livendive

Beautifully done.

Chantix user here. It made me batshit crazy during the 3 months I was on it, but it worked. I've now been smoke-free for over 120 days. I've missed out on 2,184 cigarettes in that time, and I've saved a total of $775.34. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I love her. Reminds me of my Tucker!

Minka is a big sweety... Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Even Buddhism has it's violent parts and pieces. Agreed. I don't think anything qualifies as "the religion of peace", but if I had to pick, I'd say buddhism comes closest. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

If anything qualified as "the religion of peace", it would be Buddhism. Christianity doesn't even come close. Then again, I'm not sure why we would even try to draw correlations between a group's mythology and their propensity for violence...the two would seem to be marginally related at best. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I come here whenever it seems like I'm surrounded by idiots. A few short minutes later, my coworkers seem positively brilliant. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It may come as a surprise to some that I am an individual, not an entire city. I don’t really care if my carrying concealed has little or no impact on the crime rate of my city. What I care about is whether it affects the outcome of crimes involving me. I doubt that anyone has compiled statistics on what percentage of murder victims were legally carrying concealed at the time of their death, but my perception is that legally and responsibly carrying concealed further reduces the already low chance that I’ll become a murder victim. I don’t really care what the murder rate is in Chicago, or Dallas, except when I or my loved ones are visiting there. I do care very much about keeping my personal murder rate somewhere south of one each year. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Are there any christian churches in the vicinity of the Alfred P. Murrah site? Same same. Easter bunny or tooth fairy makes no difference to me. This country was founded on the premise that people should be free to worship either, neither, or both. The events of 9/11/01 were an attack on that basic premise, and to abandon it now would constitute surrender of the most disappointing kind. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/38830968 "Change" I don't mind a little up and down fluctuation, but this is just rediculous. i feel like I'm back in the Crater - I uh - mean Carter years. What do you remember of the Carter years? In any case, while Winsor is right (and that trend is bipartisan), this drop in housing was completely predictable. Most buyers rushed to buy while there was still an $8500 tax credit on the table. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Ditto, and I did that in the first 24 hours. Watched it at 8ish or so one night. I couldn't sleep because I couldn't stop thinking about it so I got up at 1 AM and watched it again. I kinda had inklings as to what I'd seen the next day, so I watched it again when I got home from work, at which point I was pretty sure I had the time lines and reality/fantasy sequences properly ordered. The odd part? I got the basic plot from an emotional standpoing the very first time, despite having no clue how Lynch had gotten the story to come through. I'd also offer up The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, V for Vendetta, and almost anything Sean Penn touched, especially Into the Wild, I am Sam, and Mystic River. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You don't know that it wouldn't have hurt any more than you know it might have helped. People do get shot with their own guns - even cops who, we assume, are well trained. And that would have hurt how...he'd be more dead? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I had a skydiver friend murdered, one whom I thought you knew. I don't know if a handgun would have saved him, but it wouldn't have hurt. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The key to avoiding no-pull fatalities is NOT wearing an AAD. It's being smart about the jumps you go on, remaining in altitude aware and in control of your faculties. However, despite your best intentions in this regard, sometimes shit just happens, and when it does, you probably won't regret having an operable AAD on board (that one you hope to never use). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I walked around the area last evening (I drive close by on my way to and from work) - unarmed. Not a thug or gangbanger to be seen. A bunch of little girls were jumping rope. I suppose they could have been gangbangers in disguise. There were a bunch of expensive looking boats in the marina - probably owned by drug smugglers. I've made many jumps without an AAD, with no ill effects. Some were solo's, some consisted of nothing but very light docks and tidy break-offs. Does that make it prudent for me to go without an AAD on my next jump? I know nothing about the Chicago area. I know one place were I'm going, and I've heard it's a bit rough. I do not know the other places I'll be going. On some jumps I'm more comfortable wearing an AAD. When visiting an unfamiliar urban area with a bad reputation for crime, I'd feel more comfortable and safer with a handgun on me. I understand Chicago forbids this, and like that imaginary DZ where AADs are forbidden, I'll comply. Seems kinda dumb though...higher crime area = less options for self defense? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

If there's enough roundness involved to make the difference signicant, you should ditch the plastic and just give her the tenth of a cent...and try not to tell this story to your friends. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The thugs are aiming for loftier loot than a rockin' pocket protector? Somehow I doubt they know the value of the Mooney. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I don't know the name of the neighborhood, it's somewhere south, near the water...googlemaps street view shows many fences. Pizza will be a requirement on the trip, and Kallend (ALF#3) owes me a beer or three already. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I will happily accompany you in the area of the marina if you're scared to go in alone and unarmed. Thanks, but I've seen pictures of you and take little comfort in the offer. I'll likely survive a day or two there regardless of my weaponry; most people in that part of town do. However I'd certainly be more comfortable as an armed middle-aged white tourist than as an unarmed version of the same. I survive jumps without an AAD all the time, but I generally prefer having one on, just in case. As jumps get scarier, my desire for an AAD increases, until I hit the breaking point at which I simply scratch off the load. Manifest just accepted my ticket...I ain't skeered enough to scratch yet! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I have to head to Chicago for a couple days, and will be spending at least part of my time in a neighborhood that a couple people have told me is less than savory. Am I correct in my guess that Illinois is not a reciprocity state, and my homegrown (Washington) CCP license wouldn't do me any good there? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I can tell ya. Use googlemaps or whatever to get to Hamilton, MT. Assuming this involves you headed south on the highway from Missoula, follow the signs to the fairgrounds, taking a left at BJ's Restaurant. Follow this road past the fairgrounds and school, till you are forced to turn, then go right. A couple hundred yards up a short hill, the turn to the airport on your left should be obvious. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

After a brief hiatus (one year), the Bitterroot Boogie is back on. West Plains' Caravan arrives in Hamilton, MT on Friday, September 3 and departs sometime on Monday, September 6. In between, much hilarity should ensue, perhaps with occasional flashes of brilliance ("brilliance" being a relative term in Montana). I have no idea what kind of plans there are for food etc, and hope to not have to watch Baker, Beezely, Hanson, and DB Pooper compare scrotal lengths. Attendees: Livendive TheStepchild Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

As you well know from tandems, his geometry on the ground will be vastly different than his geometry under canopy. We don't call the short fat tandem students "flowers" for nothing....all that weight bearing down on small bits of highly squishy substance causes them to "flow" out the holes in the harness. I think it's unlikely you could design a rig for this guy that had something resembling a chest strap for opening that wasn't a face strap shortly thereafter. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It warms my heart to see John Storrie back in the gear sales business. Nice work Mirage! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I thought everything was Bush's fault? Have we reached that point yet? I'm guessing we still have some things to transfer from Clinton to Bush. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)