An old college buddy of mine is on his annual summer climbing road trip, for the purpose of staying sane between semesters of grad school. He went out to Yosemite for a few weeks and managed to tick Steck-Salathe, Freeblast, Astroman, Serenity Crack, and maybe a few others.
He’s climbing hard. I’m not.
We got on Syke’s [...]
So this weekend, I participated in my first adventure race (Adventure Xstream Adventure Race Series, Breckenridge event). Well, first real race of any sort since field day in 5th and 6th grades (kegstands notwithstanding).
Actually, I wasn’t even supposed to be part of the team. About two weeks ago, I was tapped by our captain Julie [...]
I’ve read two beautiful books recently that I highly recommend.
The first is Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. This is the book that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner was based on, and it’s a wonderful read because of the way Dick examines the essence of human consciousness.
The 30 second summary is that [...]
In life news, I recently bought a condo with a buddy of mine for the purpose of renting it out. We’ll see how this business venture pans out.
Alien Raiders rip
It’s located in Summit County, Colorado, in the town of Silverthorne, which is right smack dab in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, about an hour [...]