A Winter's Tale

1. Going to El Caminito del Rey
2. Getting a cat (yes, I'm still allergic to them)
3. Shaving my head
4. Getting a tattoo (although not of the cover of the Tao of Pooh)
5. Buying an HDTV and a PS3 or Xbox360
6. Taking three weeks off to walk around Europe/Australia/Asia/Alaska
7. Summiting Everest
8. Growing my hair out

flattop

There many firepits and firebowls on the market… Most of them are less expensive than the Great Bowl of Fire, but from reading customer reviews at Amazon, I get the impression that they don't hold up all that well over time. The finish comes off, they can rust out or get dented fairly easily, etc. No such worries here. The Great Bowl of Fire is cut from quarter inch thick steel— you could hit it with a car and it wouldn't notice. Your car would though, so I don't really recommend such extreme product testing. A better product test might be to chuck it off the roof, but please be careful getting it up there, it's very heavy.

hammor

The activities of rock climbing and ice climbing carry a significant risk of personal injury or death! It is the responsibility of each and every individual who chooses to participate in the activities of rock climbing and ice climbing to be professionally trained, and be familiar with the dangers and risks associated with such activities...Each and every individual who chooses to participate in the activities of rock climbing, or ice climbing is personally assuming all the risks of injury or death which may result from such activities!

• Practice Tai Chi more (Don't disappoint the Si-Gong/make the Si-Fu lose face).
• Go Rock Climbing more (I've got a paid membership at the gym...).
• Minimize intake of french fries and potato chips.
• batnandu asked me to add "Increase intake of fruits and vegetables (lettuce doesn't count)" What are you, my mom??!?
• Minimize intake of soda.
• Start running (or some other aerobic activity) and increase my cardiovascular endurance.
• Keep my place clean.
• Floss.

1. Time does not always heal all wounds.
2. Installing a new ATX Power Supply is easy.
3. Even if you have a 99.9 percent chance of winning, that ugly 0.1 percent will rear its ugly head. Sometimes that happens twice in a single weekend.
4. If you haven't been rock climbing in a while, don't expect to be spry and graceful on the rocks.
5. Clip your toenails before you go to the rock gym.
6. Helping someone move after you went rock climbing the day before will rob you utterly of any and all energy for the rest of the weekend.
7. Great Expectations is still a wonderfully lush movie.
8. Despite being over her, I find it difficult to look directly at the Woman formerly known as the Woman of My Dreams. Knowing this, however, makes hanging out with her not difficult at all.
9. Very few people on open_on_sunday, in the context of a crossover challenge, know who Abe Sapien is without the specific mention of Hellboy. Surprisingly, fewer people know who Melaka Fray and Aku are (from Joss Whedon's Fray and Samurai Jack, respectively).
   
   More people in the community, however, know who Hob Gadling is.