Friday, January 11, 2008
He's not dead; you've stunned him!
Apparently two guys just got arrested trying to pull a Weekend at Bernie's stunt to cash their dead friend's social security check. They managed to get him dressed and roll him around on an office chair. If they'd done their research, they would have known you need sunglasses, a wheelchair, and a lap blanket. Full article here, courtesy of BBC (they always have the weirdest stuff).
Seriously, how do you try to talk your way out of that? "He's just taking a nap"? Definite case of an ex-parrot.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
LoL Cat Wednesday
Return to Mordor
Hello fellow Platypi, Cupmates, what ever you are. Here are the details for this year's Yosemite trip.
Upper Pines
28
Friday Apr 25
Monday Apr 28
This is one night more than usual and means that we could potentially do two decent length hikes (or one big one and be lazy the next day). I think we're planning on doing Upper Yosemite Falls instead of Nevada this time. Nevada, which we know we can handle, is 7 miles round trip (5-6 hrs). Yosemite Falls is 7.2 miles round trip (7-8 hrs.) More info from the National Park Service here. Mr. Lorigga will need to be in charge of his own feed, or I'll probably feed him a lot of peanut butter sandwiches. If anyone is lacking important pieces of camping gear, let me know and I may have extra/be able to borrow something.
PS - I'm going to try to get the backpacking pass for Aug9-11. As in, drive up the 8th and stay in the valley somewhere, hike up the 9th, wander over to Half Dome at some point, dick around for a day, hike back down the 12th. Three of us were definitely planning to go and I was going to get four passes, so Lorigga and What decide if you're in, out, or maybe on this adventure.
We're related to chupacabras. Um.. Huzzah?
This freaky looking little guy is a colugo, a gliding rain forest mammal of some sort that is the closest related species to primates scientists have found. I sort of want to pet it and it sort of scares me.
Possible Mr. Watanabe Sighting
Isn't the guy wetting himself vaguely reminiscent of someone? (might need to view a larger version of the image)
Crap. He's in the interwebs. Now what do we do?
Crap. He's in the interwebs. Now what do we do?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
In celebration of the year of the potato
Monday, January 7, 2008
And you thought it was going to be the year of the Rat...
Just thought you all would like to know that 2008 has been declared International Year of the Potato. No, I'm not kidding. I think it should be the year of the purple potato. They look crazy and they taste kind of purple. And they have those "purple stuff" nutrients that are supposed to be good for you. Apparently it's also the International Year of Planet Earth (Saturn is getting jealous, better watch out) and the International Year of Sanitation, since the U.N. apparently can't make up its mind. So really, I guess it's the International Year of the Terrestrial Sanitary Potato. Huzzah!
PS - If you're ever bored, the Wikipedia entries for future years/centuries are pretty fun.
P.I.M.P.S!
Guess who just got hired on as a special ed T.A.? Ill give you a hint. He is a pimp. Haha! Life is good people! Especially with full benefits! Yay! Now I can get hurt falling off a mountain and I wont have to pay! Yay! I hope everyone else is doing fantastic! I told you 2008 is going to be a big year. Peace!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Warcraft?
Wsup with the Warcraft these days? I know that all of us play individually at least now and than (maybe not Lorenzo) might as well just play together. Things will be fairly tame over here now that my brother has gone home and before my school starts. I got a month people lets go crazy! Haha! Ill be on skype tonight from about 6 pm on. Hit me up!
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