Wednesday,  07/23/08  11:15 PM

Still buzzed from watching today's Tour stage.  Whew.  I happened to accompany it with a nice Tempranillo; perfect for watching Sastre's attack :)  Onward, let's see what's happening...

TechCrunch reports MedPedia is Wikifying the medical search space.  "MedPedia is a new project, currently in development, that will offer an online collaborative medical encyclopedia for use by the general public. In order to keep the content accurate and up-to-date, content editors and creators have to have an MD or a PhD. Several highly-esteemed medical colleges will be contributing content to MedPedia, including Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and University of Michigan Medical School. Medpedia is also receiving support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and many other government research groups. The content from these organizations will then be edited by MedPedia’s community of medical professionals."  Excellent, should be a great resource.

AEG, organizers of the Tour of California, have announced the 2009 route.  No Balcom Canyon next year (!), but there are 800 miles covered over nine days, with the final stage down in San Diego!  Should be cool...

Ottmar Liebert is playing the Canyon Club on Sept 13!  Yay.  I am so there.

Disney is offering a remote control Wall-E.  Of course they are!  I'm guessing Wall-E tied-in toys will be the hit of the Christmas season...

Rumor has it that Apple is preparing a "Macbook Touch"; a laptop without a keyboard, featuring a touch screen (aka a tablet :)  Could be, could be...  although I must say, for me lack of a keyboard would be a complete show stopper.  Apparently not for everyone though, just look at the iPhone's success...

Sastre rocks!

Wednesday,  07/23/08  11:02 PM

Congratulations to Carlos Sastre, who won today's "queen stage" of the Tour de France, attacking at the base of the legendary l'Alpe d'Huez and putting over 2 minutes into his rivals.  He is now the proud owner of the leader's maillot jaune, by a healthy 1:24 over second place Frank Schleck, with Bernard Kohl third at 1:33, and Cadel Evans at 1:34.  It remains to be seen whether Sastre leads by enough to survive Saturday's individual time trial, but after today he deserves the win.

I've always liked Carlos but I must admit I didn't think he was going to win this year; I felt if anyone could challenge favorite Evans it would be Denis Menchov.  But on today's final climb, with the chips on the line, Carlos totally came through, while Denis attacked but faded, barely hanging on to end up in fifth, a full 2:39 behind.  Of the other contenders, Kohl was there at the finish but couldn't attack, and overall surprise Christian Vandevelde treaded water, staying in the lead pack but not threatening to take time from anyone.  The Schleck brothers rode well and basically supported their teammate once Sastre's attack was launched.

It was a great stage of a great Tour, dramatic and exciting.  Before the fireworks on the final climb we had Stefan Schumacher leading over the first two climbs, just as he did yesterday (!), and the CSC lieutenants like Stuart O'Grady and Fabian Cancellara really ground out a punishing pace, reducing the peloton to just the elite riders and isolating the leaders from their teammates.  On the final climb only CSC had several riders left up front, and this made the difference.

Next we have two sprint stages - watch for Robbie McEwen to take a win now that Mark Cavendish has retired to train for the Olympics, and Oscar Freire to defend his green jersey - and then the final time trial Saturday.  Stay tuned!

Tuesday,  07/22/08  11:01 PM

Worked from home today, as whatever affected my voice Sunday has begun to affect the rest of me today.  Crud, I do not want to be sick!  Courage...  Meanwhile there's a ton going on at my office, my home, and my world...

Speaking of courage, several of you emailed to comment on the danger in climbing Whitney.  Well, yeah.  As I reported, if I'd known what I was in for, I probably wouldn't have done it...  I must say it did feel safer than some of the mountain biking I've done, where due to the dynamic nature the danger feels a bit more uncontrolled than it does on a climb.  I'd pick the Porcupine Ridge ride in Moab, Utah, as the most dangerous thing I've done.  Whew!

