout the night that gusted enough to wake me up at times.
I woke up around 8, [...]