I’ve been on the planet too many years to ignore that feeling: that a con is happening, right under your nose. The worst aspect is not having 100% control over what transpires. I tried to scream bloody murder. No one listened.

Caveat, caveat: in this life, the cons happen, sometimes more often than we care to admit or confess. You know the old saying: “Sometimes you’re the bug, sometimes you’re the windshield.”

I could use every contrived phrase in the English language here...
“Smells like a r… Continue

What a freakin bust summer has been in New England (and much of the eastern seaboard, from D.C. north)! : (
July was the 2nd wettest and 6th coldest in recorded history. I checked: 25 days out of 31 were rain here. (where's the flaming icon?) Ordinarily, we'd be out at least twice a week during peak evening hours waterskiing, etc. Ha, not this summer.

The weather is just plain wacked in most of the US lately. From drought and fires in WA (into BC near Blackcomb!), where it's usually cool and we… Continue

Three years ago today I sat in the same spot wondering when I would get to snowboard again. Of coarse I knew the answer would be when I recovered from ACL surgery. The first time was harder than the second time which happened a month ( 7 days in my season..if that ) after I was given the go ahead to shred it again.My dad is going through this stage right now. The questions and head games begin. Will it ever be the same? If I did it this way then maybe none of this ever would of happened and I'd… Continue

After something of a long postponement, the site founder's biggest fan has arrived (for whatever that's worth??). With words of encouragement to anyone who is enduring what has to be the worst dumbass summer I have ever experienced. And, folks, I've seen a few. WHERE THE HELL IS SUMMER?? Ah, Northern New England, start paying better attention to the Farmer's Almanac, which nailed this one, to the wall.

So it's rainy, to make an understatement (dumped 24" out of the rain gauge in June alone, and… Continue