Dave Winer: We won in Iraq a long time ago.  "Remember when our troops marched into Baghdad, took the place over, drove Saddam into a hole and arrested or killed the government.  Then we disbanded their army.  When you go to war that's what victory looks like.  Then came the occupation.  There is no such thing as winning an occupation.  You either continue to occupy or withdraw.  It's semantic nonsense to apply the verb 'win' to the noun 'occupation.'"  Well, yeah.

A fascinating TDF stage today, with two huge HC climbs and a downhill finish.  There were two packs over the top of the last climb, a lead group which splintered down the descent, and which fought over the stage victory (Cyril Dessel [pic at right] prevailed), and the group containing the leaders, which also fragmented downhill, wreaking some havoc; most of the leaders stayed in contact with each other, but my favorite Denis Menchov lost about 30 seconds, which could be crucial, and Christian Vandevelde sadly lost over two minutes and appears to have fallen out of contention.  Tomorrow's stage will decide the Tour, I think; three big climbs culminating with an uphill finish on l'Alpe d'Huez.  Of those left you'd have to pick Cadel Evans as the favorite, given his time trialing ability; Menchov will have to attack to have a chance.  I must say, this has been a great tour....

In the LATimes' photo contest: Madison's thought bubble...  Madison happens to be my daughter Megan's best friend :)

Robert Scoble: Why tech blogging has failed you...  stick with me, my friends and readers, I will not fail you :)

Halley Suitt: It's the Team, stupid.  Besides making a good point (!) I love it that she's posting again.  Yay!

Don't trip!  Glenn Reynolds catches a dynamic sign in action :)

This is pretty cool: The September 2008 cover of Esquire will feature an e-ink cover.  A collector's item to be savored, for sure.  [ via Kottke ]

Font conference.  If you think this is funny, you might be a nerd (I was ROFL)!

Monday,  07/21/08  09:30 PM

Okay, Whitney survived, mind cleared, and it is back to work, although without my voice, which somehow left me during the course of yesterday and has been replaced by a chorus of frogs.  Fortunately I was able to get stuff done anyway.  Meanwhile the world hasn't stopped spinning, let's take a look...

Charles Krauthammer: The Audacity of Vanity.  He nails it; the main reason I am recoiling from Obama.

A similar theme at the National Review: The Tautology of Hope.  ("Beliefs we can believe in..." :)

And the Onion outdo themselves: 'Time' Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece.  "Hailed by media critics as the fluffiest, most toothless, and softest-hitting coverage of the presidential candidate to date, a story in this week's Time magazine is being called the definitive Barack Obama puff piece."  Amid heavy competition, we might add...

Michael Barone thinks McCain should revisit 1976.

Think things are bad in our economy?  Well you might be right, but consider poor Zimbabwe, where $1B won't buy a loaf of bread.  I believe Monopoly money is more valuable.  That's what happens when the government raises incompetence to new heights ( or I should say, lowers it to new depths).  Wow.

I watched yesterday's Tour de France stage tonight (being otherwise occupied yesterday :), it was great!  A real shootout on the final climb, with an early breakaway staying clear, an unknown nearly winning (Danny Pate of the U.S.), plenty of spills in the rain (Oscar Periero fell over a guardrail 12' onto the pavement below, breaking his arm; later about 20 riders in two separate clumps hit the pavement at a turnabout, and on the final climb Denis Menchov fell while attacking, recovered, and ended up attacking again), and a dogfight among the leaders which closed up the standings so that six men are now within 40 seconds of the lead!  Speaking of Menchov, he looked strong...  stronger than Evans and Sastre.  Today was a rest day, but tomorrow there are more alpine fireworks, it should be excellent!

Was it really thirty-nine years ago the first men landed on the moon?  Yes it was.  Wow.  That was definitely one giant step for mankind.

Pete Worden, director of NASA, says "we're going back, and this time we're going to stay".  Cool!

