Douva

I work primarily in commercial real estate, and one of the things that's killing us right now is rising construction costs. Construction costs have increased at a rate of approximately 25% per year, for the last four years. That means it costs twice as much to build a shopping center now as it did in 2002. For the last five-to-ten years, one of the things driving the market here in Texas has been California investors selling off California properties for huge profits and reinvesting the money in cheaper Texas properties. We're already starting to see a decline in those California investors, as rising construction costs and other economic factors make investing in Texas properties less profitable. We're far from the crisis/tipping point, but the guys that have been in the industry longer than I've been alive don't seem optimistic about the handwriting on the wall. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Not unless it's 1990. I think your numbers need to be updated. My favorite way of looking at it is this: If you were given a dollar a second from the moment you were born, you'd be a millionaire within 12 days, but you wouldn't be a billionaire until you were almost 32. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Ten to fifteen years I may be able to live with. Ten to fifteen months and I'll be living in a van down by the river. When you're young and starting out in the career world, it's scary to think about the economy taking a nose dive right when you're trying to get a foothold. It's especially scary to think about it bottoming out about the time you'll probably be trying to support a family. If we can just avoid a repeat of the '80s real estate crash, for two or three more years, I'll probably be able to dig in and ride it out. If it happens any sooner than that--me, van, river. On the upside, I am hoping to buy a house in the next year or two, so if interest rates don't get much higher, I may be able to benefit from the buyers' market. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

No, but we are in the Guinness Book of World Records. Right here. That's right, bitches--We got a Gutenberg Bible! **HIGH FIVE** In fact, I think the school's slogan this year looks something like this: The University of Texas WE'VE GOT A REALLY OLD BIBLE (and a national championship football team) I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I am so glad that I didn't buy that board - you did awesome with it - better than I could have.

I'll tell you who won't be there--Skysurfers. We all took a vote and decided jumping out of airplanes strapped to a snowboard is played out. The four of us are now looking into forming a bowling team. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Don't blame the agent--All she has to work with is the information her buyers give her. If she isn't told everything, she's just as surprised as you when financing doesn't come through. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

CLICK HERE; then select MPEG as the format. NOTE: This clips is supposed to be funny, and my posting it is in no way meant to suggest I don't believe we landed on the moon. Conspiracy theorists are, for the most part, people who refuse to accept that life is as unpredictable and uncontrollable as it is. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

# 1: We used to ground launch old student canopies behind pickup trucks in West Texas. On really windy days, you didn't even have to pull them; you could simply anchor them and let the 20+ MPH winds do their thing. Once we hooked up two parasailers to one truck, and they flew around each other doing over-and-unders. That was pretty dangerous. After once getting stuck at 600' for a half hour, unable to come back down do to a frontal system, I started always incorporating rope cutaway handles into my rigs. We also eventually realized that the rope cutaway is an important safety feature because the canopy can pivot into a downplane, and your only way to recover is to cutaway the rope and land. #2: I once saw low pull contests from about 1,800', out of the Bell 412 at Quincy. It's pretty creepy when you can see a free falling jumper's fingers from the ground. #3: Once a bunch of my friends and I got rained out of a day at the Holiday Boogie, so we all put on our camera helmets and went bowling in them. This video contains footage of the helmet cam bowling and the kiddy pool riding that Brains mentioned. I'm sure those aren't the only crazy weather hold antics I witnessed or participated in, but I'm too tired to think of anything else right now. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

First hour of packing: You wrap the glass in paper; you put it in the box. You wrap the glass in paper; you put it in the box. When you get done, you write "Glasses" on the box. Last hour of packing: You write "Shit I don't need" on everything and spend the rest of the hour trying to figure out where you packed your keys. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Just try not to be quite as hard on her as y'all were with her SCR. On second thought, strike that. Go "no holds barred." I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I'm not sure why I'm posting this here, instead of just sticking my head out the window and yelling at you, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I can place my hand palm down on the table and twist it around 360 degrees. I can also turn my feet in so that the toes point at each other (actually, I can turn them a little further than that) and walk that way. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I've done it twice, and both times it took me, I'd estimate, roughly half an hour. I think it probably proved my determination more than my skill. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

