Stinging Nettle SUCKS! We had a nice hike yesterday. Well, except for the constant stinging and dull pain in my legs. Wore shorts when I went because it was going to be relatively warm (76º for the high). I usually wear these cheap hiking pants that have zip-off lower legs to make them shorts. They also have some adjustable elastic at the bottom of the full leg, so I usually keep them up while on the trail or around water by just having the elastic tight enough to hold them up, then pull them down when I get to brush.

Which is probably why I had yet to experience the joy of stinging nettle on this trail before yesterday. And Joel wore shorts too, so luckily we’re suffering together, hehehe… It’s just too bad that poor, poor Miles also wore shorts and got some stinging sensations. Oh wait, he doesn’t wear clothes, the lucky dog…

I have two – count them, TWO – pairs of those hiking pants I like so much. But they’re about 2 years old now, and one pair doesn’t have the button anymore due to constant use, and the other ones were mysteriously at the bottom of the laundry pile, and I didn’t want to offend Joel on our first date.

Fooey.



Colts snatch Defeat from the…. DAMMIT! They LOST!!
To DALLAS?!! Are you SERIOUS?!?! GUYS!! What’s going on, huh? I mean, they’re Dallas, they’re no good… And there you were, all 9-0 and everything, and let Dallas knock you off.
I’m writing them. They cost me a dollar this week in my pool at work, and I expect to be reimbursed. And I can’t help but wonder if this has something to do with me going hiking instead of watching the game. No matter, I shouldn’t have had to watch that game to guarantee victory, so there’s no way I’m taking the blame for this.

They keep this up, I’m going to root for San Fran no matta what, even if they’re not playing.
Just kidding. San Fran sucks more than Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman a hoover on a power spike.



Microsoft Releases Poop. I mean, Zune. No, Wait, I mean Poop
Read this and laugh. Laugh at Microsuck. And then go here and enlighten yourself. Windows using chumps…. Haven’t you all figured out yet that they can’t write software to save their lives? Seriously folks, the last decade has been a farce, and you all have had the wool pulled over yer eyes. Now get real and get a Mac.

And then donate to my fund so I can get a new one. Thanks.



Another Hiking Injury
I also managed to use a NEW set of trail running shoes yesterday that had yet to break in properly. Now, I absolutely love these shoes (I bought two pairs), but if they’re not broken in? They rub the living hell out of my achilles. And my achilles are really really sore right now. ...Because they weren’t broken in yet. See, I wear ankle socks, and these shoes have this really high “thingy” in the back for no real reason other than to irritate my achilles until it softens up enough that it doesn’t irritate my achilles. Dammit. Again.

Oh well. I’ll live, I think. And I think achilles will survive this momentary overuse.

Peace.

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