William Tucker in WSJ: Let's have some love for nuclear power.  "All over the world, nuclear power is making a comeback.  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has just commissioned eight new reactors, and says there's 'no upper limit' to the number Britain will build in the future.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has challenged her country's program to phase out 17 nuclear reactors by 2020, saying it will be impossible to deal with climate change without them. China and India are building nuclear power plants; France and Russia, both of whom have embraced the technology, are fiercely competing to sell them the hardware.  And just last month John McCain called for the construction of 45 new reactors by 2030.  Barack Obama is less enthusiastic about nuclear energy, but he seems to be moving toward tacit approval."  Excellent!  This is really our only chance.

Awesome! - here we have a lego Stephen Hawking...

This is pretty funny: HP shatters excessive packaging world record.  Seventeen nested boxes to ship 32 pages of paper.  That's pretty good, it might put the record out of reach.  Reminds me of the time IBM mailed me a big shipping crate containing only a smaller shipping crate.  But HP has topped that...

Well, looks like it is now possible to unlock / jailbreak your 2.0 iPhone or iPod Touch.  With the 2.0 software and the Apple App Store there is less reason to do so, but less is not none; some of the apps you can run jailbroken do things you can't do otherwise, such as continue to play music after switching to another app.  I might have to check this out :)

Here we have the North Sails VW Toureg.  I am not making this up.
[ via Sailing Anarchy ]

AppleWatch wonders what is Apple's mystery product?  "During Apple's fiscal third-quarter conference call this afternoon, CFO Peter Oppenheimer warned of falling margins for the next quarter and fiscal 2009. He gave three reasons, but one really stood out: a future product transition that 'I can't discuss today.'"  Huh...

Why does race matter for women?  GNXP reports "women care much more about the race of a potential mate than men do".  Huh...

how did I get here?

Monday,  07/21/08  08:40 PM

Well, I did it.  I climbed Mt. Whitney yesterday, and I have the pictures (and the overall soreness!) to prove it.  I actually had no idea how hard it was going to be, or how dangerous; in fact, before this I had little comprehension of the difference between hiking Mt. Whitney (basically, walking up the trail) and climbing Mt. Whitney (actually, er, climbing, as in hanging from rocks with 100' of nothing below you).

hang in there, dude!

My friend Mark Elliot and I climbed up the "moutaineer's route" to the summit, and then descended the trail back to the Whitney Portal; overall it took us about sixteen hours.  I would not recommend trying to do this in one day, but we did it :)

Our day started at oh-dark-hundred in Lone Pine (actually, about 5:00AM); the peak of Mt. Whitney was barely visible in the darkness, framed by the moon.

moon over Whitney; that slight purple dot is over "the notch"
Whitney Portal (base) = 8,325'

After a big breakfast (!) and driving up to the portal, we began the hike around 0700; as we climbed up, the views back down the valley to the East were amazing.

not in Kansas anymore

After about two hours (and some rather, um, interesting climbing up "the ledges") we reached Lower Boy Scout Lake.

Lower Boy Scout Lake, Keeler Needles (and Mt. Whitney) in the distance
10,155'

The beauty of these high meadows is incredible.

wildflowers abound...

... as do waterfalls

After some serious climbing - and about 3 1/2 hours after starting out - we reached Upper Boy Scout Lake.  Here the foliage turns to rock, and the mountains really begin.

at Upper Boy Scout Lake, so far, so good
11,145'

Lone Pine is now way off in the distance

At this point the weather began looking iffy, and we weren't sure if we could make it to the top.  Fingers crossed, and much scrambling over the talus ensued.

mist shrouds the Sierra crown; Keeler Needles at left, Mt. Whitney at right

Finally, five hours after starting, we reach Iceberg Lake.  Now the serious fun began, and man I must tell you, looking up at those peaks is intimidating!

