This is a family friend having her dog sit and stay while she lines dog treats up his face…  Incredible how she can get the dog to do this..   I have spent 2 years making our cat sit and stay while I feed him and he still hasn’t completely figured it out.

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I bought a Harley a week or so ago and so far, I love it.  It’s a 2008 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Low with a few custom add-ons:  Vance & Hines slip on pipes, fairing, touring sundowner seat, and chrome crash bars.    Rides great, feels great, sounds great, looks great.. etc.   Definitely not going to be taking on any passengers for a while, as I’m not down with the responsibility, and I’m reminded by everyone (except my parents) that I’m going crazy for having bought it.   I think I may have finally bought something that will convince my dad to come down and visit

I went rock-climbing with Susan last weekend at Vertical Edge… AWESOME.   Definitely can’t wait to go back.   It is awesome to be a situation where the only limitation is yourself.. You see other people doing an orange wall with ease, and you’re standing there on a green, clinging to the wall, feeling stuck, with no idea on which direction you should take… and then BAM!  it hits you to try something a little bit differently, and it makes all the difference in the world.   Can’t wait to get some gear and hit a real wall! The fortunate thing about Vertical Edge is that I can belay some kids for a few hours on the weekends, and then I get a free pass for a couple of days of climbing…. Guess what I’ll be doing this weekend ?

A buddy of mine (drummer in this video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy4MEPJ7npo) sent me a video of this guy who does free climbing and when he gets to the top, he base jumps…   definitely look forward to the day that I have the hutzpah to try it out.

dean potter from cl1 on Vimeo.

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I realize that it’s difficult to accept responsibility sometimes, but its an achievement we all have to face at some point in our lives.  Until this mess is stopped and cleaned up, it doesn’t matter who’s fault it is… really.  Just fix it, pay the bills, the fines, the PR, etc…  and if it was the fault of Haliburton, or Joe Plumber, or whomever, you can take them to civil court and try to get your money back.   In the meantime, clean up the mess..  Oh, and thanks for not paying in money in US taxes last year, that was awesome… Oh, and thanks for raising gas prices right now even though the price for a barrel of oil is dropping.. Oh, and stop being so lame.

Here are a couple of interesting notes from the web:

10 Things You Don’t Want To, but should, Know about the BP Oil Spill – Very informative article!

courtesy of 9gag.com

Here is a great video by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC talking about the unfortunate coincidences between this oil spill and oil spills in history:

I can’t help but want to spread the love on a video like this.  There is something about watching drunk people that cracks me up!

Here is a video of a a drunk guy having a very tough time wrestling with his flip-flop as they so cleverly out-maneuver him.