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The old CB125s has been playing the role of a darling little city commuter. It even found a 500/four that is about the same age to hang-out with in the parking garage.

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Homelands:

Her in her's

Her in mine


These two of my gal are from what seems like a very long time ago,, or was it yesterday?

Today is Fat Tuesday after all, the climax of the party, and the first is KW in her homeland: Louisiana for Mardi Gras in all it's wonder. Her peeps believe you should go into Lent with a hangover.

The other is at the top of Blackcomb, looking down at Whistler, BC. A bit of a stretch to call it my homeland, but it is a damn pretty place to have the Olympics.

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Today's 2fer is NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES!

If you haven't had a few maybe you don't know how great they can be. I'm a big fan of them for helping you get all your little problems into better perspective. They can sure add some spice to a day and make it memorable.

I took this picture the day after my first wedding anniversary. We were heading to Texas for Christmas with the in-laws, but just south of Boise were intercepted by a flying Camero piloted by a drunk driver. We were still a bit sore from being hit the previous day, but we went to the junk yard to get the last of our things out of the truck. I've never been very tolerant of drunk drivers and this sealed the deal for me. Kristi didn't want to get in a car on our anniversary for many years to follow.

Donald Reed was awarded one of these and got a nice check for his actions on tax day '89 when our small boat breached in a sudden squall on the Snake River, 85 years to the day after the award fund was established. You can search the Carnegie Hero Fund site with his name for details of the day. Thanks to Google's news archives search, I was able to dig up two of the old newspaper articles as well. Here is the article in the local paper a couple days later, and another one on the first page when Don won the hero award. Deeper in the same paper I found the rest of the award article.

2 fer Tuesday, by Chris S.

I'll jokingly insult his dog's haircut, his choice of comfy shoes, but never his boat handling or fish sense. If I ever say I'm too busy to fish with him, please feel free to call me an idiot.

2 fer Tuesday, by David Quammen

This photo greeted me at the mailbox one day on the cover of my National Geographic Magazine. Of course I shuddered, said "WHAT?" aloud and quickly thumbed to the article to find almost a whole page devoted to the word "NO".

What followed is one of the best written common language descriptions of the fundamentals of evolution I've ever read. I think it should be a must read for everyone alive. The article can be found at:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0411/feature1/

Also by this same talented science writer, was an article in Harper's that was so thought provoking that it has never left me. The article was titled Planet of Weeds and it painted a picture of the future world dominated by species that are widely adaptable and weedy. Pandas are too specialized and unable to adapt to be weedy or ever more widely populated. Russian Thistle and Starlings thrive on disturbance and can live almost anywhere, so they are more likely to see the future than something that only lives in undisturbed forest.

The author then holds up the mirror and defines us as the consummate weed. It is hard to argue otherwise. We can live from the arctic to the tropics, the rain forest to the desert, and we do a pretty good job of sequestering resources. Yup,,, we are the best weeds of all.

Harper's isn't as generous as National Geo., and you gotta subscribe to read ten year old magazine articles online {insert= eye roll}, but here is an excerpt:

Do you see Homo sapiens as a likely survivor, I ask him or as a casualty? "Oh, we've got to be one of the most bomb-proof species on the planet," he says. "We're geographically widespread, we have a pretty remarkable reproductive rate, we're incredibly good at co-opting and monopolizing resources..."

I did find the full text posted as some kind of eco-sermon at this "interesting" site: http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/e-sermons/weedplan.html

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It seems wrong to post pictures of frost patterns on a 50 degree January day, but this is what it is supposed to look like this time of year. NOT COMPLAINING! The weather was great for moving. The phone, internet and TV are on and I am loving broadband,,, it's good to be back in town! The city even hires people to keep the water pumps running. Man,, that is handy and it sure beats filing contacts in a blizzard.

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Sunrise on life's next chapter

It's good to be home, again!

We are both so grateful today for friends. Thanks for all the help everybody.