Mt. Whitney beckons...
some objects are further than they appear

Iceberg Lake panorama
(click to enlarge)
12,600'

We stopped here for lunch, taking in the scenery while refueling.  Fortunately we were not affected by the altitude; although people frequently camp here you are warned about altitude sickness.  We also met some of the locals...

A marmot checks us out; I can has cheeseburger?

Then onward; about 2,000' left, much of it seemingly straight up (!).  Now the difference between hiking and climbing really became apparent.  Making things even more fun, the East chute was filled with some icy snow.  Whoa.

looking up the East chute to "the notch"; note ice

Still we proceeded slowly and methodically, and made it to the notch.  After 6 1/2 hours, we are nearly there.  The views in every direction are unbelievable, and you must try not to think about the exposure.

yay, made it to the notch!  so far, so good...
14,100'

the view to the West - you can see for miles and miles and miles and...

Now there was a little matter of climbing the North face to the summit.  This is considered a "class 3" climb, but whatever you call it, this is serious.  It just doesn't do to think about falling.

the North face, just 300' to go - straight up

Fortunately Mark is an experienced climber, and a solid guide.  We took our time and he roped us through a particularly tricky section, entering the face.  I must say in retrospect this was the best part of the climb; methodically working our way from hold to hold.  There were some really cool sections, including a 'chimney' to wedge through near the top, and it was really fun.  I really like rock climbing, who knew?

Mark, in the route

That picture of me at the top of this post was taken by Mark, about halfway up the North face.  Woo hoo.  So after a very concentrated hour, we made it!  Eight hours after starting out, and 6,000' higher.

and you may ask yourself, "how did I get here"?
once in a lifetime
(same as it ever was)

2,000' straight down to Iceberg Lake

The feeling of vertical dimensionality you get, standing at the highest point in the U.S, looking down in every direction is hard to explain.  Of course I've looked out an airplane window, but this is pretty different.  The volumes of air are apparent, and the Earth looks curved.

maximum verticality

altimeter check
Mt. Whitney = 14,496'

After gazing for a while and eating and drinking, we took off back down the Whitney Trail; 11 miles of switchbacks.  The trail begins by heading South behind the Keeler Needles and Mt. Muir, before joining the Muir Trail at the "Trail Crest".

peeking down between the Keeler Needles

at the Muir Trail Crest; looking East...

...and looking West... Wow!

At that point the trail heads down and East, along a different valley to the one we climbed up.  The views back along the ridge toward the peaks were incredible; it was hard to believe we had been standing "up there" just two hours ago.

the Sierra crown: Mt. Muir, the Keeler Needles, and Mt. Whitney

The path down the remainder of the valley was long but amazingly beautiful in the fading light...

High Sierra beauty  

...still ticking, but winding down...

Six hours later, we were back at the car; no problem :)  So, eight hours of hiking climbing up 6,000' vertical feet to the highest point in the U.S., followed by eight hours of descending back down through some of the most beautiful High Sierra scenery imaginable.  Quite a day. 

And I may ask myself, how did I get here?

friends like this

Saturday,  07/19/08  12:20 PM

So I had a pretty empty weekend, no plans at all...

Email received from my friend Mark Elliot:

Ole,
I'm sure you have some critical ride but I thought I'd ask... Want to climb Whitney on Sunday?   ... Leave late Saturday back on Sunday...

Wow.  Guess I'm climbing Mount Whitney...

Saturday,  07/19/08  11:10 AM

A quiet weekend, no plans, maybe do a little cycling, a little coding, a little hanging out...

We saw Wall-E last night, I guess about the last people to do so; it was great.  I can't wait to see it again.  The story was great, but honestly this did take animation to a new level... the expressiveness of motion as a million things go on all at once was almost overwhelming.  I wanted to slow things down just to see it all!  (I loved little M-O, pictured at right...)

