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Besides being pretty funny most of the time, I appreciate that these editorial cartoons represent both sides of the political spectrum more evenly than most media sources in our country.

I’m seriously concerned about politics in our country these days! It’s not so much that I don’t like nationalized health care and some other issues and trends – it’s the fact that NO ONE CAN TALK REASONABLY anymore!!

Thanks a LOT, Democrats. Thanks, Republicans. Thanks lobbyists, celebrities, protesters, and Glen Beck.

When I taught college writing, we’d do a little section on logical fallacies and now and then I’d find a good example of one being used in the news. Now that’s all I hear. Everyone has traded reason in for sloppy emotional rants. That will never resolve anything! Continue Reading »

I forgot to post a link to this video I made of my nieces and nephews at Bear Lake this summer. Don’t expect a masterpiece – it was shot pretty quickly because there was too much sailing and eating and talking to do and because the kids’ patience wouldn’t last forever. But the kids love it and it’ll be great as they grow older to look back and laugh at.

Read that on a friend’s facebook and laughed. So here ya go.

http://comics.com/jerry_holbert/2009-05-18/

Made me laugh.

Whether you’re a technogeek or not, you’ll love this segment of the British comedy The IT Crowd. Very well done! Get ready to laugh.

Thanks to my technogeek friend Doug for the introduction.

Here’s a nice email from my riding buddy Darin:

Here are a pair of videos shot by a Channel 2 cameraman following a “rescue” of a weather balloon that “crashed” on Baldy, not far from my home on August 14.

Someone saw the long silver thing and mistook it for a crashed glider. We opted to bring the thing down anyway to avoid more 911 phone calls reporting it.

I was just happy to have a chance to ride the excellent trails that are usually closed to motor vehicles. I enjoy them on my mountain bike, but the motorcycle is even more fun.

First, here’s a photo of of the blimp following me through the trees where CJ met up with me on his bike:
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