After some thought, I think my favorite episode is probably "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," even though I've never actually seen it. It's based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce and has the distinct honor of being the only story to be made into both a Twilight Zone and an Alfred Hitchcock Presents. I've never seen the Twilight Zone episode or the Hitchcock episode, but "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is my second favorite short story of all time, behind Robert Bloch's "That Hell-Bound Train." I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

"It's a cookbook! A cookbook!" The Twilight Zone is one of my favorites, so I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite. I like "The Eye of the Beholder," the one where all the doctors and nurses are waiting to take the bandages off the hideously deformed woman so they can see if the last treatment worked. Through the whole episode, you never see the doctors' or nurses' faces. In the end they take off her bandages to reveal a beautiful blonde bombshell, and everyone gasps in horror. Then the camera pulls back to reveal that all the doctors and nurses have hideous pig faces. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I had that intervention with somebody once. It wasn't pretty, but it got the person in question out of my life, so I guess it was effective. There have probably been a few times when someone should have had that intervention with me, but so far it hasn't happened. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

"I am sick and tired of these mothafuckin' snakes on this mothafuckin' plane!" I thought it was "I want these motherfuckin' snakes off this motherfuckin' plane!" I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Are you kidding? That title alone has gotten this movie more Internet buzz than probably any original (not adapted) movie in the history of cinema. It's going to open like a bad mother...Shut yo mouth! I'm just talking 'bout Sam Jackson in Snakes on a Plane. Hey, I can dig it. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

All of my kiss passes have been from IMGR2, so I had to go with "I'm a guy - anything goes!" I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

That was an excellent article, Joe. It does a great job of bridging the knowledge gap between skydivers and filmmakers. --W. Scott "Douva" Lewis I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

For some people, gaining weight is as hard as loosing weight is for others. There are all sorts of high calorie, high protein "weight gainers" you can take, but they're expensive and hard to stomach, and your body ends up processing so many calories at once that after drinking one you feel instantly and completely drained. As an alternative to weight gainers, I suggest you find more traditional ways to try to double your caloric intake without doubling your intake of things like fat and sodium. Make sure you get a lot of protein in your diet, and do regular weight training, in order to turn most of the new body weight into lean muscle. Don't run. Running causes you to burn muscle and loose body weight. Instead, get your cardio from circuit training with the weights. If your problem is a high metabolism, be advised that it may be difficult, at first, to maintain your new, higher body weight. Your body will want to revert back to its old body weight if you stop your diet and exercise program, just like it will for somebody who's worked to lose weight. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

In the sport of skydiving, there is one woman for every 5-6 guys (used to be a lot less). Out of that 20%, give or take a couple of points, the number of attractive women is proportionate to the national average. Unfortunately, as in every walk of life, the attractive women are not pursued only by the attractive men, so that leaves all of the single, heterosexual men--a number we'll estimate, for these purposes, at 50% of the skydiving population--pursuing roughly 1% of the skydiving population. Your problem isn't ugly skydiving chicks; it's horny skydiving guys. I'm sure there is a small minority of whuffo women in the world who would start dating a skydiver, only to decide well into the relationship that they don't like him skydiving anymore, but for the most part, this "whuffos don't get us" crap I hear bantered about all the time is just skydiver speak for "I can't find a woman who appreciates my shallow, self-centered existence." If skydiving is currently all you want to talk about or do, I suggest you either only date AFF students or get yourself a fucking life. You may equate these women's annoyance with skydiving to a woman who doesn't support your career, but in actuality it's a lot closer to a woman who doesn't support your drug habit. She was cool with it at first because she assumed it was just recreational and you had it under control, but now that she sees what a raging addict you are, she's a lot less tolerant. Also, where the hell are you finding whuffo chicks who think skydiving is "hot" at first? I find myself waiting until the third date to bring it up and then approaching it as delicately as if I were telling them I have kids. Jumping out of airplanes is not a turn-on for most adult women. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I think that is the best advice I have ever read on dropzone.com. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Neil Young was pioneering the same genre years earlier. Okay, to be more accurate, his band helped pioneer a new genre of music. How's that? I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.