The Tour de France will be won this weekend, as the big guns fight it out in the Alps.  VeloNews had an interesting conversation with Matt White, DS of the Garmin-Chipotle team who's GC contender Christian Vandevelde remains a surprising third, less than a minute back of leader Cadel Evans.  The last few days have featured flat stages and congrats to Mark Cavendish who won his fourth of the tour yesterday; green jersey leader Oscar Freire won today's.  (Freire is a worthy sprint leader, but my favorite thing about him being in green is the clash with Rabobank's orange and purple kit :)  Tomorrow's alpine stage will really sort things out, but right now you'd say Evans, Frank Schleck, Vandevelde, and [my favorite] Denis Menchov have a chance.  Bernard Kohn and Carlos Sastre are both still in there, but I can't see either of them winning given the time trial on the penultimate day.  Kim Kirchen has an outside chance too, but he's already two minutes back.  It should be great!

Just got the latest issue of Wired, the "how to" issue; on the cover, someone named Julia Allison who illustrates "how to make yourself famous".  So I've never heard of Julia, but apparently she is well known in some blogging circles, and promotes herself incessently online.  So be it.  But after skimming the article about her I found a sidebar called "five ways to be like Julia"; the last way seems the most pertinent: be a hot woman with an exhibitionist streak.  Er, that's not new guys, that's about the oldest thing going...

(I have to say, sadly, that yes Wired is slipping; after Conde Naste bought them I was worried this might happen, and it has.)

Awareness...

Saturday,  07/19/08  10:27 AM

Ever since Aperio began, we've had two main challenges.  The first is obvious for any young business, we've had to build products and provide services to meet the needs of our customers.  And over the past seven years we've done our best, and have grown significantly as a result.  But the second is less obvious but equally important, we've had to create awareness of digital pathology and its benefits.

Over the past year, and especially in the past few months, the general awareness of digital pathology (and Aperio) really seems to have grown.  It has gone from a niche subject in a corner of pathology to a primary area of discussion; most pathologists now feel that digital pathology is the future of their field.  Evidence for this comes from all sides, and it is nice to see Aperio covered in major business press like NBR.  But it is perhaps even more significant to see grass roots mentions like Dr.Yang's MedBlog, in China, or Dr. Bhargava's MedSpin, in India.  And more and more we are seeing hospitals purchase digital pathology systems and feature them as new technology, such as this mention on Rhode Island's Hospital website.

An effort like this is never done, but it is gratifying to see this kind of progress.  Slowly but surely digital pathology is becoming mainstream, joining digital radiology as a major medical imaging modality.  Very cool.

Thursday,  07/17/08  11:41 PM

Powerline notes the AP is beginning to notice: "You know Barack Obama's campaign is getting into trouble when even the Associated Press notices that it has become something of a joke".  It is hard to believe now, given what I know and how I feel, that I ever contemplated supporting Obama.  I've gone from hoping he might win to fearing he might win.

Of course, he is the first Presidential candidate you're not allowed to mock.  Fortunately he has become his own parody.  (Oops, did I just, er, mock him?  Nooo...)

John Derbyshire wonders How many members of the Obama family does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

His own words are mocking him too; check out this devastating Versionista comparison showing his changes in position!  (ArsTechnica has more on the evolution of Obama's website...  changes we can believe in?)

Michael Yon: Success in Iraq.  "I would go so far as to say that ... a fair-minded person could say with reasonable certainty that the war has ended."  If Michael thinks the war is over and we have won, that's pretty authoritative.  Also of interest, he points out the news from Afghanistan is much worse.

This sucks: Ricardo Ricco tests positive for EPO, Sanier-Duval leaves Tour de France.  Man, cycling did not need this.  Ricco was a great young rider, and Sanier-Duval have been the revelation of the Tour, with climbers like Piepoli, Cobo, and De La Fuenta in addition to Ricco.  This sucks.

Little noted in all the iPhone hoopla, Apple passes Acer to become third-largest PC vendor.  (Cue the dum dum sound from Jaws...)

