Lady K and I move into our new house on May 5th. That was over a week ago now but boxes are still everywhere, and probably will be for many weeks to come. We're happy to finally have our own home, but we're suddenly confronted with a huge "TODO" list of things that need to be bought or repaired. I've been told that this TODO list will never go ( Read more... )

May 1st was once known as May Day. Cheerful pagans danced around gaily colored poles and jumped over bonfires in various fertility and bonding rituals. But.... that's all changed now. Today President Bush, noting an obvious gap that needed filling, stepped forward to declare today (Drum roll please)... LOYALTY DAY! It's your peer-pressured ( Read more... )

One year ago today I began hiking alone from the starting point of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. I had never hiked further than a day trip before, and I truly didn't know what I was in for, but I knew that I wanted to do it. Five months and 2,175 miles later I ascended Mount Katahdin in Maine and reached the summit amidst a small crowd of ( Read more... )

There is a bill going through the Texas senate that makes me want to stand up and applaud. That doesn't happen too often, but it did today. In short, the bill will permit the execution of persons who repeatedly inflict sex crimes upon children ( Read more... )

I scored in the 80th percentile on Quantitative (Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency), and in the 97th percentile for Verbal (Sentence Correction, Reading comprehension, and Critical Reasoning). Cumulatively, I earned a 730, which is also in the 97th percentile ( Read more... )

lie vs. lay is guaranteed to be one question. It's frustrating as heck!

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/lie-lay1.html

Hi all, happy holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanuka, Kool Kwanzaa, and Foolish Festivus to you ( Read more... )

At the urging of Mr. Derek who was worried that people might wonder if I'm still out on the trail freezing somewhere:

Yes, I have successfully completed my Appalachian Trail thru-hike. I laughed, I cried, I fell down, and it was the best time of my life. What else is there to say really? Do it if you can!

I am now in Harpers Ferry, West Virgina. This is the emotional, if not actual, half way point of the Appalachian Trail. I dragged my butt into town yesterday and struggled up from Lower Town to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters, managing to arrive hot and sweaty at their office front doors- at exactly 5:03pm. Rassin', frassin'... f- ( Read more... )

I am currently in Waynesboro, VA at approximately the 850th mile of the Appalachian Trail. This is the first time I've sat down to a computer since I returned to the trail ( Read more... )