have I mentioned...
We got some snow.
January 23, 2012
January 22, 2012
Finally.
Mammoth has some snow.
It's snowing again tonight, and we should be getting slammed on Tuesday.
The irony: I have the condo because I have a good job. But when the snow comes, I really don't want to be working!
January 20, 2012
A few from last weekend in Mammoth...
And hoping THIS weekend includes a lot more SNOW.
January 12, 2012
CRAZY SHIT.
This is a good example of why surfing is unquestionably cooler than almost any other sport.
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But it begs a question: How are these dudes not dead?
January 01, 2012
Panama Part Two
We made it home after an all night drive to Panama City, two hours of sleep, a short flight to Miami, five hours or so bouncing around South Beach (including a very welcome if too brief nap on the grass), six hours back in the air editing photos, and an hour's drive through the fog back to Newport.
I was in bed by 1AM and asleep by about 1:02.
2011 was fantastic. Five vacations. Three all new passport stamps. And surfing in both the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Happy New Year. Get outside for 2012. Don't let it all pass you by.
You can see all of Panama's photos here .
December 31, 2011
Panama part one.
I'm sitting in the Admiral's club in Miami enjoying the very last day of my membership. After nearly ten years of overpriced, stale cookies and the only recent addition of free well drinks, I've had to cancel my membership as I can't justify $400+ a year for five flights on AA. It's cheaper for me to buy individual passes if and when I'm headed to distant lands. Alas. It seems American's day as my regular seat in the sky has passed. I still racked up a million and a half miles while I was at it, so my place at the front of the line is at least secured.
If you need me, I'll be in the cheap seats on Southwest - but on time!
We spent a week in Panama driving, surfing, driving, hiking, driving, diving, driving, climbing, driving and I think we did some driving too.
More pictures to come, but here's a taste of our brief year-end adventure.
December 28, 2011
A few of the boys that protect all my shit...
If by protect you mean drool all over it and show you around the place if you rub their ears a few times or agree to play tug-o-war.
December 19, 2011
Rolling in the LBC
A few photographic goodies from a weekend in the LBC.
This last photo of a handsome Lord Byron belies his reality as a lunatic. Immediately following this rare moment of calm, he, during our bike ride, stopped his ass in the middle of Ocean Blvd, blocked traffic, interrupted a wedding reception, and took a dump in the very middle of the road.
He's quite a charmer.
December 14, 2011
Reposted!
Perry's ridiculous advert has reminded me of a post I wrote back in my blog's infancy, in January of 2003:
"As with every other form of bigotry, I have never been able to figure out homophobia. I will never understand how straight men get so irrationally enraged at the mere presence of a homosexual. When I was an RA in college, we went through diversity training with a guy who represented the gay student union. Several of my colleagues sat in the back of room, arms folded, cursing under their breath. Hell, they offended even me. As this was the first openly gay person I had ever met, I wanted to hear his story. I had a long talk with him after the session. I walked back to the dorm with him in an attempt to understand where this fear, this hatred comes from. And it might come as a shock to those homophobic readers but he didn't even grab my ass. Not once!
Shocking!
Seriously. It's not like gay men have done anything to piss of the straight community. Sure, we aren't too happy about Will and Grace, but we can live with it. They aren't competing for women, so they certainly didn't steal your girlfriend. It's not like these homophobes were getting their asses kicked by the neighborhood gay street gang. Honestly. Have you ever once met a gay bully? No gay terrorists. No masked men are running around cities forcing innocent citizens to redecorate at gun point. Though that's not a bad idea. Most people need all the help they can get. And they aren't out there recruiting like the fucking army.
Don't like getting hit on? Is that it? Come off it, ass face. Women aren't hitting on you either and most of the gay men I know wouldn't come near you if you were touring with the Village People. And if you do get hit on, so what? Women have been putting up with your bullshit pick up lines and unwelcome advances for years. Take some of your own medicine.
Personally, the best pick up line ever directed at me was from a gay man. He asked me, "You're not gay are you?" "No, I'm not", I replied. "Don't worry. The first time, doesn't make you gay." Priceless.
And no, it didn't work.
Someone told me it's because they find the thought of gay sex repulsive.
All right.
To most straight men, gay sex is repulsive. But the smell of green beans makes me want to wretch. I'm not out there shouting insults at farmers.
Against your religion? Believe it's a sin? Read your book again. So is lying, cheating, fornication, and greed. Go direct some of that hatred at your politician and priest first. They are much bigger targets.
I'm told that people hate what they don't understand. Most people don't understand quantum physics, but no one is out there tossing bricks at Stephen Hawking.
I just don't get it. "
December 05, 2011
Fall brings good sunsets..