Are demographics destiny?  John Gruber thinks the iPhone will be Apple's main platform four years from now...

This is too funny: a Chinese restaurant named Translate Server Error.  This has to be a joke, right?  Right?  (Anyone out there know enough Chinese to translate the real name?)

Steven Den Beste: After all these years, I still get fan mail about U.S.S.Clueless.  I must confess, after all these years I am still a fan.  He was great.

peaceful easy feeling

Thursday,  07/17/08  11:25 PM

So I’m still on the road - in Irvine, CA - and I’m feeling happy so I thought I’d share :)  So...

We had a good board meeting today – I had a strategic initiative for which I wanted mindshare, and after a productive discussion was able to make good progress.  After work I drove up here – was treated like a king by the Irvine Marriott people – and took a great ride up the coast to Bolsa Chica.   On the way back I had a tailwind and flew down along the beach; I love that feeling where you seem to be stationary while the Earth is spinning beneath your tires.   A quick shower and then on to Il Fornio for an admirable strip steak, rare, with a nice Oregon Pinot.   (Yes, I confess, I am a carnivore.)   I had a cute waitress who flirted shamelessly, and comped me a tiramisu for dessert.   Paired with an ’80 Grahams port it was wonderful.   (Yes, I confess to a tragic weakness for vintage port.)   Overall a fantastic meal experience.

So here I am, typing up notes from the day, feeling rather pleased with myself, and thought I’d share the feeling.  I hope YOUR day was as good!

Wednesday,  07/16/08  10:39 PM

On the road again...  Goin' places that I've never been, seein' things that I may never see again...

Tonight I had a board dinner - it was fun but exhausting...  this might be a short post :)

If you're pondering what we can do about high oil prices and foreign dependency, consider this chart...  it explains quite a lot, doesn't it?  [ via Powerline ]

Can I just say, I am really loving my full-text Powerline and Instapundit feeds.  Man, what a difference.

Kurt Vonnegut's rules for writing [ via Ann Althouse ]:

1. Find a subject you care about

2. Do not ramble, though

3. Keep it simple

4. Have guts to cut

5. Sound like yourself

6. Say what you mean

7. Pity the readers

Good advice for blogging, and I'll try to follow it, except that I have no pity on you...

This is pretty interesting: Evolution races cancer to save Tasmanian Devils.  "Their numbers decimated by a virulent and contagious form of cancer, endangered Tasmanian devils are breeding at ever-younger ages.  Since it was first reported in 1996, devil facial tumor disease has wiped out more than half of the ferocious marsupials.  The cancer is invariably fatal and typically kills the devils between two and three years of age, their traditional sexual primes.  The species could be extinct within a few decades."  I love it; not that Tasmanian Devils are getting cancer, of course, but that such a clear demonstration of natural selection exists.  This kind of situation also helps answer the question, "why do we live as long as we do"...  evolution forces each species to find the best compromise.

Monday I noted last.fm for the iPhone, meanwhile TechCrunch reports Pandora is the iPhone's killer app.  "It’s a free, mobile, digital radio station that only plays music you like and lets you skip the stuff you don’t. And it rocks."  Looks like I'll have to check this one out, too.  I'm not sure if the killer app for a phone will turn out to be a music application, but it does seem cool!

Well I guess the post wasn't that short after all...  good night!

Monday,  07/14/08  09:40 PM

I had one of those days where you make a todo list, and you start doing stuff and crossing things off the list, but somehow at the end of the day the list is longer than when you started.  How does that happen?  Well anyway I do have the list, somehow putting something on a todo list makes it feel like you're dealing with it, even if that's all you do.  Busy week ahead, too; I have a million meetings and a board meeting coming up.

But in the meantime, let's make a filter pass, shall we...

I see where I have officially won the California Triple Crown, by completing at least three double centuries this year.  Actually I've completed five, so I've also qualified for the 1,000 mile club.  Yay, me.

