Alaska is the bomb. I would live there in a heart beat if I could convince my wife that living off the grid would be a grand adventure. I suspect they are high on the Freedom list.

44th and 40th respectively.

Actually, I think it's the Matanuska Thunderfuck

:joint:

Yeah, and the summer gets up over 70 degrees... this year it's July 7th.:rolleyes:

Last time I was there the temps were 40 below at night, that was in Feb. Keeps the rif-raff away!

Half the year it's daytime and half the year it's night time. Gorgeous though.

Which is it, Merc? Were you there or weren't you?

rif-raff (n.) 1. a person who doesn't like cold temperatures that will kill you 2. a person who will not go near merc if the temperature falls below zero.

:confused:

;)

I was there. Last time was in 1997. Started in Anchorage and flew out in a C-130, jumped into the snow from about 1200 feet, stayed 3 weeks. Northern Warfare Training School in Black Rapids, AK.

Yea, I turn into the man-bear-pig. :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ManBearPig.JPG

Damn, that sounds like too much fun. I love winter the most because there are no bugs. also it's more 'play for keeps' than temperate weather.

I figure I'll be cold when I die. Until then I will keep my extremities thank you very much!

I will have to dig up some pics. I have some from guys on the ground at the jump as well as thermometer pegged out at -35 F. I think they recorded the temp that night at -50 or something.

Shit, not to mention wind chill factor during the free fall.
brr

Interesting link for those out of a job, worried about their job and the general state of the economy.

http://outofyourrut.com/blog/

New York just passed gay marriage but I'd guess the guys at George Mason won't give that much weight.

The Color of Water. Interesting pics.

http://www.kuriositas.com/2011/07/color-of-water.html

What were they thinking!

merc, until I started reading the names of the staff (snicker) I thought it was real!

This is nuts: you can see every face of every person at the U2 concert in Chicago. You can tag yourself if you were there. Take tags off and zoom in to see even the folks way way in the back.

http://www.u2.com/gigapixelfancam/110705/

I bought a 2 quart slow cooker. Gone are the days when the manufacturer included cooking instruction manual. I found one downloadable from a site! In case any of you are in need of a guide, I'm posting the link.

http://www.yummycrockpotrecipes.com/...s-for-two.html

I've gotten several recent appliances that should come with cookbook/instructions manuals that didn't.

Damn treehuggers.

Speaking of treehuggers ...

One of my friends is starting a forum. It's supposed to be a nice, friendly forum, where people can come and share experiences and "become the change you want to see in the world."

yeah, buncha hippies.

Because of the niceness rule, it's going to be heavily moderated, I'm afraid.

If you can play by the pool rules, you're welcome to join.

Oh, and fair warning, it's on one of those free hosts, so there are some annoyingly flashy banner ads.

Project Phoenix Fire

She tried this before, but the person she chose as administrator disappeared, never gave anyone else admin powers, and never revealed the passwords. The mods don't get full admin like they do here ... they restrict you to certain board areas. No idea why, other than these are people who don't really "get" the internet. Or they have power and control issues. The old admin even made moderators pass a test before they would get approved outside of the testing board. (I had the test done before she finished constructing it)

We use our slow cooker often.... have had one for years. It is great for people with busy lives and college students who want a good meal at the end of a long day.

I used mine today. We call them crock pots. Put some wet aged primes in with a bunch of potatoes and some onion soup mix and beef broth. Turned out really good. I think I should have posted that in the food forum.

You've got an avatar! Ha ha! Looks pretty rules heavy but I can see why. If people spend a lot of time on personal philosophy one grumpy teenage boy could ruin the whole site. Good luck to your friend, I'll check in occasionally.

The U.S. debt visualized.


Nope, it's a different one.

music!!! free music!!!!

I like zapac

Cliff notes type info

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/characters.html

30 new sexual positions based on movie titles Pretty much SFW.

These are really cool ....

http://inspirationfeed.com/photograp...-cinemagraphs/

What countries call themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tive_languages

Bring tissues.

http://inspirationfeed.com/photograp...ar-photograph/

from cracked.com


Six Laws You've Broken Without Realizing It

Most of us are breaking #4 right now.

Dunno how long this will be up, but there is some amazing photography here

tasty classic, thanks!

Boston.com's 'The Big Picture' has the same pix all on one page.

ETA: Easier to look at, and, bigger pix, too.

It starts:

Okay, who ratted????!!!! The first rule of Hobo hunting club...

ETA: And I think we're okay with rule 4.
I think registering with a handle here is authorised.

Spooky stories ( online listening )

http://americanfolklore.net/folklore..._down_now.html


or index page

http://www.americanfolklore.net/spooky-stories.html

Draw a stickman ...

:)

Wired's Geek Dad came up with a list of the 5 best toys. Just in time for Christmas. They look fun.

WANT!

If you're in the market for T-shirts, books, artwork/posters, and amusing crap, I've found these people reliable and great fun to deal with. Two thumbs up.

http://topatoco.com/hey/

Need to fix it? Try here.

A kaleidoscope. On da interwebz.

Mouse around on it.

OK that hurt till I got my mouse over to the top left and it changed much slower. Very cool

If ya mouse to the left juuuuust right ya can almost make it stop while the mouse is moving, then when the mouse goes 'off screen left' it gets slow enough to actually enjoy.

Here is a "bookmark" or "Favorite" link that may be useful when you are searching Craig's List.
It allows a search of all Craig's List sub-areas in a given state with only one entry.

Just change the name of the state in the link:
I have the default set for "oregon"

http://www.themccumbers.com/simple?p...s&state=oregon

padmapper to map your craigslist housing needs

I've been wasting a lot of time on this site lately. www.marinetraffic.com

That is a neat site... been there, done that too much (too) :rolleyes:

Direct Attack.

So much here, you've been warned.

I think this or something similar, was posted in the past

Scale of the Universe

Dude works on enlarging his basement over the last 9 years using his remote controlled toys. I can think of worse hobbies. This actually looks pretty cool.
Use the remote control shovels to fill the remote control trucks.
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Taking drugs, maybe.

Think of the giant calluses he must have on his thumbs from the controllers.

Canadian winters...

:lol:

Whatever.

reminds me of that scene in Huckleberry Finn.

Pass me a case knife.