Last weekend I had the chance to take a 20 hour course in Wilderness First Aid and CPR through offered by the Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). If that sentence of acronyms is any indication to you, I can tell you the weekend was long, intense, hands-on, and an awesome experience. Kim and I spend a lot of time outdoors in all seasons — biking, hiking, paddling, and taking on whatever adventures we can find when we travel. Often we engage in these activities as a pair without any organized group or ...

It is one thing to redo photos to add clarity or as an artistic exercise when that is the context. But to Photoshop photos to attack someone and not be forthcoming that one has in fact altered the photos is reprehensible. They also gave the guy with the Jewish sounding name an enlarged nose, which feels possibly anti-Semitic to me. Fox News Airs Revised Photos of 'NYT' Staffers -- Sifton Calls It 'Disgusting' By E&P Staff Published: July 02, 2008 2:48 PM ET updated 4:05 PM NEW YORK The Fox News channel has gained wide attention today ...

It is one thing to redo photos to add clarity or as an artistic exercise when that is the context. But to Photoshop photos to attack someone and not be forthcoming that one has in fact altered the photos is reprehensible. They also gave the guy with the Jewish sounding name an enlarged nose, which feels possibly anti-Semitic to me. Fox News Airs Revised Photos of 'NYT' Staffers -- Sifton Calls It 'Disgusting' By E&P Staff Published: July 02, 2008 2:48 PM ET updated 4:05 PM NEW YORK The Fox News channel has gained wide attention today ...

1) The following all took place during the same year. Can you guess the year?· Kellogg introduced Pop-Tarts toaster pastries.· General Mills introduced Lucky Charms cereal.· The French dairy cooperatives introduced Yoplait Yogurt in France.· Maxim freeze dried instant coffee is introduced by General Foods.· The U.S. government defines Bourbon as whiskey with at least 51% corn liquor and aged in new charred-oak barrels. · Rocky Aoki opens his first Benihana of Tokyo restaurant in New York.· The first Arby's restaurant is opened. 2) What percentage of the total world fish catch is caught in the northern hemisphere?a) 10%b) 30%c) ...

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS"Half the people had turned into squealing pigs, the other half were cooking"I'll just let it say what it needs to... ...

I just saw Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe the other day for the first time (loved it!), and this guy, with his chiseled torso leadsing down to his thick, stallion legs and firm, meaty ass totally reminds me of the half-horse men who populated the film. He doesn't look like he'd be lacking in the horsecock arena either. Ride 'em, me! [via Italian Bear Tito (nsfw)] ...

There's just something about seeing masculine men on motorcycles. And throw into account that there's two of them, both hairy, tattoed, mjuscled and in leather, and you've got instant boner. And when one of them, the guy in front, is STEVE CRUZ (nsfw), bonus boner! This image comes from a brand new blog discovery—and instant favorite!—Il Salottino del Barbiere (Italian Bear Tito), which is written in Italian, but whose pictures are in the unmistakable and not in need of translation language of manlust. Muy bello! ...

Ex-Agent: CIA Ignored Nuclear FactsA former CIA agent filed a motion accusing superiors of deliberately ignoring the realities of the US’ NIE on Iran’s nuclear activities.Iran DailyOnce a secret agent, barred by the CIA from revealing his true name, he said he attempted to warn the agency about its wrong intelligence on Iraq’s weapons.Now the Central Intelligence Agency is repeating the same mistake on Iran.The former CIA operative filed a motion in a federal court late Friday asking the government to declassify documents describing what he says was a deliberate suppression of findings on Iran that were contrary ...

Should the US Government be in the business of Church Business? John M. Broder reports in The New York Times:“It is the most intensive effort yet by a Democratic candidate to reach out to self-identified evangelical or born-again Christians and to try to pry them away from their historical attachment to the Republican Party.”If Obama in his shrewd political way is simply reaching out to evangelicals - he should be cautious - he's risking his solid base.His proposal for a Council for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships which would expand Bush's failed program steering federal social service dollars to religious ...

Lipstick Jungle's super hot cougar bait, ROBERT BUCKLEY, with all the right moves, bounces in front of the cameras during filming of the series' second season. Oh, and he dribbles that basketball too. I don't know, maybe it is a trick of the eye, but in a couple of these pictures, he looks like he's packing some serious meat! ...

I saw this on Sharon's blog and took the quiz about commonly confused words. I guess I did fairly well. Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test ... English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go! Thank you so much for taking my test. I ...

The Market for Hemp ProductsMONTPELIER, Vermont (July 1, 2008) Vote Hemp, a grassroots advocacy organization working to give farmers the right to grow non-drug industrial hemp, is extremely pleased that the Vermont Secretary of State's office accepted Formal Opinion #2008-1 from the Office of the Attorney General and gave H.267, the Hemp for Vermont bill, the designation of Act No. 212 last Friday. There had been a constitutional controversy as Governor Jim Douglas forwarded H.267 to the Secretary of State intending it to become law without his signature. The bill had overwhelmingly passed both the House (127 to 9) ...

I kinda hate when I discover a hot blog after its author has abandoned it. Well, at least there are about 20 posts of the short-lived BIG DICK BOTTOM, about a, um, big-dicked bottom's exploits as a big slut. I've read two of the 20 friggin' hot posts, and I recommend them highly. ...

THE 2008 PRIDE EDITIONWhile Pittsburgh and other cities held their Prides earlier, the majority of events were held this past weekend. (Hmm, does this intallment having a theme totally negate the randomness?)1. Images of Pride: NYC Heritage of Pride Parade.2. Military Marches for First Time in Toronto Gay Pride.3. Pride Around the World.4. 30th Annual Mexico City Gay Pride (pictured).5. Some Proud Sights.6. What's going on with SF Mayor GAVIN NEWSOME's crotch at Gay Pride?7. Chicago Pride in Pictures.8. Wrap Up of Pride Weekend.9. Joe. My. God., it's Gay ...

Check out the hot, beefy action that a recent KENNEY CHESNEY concert brought out in Chicago. But while the boys are hot, the girls are surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) trashy. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pics of hot concert-goers from Chesney's concert here in Pittsburgh in June. ...

The band on my watch had broken, and I stopped by K-Mart today to get a new one. (I am exceedingly not fashion conscious - a plain $25 digital watch is just fine.) When I got there, the saleswoman was helping an elderly woman with a watch she had gotten previously that part of the band had popped off. Then a guy in his 20's/30's came in and got huffy that he was waiting. He was being needlessly rude and making snide remarks about this is why their sales were down and kvetching about customer service, and generally acting like ...

Can you say brick shithouse? How about daddy of the day? They both apply to GEOVANNY here. (via David Dust) ...

Muy caliente "Chulo" photo spread. (via boy culture) ...

So, I told you that the furries are in town for their annual convention. Well, they were being made fun of over on The Burgh Blog. I thought it was funny until some of the comments started bashing California for being, as one of them said, "the capital of weird perversions," because that person is probably someone who is opposed to gay marriage. I'm definitely—and admittedly—just assuming, so I could be making an ass out of myself. But, come on, quit being an ass. Anyway, enough of that, now about the beef (and I mean that semi-literally this ...

If only the WWE was like this. If BATISTA, TRIPLE H, and JOHN CENA rolled around in barely-there thongs with there big paws grasping at each other's meaty asses, pecs, and thighs, the world would be a better—sexier and sweatier—place!And speaking of the WWE, Mr. GuyTVBlog attended an event called the Night of Champions. When he posts his pics of sure-to-be-yummy "fans inside and outside as well as video of the event", I'll be sure to let you know. ...