Disgusting

I threw up in my mouth a little bit when I saw this picture. Maybe they gave Ron Paul equal time in Tigertown, but I doubt it.

Ice Fishing

This past weekend three other guys and I went ice fishing- a first for all of us. I dont' know if we can claim that it was least successful fishing trip ever, but it was probably close. First, all the shacks were rented out, so we made our own consisting of a tent with a hole cut in the floor and an "indoors safe" heater. Second, all the poles that we rented for $1 a piece had broken reels, not a show stopper but pretty annoying. Third, the auger was barely long enough to drill through the ice and wouldn't work when we wanted to drill a second hole. Fourth, we didn't have enough weights to sink the hooks all the way down through the ice into the water. Other than that it was pretty alright. We grilled hamburgers in the tent, I snowshoed across the lake, as evidenced in the picture, and the temperature stayed between -30 and -40. All in all, not a bad day.

For all of you in SC, I officially laugh at your pittance of snow and the closures that will surely follow, but have fun sledding. Make sure to stock up on milk and bread and enjoy the moron buffet on the ballot next week.

"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader."

-Samuel Adams

Unsubstantiated Rumors

Since the crowds are generally smaller in winter, I decided to visit Denali National Park the other day. There's a nice viewpoint for Denali right off the highway and it was a pretty clear day so we had high hopes of actually seeing the tallest peak in North America. In the picture immediately above this paragraph, the peaks on the right with a little bit of sunlight on them stand directly in front of Denali, but as you can see the clouds obscured the view. Hopefully you enjoyed looking at them because I had to walk through three feet of snow up hill both ways in order to capture all the grandeur. (OK, it was only up hill one way, but there was literally three feet of snow.)

"[A] wise and frugal government... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."
-Thomas Jefferson