Pondering Paddle Length
Published May 13, 2009 | 
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough
-REM
“Are you pondering what I’m pondering?” - That’s the funny bit about paddling and life. For the most part we all ponder the same ponders or “wonder the same wonders” if you like. The only difference is when we ponder them. Boat Length, boat color, wing stroke, Greenland style, paddle angles, logo designs.. you know, all the great questions of paddling’s Renaissance era.. (Bet you didn’t know there was a paddling renaissance era”!) My wise friend Silbs has been pondering paddle length again recently.. which made me think back… Think back… way back…fading…fading…
Twitter Digest 05-12-09
Published May 13, 2009 | - West Michigan Symposium Schedule in the mail this morning.. cool! http://twurl.nl/yl5vx5 07:30:20
- I don’t know about you, but I woke up this morning thinking about the Holocene, google earth & chevrons – http://twurl.nl/cad2t3 07:44:53
- Does anyone make a wall map showing all US federal, state, & county park lands? 07:56:01
- split personality Tuesday… Meet my new local twitter persona. http://twitter.com/DevilsLake.. now I just have to get it linked everywhere 10:05:10
- How can you follow 1200 or whatever humongous number of tweeters without going blind? 10:26:00
- Coleman Launches “Social Networking” Ad Campaign http://twurl.nl/u35df1 10:28:50
- Sun shining… Bowie singing “Rebel Rebel”… just like summer! Cool! 11:58:40
- Quix Blog – Like a caveman contemplating a fractal. A bit stuck, a tad confused, http://twurl.nl/kozi5r 19:41:48
- Dive Into Lake Michigan – http://twurl.nl/oy5m4h 19:53:29
In Bloom
Published May 12, 2009 | 
Have you seen Jack-In-The-Green?
With his long tail hanging down.
He sits quietly under every tree —
in the folds of his velvet gown.
– tull
Spread out on the floor is a 10,000 piece puzzle. Each piece meticulously up-turned and laid out so one can see every piece from above. It’s all there. Everything you need to know is right in front of you. So why the hell does it take so long to put it all together? Well, that’s the thing isn’t it?
Posted in My Weird Life, Quixotica, Random Thoughts, Web Stuff | 
devils lake, Outdoor Recreation, wisconsin dellsTwitter Digest 05-04-09
Published May 5, 2009 | - A few days off is a good thing!.. A hacker and a blown video card are not.. Welcome to another quixotic Monday.. wait..is that how it goes? 07:34:22
- Wasn’t Freya Hoffmeister’s Crossing Amazing!? http://twurl.nl/t02y72 07:43:32
- Pirates ‘aint what they used to be.. http://twurl.nl/z0yv1g 07:45:34
- Wolfram Alpha.. Well, it just sounds cool.. Coming soon.. check the blog – http://blog.wolframalpha.com/ 07:50:11
- RT @PembaServes: Wisconsin Parks feeling the recession budget cuts, even as park use increases. http://bit.ly/E9mG5 (via @urbanwilderness) 07:59:50
- It’s simple really.. the world is a wonderful place.. there are just lots of bad people that sometimes make it suck… 08:39:17
- Meanwhile in the Devil’s Lake area – http://tinyurl.com/dfygmc 08:57:19
- Just added at WisDells.net – Dells of the Wisconsin River – http://twurl.nl/ffwpaf 09:00:14
- RT @PembaServes: United has raised the price of taking a bike overseas from 0 to $200 May 1! Golf clubs are still free! Kayaks? LOL! 09:01:21
- So my hacker took down devilslakewisconsin.com for issues they have with the US & Israel.. Devil’s Lake?? hmmmm 10:18:54
- Quix Blog – It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times… http://twurl.nl/1faj0r 11:47:05
- nothing like a few miles on the bike. . . .(to remind you how old you’re getting!) 15:34:08
- Local Note: Wed 6pm Friends of Mirror Lake State Park Meeting. Held at the Park Office. http://www.mirrorlakewisconsin.com/ 15:39:40
- What it must look like when real athletes paddle. . . http://twurl.nl/msmt7q (just ignore the sail) 16:33:39
- RT @hardwear: RT Help Leave No Trace show its Board of Directors how powerful Social Media really is! – http://tinyurl.com/cgp2f9 Please RT! 17:19:36
The Infinite Monkey Theorem
Published May 4, 2009 | 
I’ve not posted for a few days simply because I’ve had so many little fires to put out and when they were out I simply wanted to NOT think. Then there is that recurrent voice of the Grinch yelling, “NOISE, NOISE, NOISE”.. I realized that 1000 people can have 1000 important things to say, but if they are saying it all at once it’s hard to pay attention to anyone. Welcome to the Twitter Nation! (or the bastardization of the Infinite Monkey Theorem…)
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