The Scientist notes Heart surgery pioneer dies: "Michael E. DeBakey, heart surgeon, inventor, teacher, and research advocate, died late last Friday, July 11th, at the age of 99.  DeBakey was 'the greatest surgeon of the twentieth century,' his colleague George Noon said in a statement from Methodist Hospital in Houston, where he spent most of his career.  During his 70 years as a surgeon, DeBakey performed over 60,000 heart surgeries at the Methodist Hospital and served as President, and later, Chancellor of the Baylor School of Medicine."  Dr. DeBakey was one of those few medical professionals whose work became public; in the early days of heart transplants he was practically a household name.

Congratulations to Cadel Evans, who after hovering near the top of the leaderboard for this entire Tour de France has finally made it into yellow, on a great climbing stage to Hautacam.  He would seem to be the favorite to end up there, too, especially since Alejandro Valverde and Damiano Cunego took themselves out of contention today.  It was a great stage that beautifully illustrated team tactics, as Jens Voight and Fabian Cancellara of CDC destroyed several competitors on behalf of Frank Schleck and Carlos Sastre.  My favorite remains Denis Menchov; go oranje!

CultOfMac reports Last.fm for iPhone Launches, Rocks.  "This is the true future of radio, and it’s finally on the right platform."  I'm going to have to try this...  in theory a "smart" application that learns what you like and automatically points you to new music would be great, although I've never seen this theory successfully put into practice.  So far my iPod's random play is the best :)

Mary-Jo Foley asks, Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?  She experiments with some answers ("One reason, in spite of CEO Steve Ballmer’s claim that Microsoft’s Live Search effort is going great guns on its own, obviously is Microsoft can’t grow its consumer search share beyond 10 percent or so") but ultimately this does remain a mystery.  Perhaps it is that they need to do something, and this is a thing they can do.

Related, ArsTechnica examines How Microsoft can turn the negative Vista PR tide.  I think the way to fix Vista PR is to fix Vista; they should prepare a service pack which makes it [a lot] smaller and [a lot] faster.  Not easy to do, of course.

Jason Kottke: Mamihlapinatapai, the most succinct word.  "It describes a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start."  Wow, that could be useful :)

Posts and articles in the last month:

07/13/08 10:37 PM - Sunday,  07/13/08  10:37 PM
07/13/08 01:09 PM - Death Rider! (da da dum)
07/10/08 11:17 PM - Thursday,  07/10/08  11:17 PM
07/09/08 11:36 PM - Wednesday,  07/09/08  11:36 PM
07/09/08 11:07 PM - more solitude
07/08/08 11:02 PM - Tuesday,  07/08/08  11:02 PM
07/07/08 10:39 PM - Monday,  07/07/08  10:39 PM
07/06/08 10:45 PM - Sunday,  07/06/08  10:45 PM
07/06/08 11:32 AM - workaholic in stealth mode
07/05/08 05:34 PM - more full text feeds (Sailing Anarchy)
07/05/08 01:46 PM - Saturday,  07/05/08  01:46 PM
07/04/08 10:08 PM - 'Round the Island again
07/03/08 07:41 PM - happy birthday, USA
07/02/08 11:43 PM - New Yorker covers
07/02/08 10:46 PM - the big bang
07/01/08 11:04 PM - happy July
06/30/08 10:30 PM - Monday,  06/30/08  10:30 PM
06/30/08 01:21 AM - solitude
06/29/08 07:42 PM - Sunday,  06/29/08  07:42 PM
06/29/08 11:28 AM - quintuple double - joining the 1,000 mile club
06/29/08 11:07 AM - liquid tension experiment
06/26/08 10:58 PM - full text feeds (Instapundit and Powerline)
06/26/08 10:46 PM - Thursday,  06/26/08  10:46 PM
06/25/08 10:32 PM - Wednesday,  06/25/08  10:32 PM

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