Jordan Rapp

One of Jill's close friends in Penticton was involved in a pretty terrible mountain bike accident recently. He slipped on a frosted log and fell badly, breaking the C2 verterbrae in his neck. He's currently on a ventilator in the hospital in Vancouver, paralyzed from the neck down. There is a very strong possibility that … Continue reading Say A Prayer

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Being able to fly makes you a badass...

Transcription of David Foster Wallace's 2005 Commencement Address at Kenyon College - May 21, 2005Following David Foster Wallace's tragic passing earlier this year, a friend of mine was kind enough to send this to me. After reading it, I feel compelled to share it with all of you. At the very least, I'll know where … Continue reading This Is Water

Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's exhibit Earth From Above, which consists of large format (4' x 6' prints) of images taken by extremely powerful satellite cameras is making a tour of the US, starting in NYC. The link contains a small preview of 10 images from the exhibit. When I first found it, there were 38, but … Continue reading Earth = Big. Us = Small

This is from Katie Couric's interview with Palin:This is from an interview Palin did as governor after the SCOTUS decision regarding the Exxon-Valdez oil spill:How in the world do you forget that as a Supreme Court decision you don't like?Palin recently did a "do-over" with Fox "News" where she answered Couric's question, listing the case … Continue reading This Is Astounding

Toyota US Open2008.10.05 - Dallas, TXThis weekend’s trip to Dallas was remarkable for several adventures that had nothing to do with the race. The race itself was remarkably unremarkable, so I’ll spend most of the time talking about everything else, and very little time on the race. Generally speaking, I tend to think most race … Continue reading What A Short Strange Trip It Was

I posted a relatively straightforward (i.e. boh-ring, sorry Rick) race report over at TargeTraining's blog. I've decided that regular race reports no longer interest me, so I'm cooking up something special from now on. I've got a real epic planned for this one, but if you want the meat-and-potatoes, I've put it up over there. … Continue reading Big D

Dear Fellow American:I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would … Continue reading Ministry of the Treasury of the Union of Socialist Republics of America (aka US Treasury Goes 419)