Bill Maher "Religious Test"

Burgeo mentioned in a Minnesota Newspaper.

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Retire in Richmond California

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Half Dome, Sitting on the "Diving Board"

Hiked Half Dome in Yosemite National Park Yesterday. It was killer. (more pics click here)

Half Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley — possibly Yosemite's most familiar sight. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft (1,444 m) above the valley floor...As late as the 1870s, Half Dome was declared "perfectly inaccessible"

The Half Dome Cables Route hike runs from the valley floor to the top of the dome in 7.1 mi (11 km) (via the Mist Trail), with 4,800 ft (1,463 m) of elevation gain. The length and difficulty of the trail used to keep it less crowded than other park trails, but on long summer days there can still be a large crowd at the top and on the trail. The hike can be done from the valley floor in a single long day, but many people break it up by camping overnight in Little Yosemite Valley.

As many as 1,000 hikers per day sometimes climb the dome on a summer weekend.[7] Gloves are recommended for the cable climb, as are proper conditioning, plus sufficient water and food.

From 1971 through August 2007, there have been nine falls from the cables, three of these were fatal in 2007[7]. On June 16, 2007, Hirofumi Nohara slipped and plunged 300 feet to his death.[7]. Lightning strikes can also be a risk while on or near the summit. On July 27, 1985, five hikers were struck by lightning, resulting in two fatalities.

(info taken from wikipedia.com for more info goto www.wikipedia.com and type in half dome)

Itunes Companion "The Filter"

This program works for windows and Mac. Simply select 3 or more songs (known as seed tracks) from your itunes library and click "create playlist". The filter grows a playlist of 15 additional songs that are related to your seed tracks. This is the lazy man's way of creating a playlist quickly, great for parties!

Enemies of Reason

Lunar Eclipse

Took this picture from my townhouse of the lunar eclipse this morning. For more pics to see the progression of the eclipse click here

Against Me! "Thrash Unreal"

Golden Gate Bridge

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More photos added to flickr

49ers vs Raiders game I went to on Sat Aug 18th

Finishing the Day with an Irish Coffee from the Buena Vista

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Took Marsha's parents to San Francisco today. For more pics click here.

Julia Sweeny formerly of Saturday Night Live

excerpt from "Letting go of God", a stage show written and performed by Julia Sweeny.

Logic Puzzle - man in the elevator

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator - or if it was raining that day - he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why?(This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking logic puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.)

Yellow Hammer

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Pic I took while home in Burgeo

Pearl Jam Censored by AT&T

Not for swearing mind you but over a difference of opinion. Someone at AT&T did not like what the band sang about George Bush so they were censored. It is good to see that freedom of speech is alive and well or are people really just free to do and think what we are told? Umm. AT&T is trying to make amends and fix the "mistake".

Aunt Ernestine

This is a video I found on my hard drive of my Aunt that passed away today. This is probably the only video I have of her as she usually would not let you take photos of her especially not video. Goodbye "teen".

Starry Starry night

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Night sky camping in the Tutttletown recreation area on Lake Melone, CA 

for more pics of the camping trip click here

This photo is posted in memory of my Great Aunt Ernestine who was great in every way.

George Carlin on Religion

Pastor Hagee, my favorite nutjob

Yellow Hammer

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