Don't try this at home

Play this before looking further:


Oh yes.


Spanky's Stunt:










Butte America, USA



and why not?



The man himself, in lifesize wax form

Awesome:

Just kicking back. . .

They wrote a great article about their protest that probably won't help their cause.

Check it out at New West:

It was late when we left Missoula on a Friday night. We planned to sleep at the trailhead, wake early, hike in six miles, stay overnight, and fish and walk out seven miles the next day. We stopped to fill up our gas tanks in Dillon, where an article in the local paper caught our eye. We weren’t going to be alone in the Lima Peaks. A group of mountain bikers, the Montana Mountain Bike Alliance, planned to ride in the Garfield Mountain area in order to protest the pending wilderness recommendation. We weren’t happy about having to share the trails with the group, and, moreover, we weren’t happy about the intent behind their ride. We soon took matters into our own hands, laughing and tearing up a cardboard box. We were going to have a protest of our own.

The comments are REALLY good

By regular joe, 7-27-08
I love how pretentious city yuppies move to places like Missoula and then try to tell Missoula residents how they should live, where they should recreate, how they should recreate.

"Oh those mountain bikers -- they tried to KILL US with their high-speed fun! We were just walking along, 6-across on the trail, having a pleasant conversation about what a miracle Barack Obama is, and here comes this CRAZY mountain bike rider going at least 3 miles per hour! He tried to KILL US! We actually had to interrupt our impressively deep and sophisticated political conversation! CLEARLY mountain bikes should be banned!"

"Signed,

Peter Predenshus
Jill Konducenshun
Bob Sooperyer
Ted Eauppie
Gladys Cnobb"

Look for a response article from the MMBA in New West soon

The Hype Machine

This screen always makes me laugh. www.hypem.com is a good place to find "that song"

WTF?

Who are these people and why do they feel so strongly that they drove from Missoula to Lima to protest a bunch of good natured people who just want to ride bikes? It makes me angry just seeing the picture. . . and I'm not an angry guy.

Here's a picture from the Italian Peaks. This is one of the trails that the protesters are afraid mountain bikers are going to ruin just by being there.


If you haven't already, email here: r1_gallatin_comments@fs.fed.us with the subject Biking on the CDT. Tell them that there is no reason that bikes shouldn't be allowed to access the remote trails in the Lionhead, Italian Peaks and Lima Peaks area. The Sheep Lake Trail #218 is up there with the best trails in the state. The views on the Deadmans creek to Nicholia creek trail are some of the best I've ever seen in Montana. More talking points here:

urban dictionary

beerboarding July 8

A controversial process of extracting otherwise-secret information from a friend or co-worker by getting them drunk and thereby loosening their control on their tongue.

The guys at work took me out drinking last night. After quite a few beers and a lot of questions I finally let slip that I was going to be a father. What can I say? Beerboarding should be against the law.

Rock Jumping

from Meghan...














http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/sports/othersports/11jump.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

"Minutes later, Kops was standing at the edge of a 70-foot chasm called Broken Bones. He announced that he was about to damage his ankle. Then he jumped." ...."His sandaled feet landed on the opposite tower with a flat thud, and his ankle promptly swelled to twice its natural size."

Sweet. Who's with me?

About Fuckin Time

Here are pictures that I should have been posting for a while. I'm such a slacker. ( The one picture links to much more.)

It's only fair

Supreme Court slashes Exxon's punitive damages for Valdez oil spill

ExxonMobil is off the hook for billions in punitive damages related to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. In 1994, the oil giant was ordered to pay $5 billion in punitive damages. In 2006, that amount was cut to $2.5 billion. Last week, the Supreme Court slashed the amount once again, to $507.5 million. By a 5-3 vote (Exxon stockholder Samuel Alito sat out), the court reasoned that punitive damages should not exceed what the company paid to victims for economic losses. Since the accident, Exxon has paid $3.4 billion in various fines, penalties, cleanup costs, claims, and other expenses. The $507.5 million will be divvied up among 32,677 commercial fisherfolk, seafood processors, landowners, native Alaskans, and small business owners. Exxon, which posted a record-breaking annual profit of $40.6 billion in February, makes $507.5 million in approximately 12 hours of sales.