One little earthquake, and...

Freckles, they are good.

Don't mess with Batman

Mondays, they're like that.

Big Fox - Arapaho 1898

If Trump wins Colorado and Ohio, he likely wins the election.

In Colorado, a swing state with 9 electoral votes, Trump leads Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton by 4 points—outside the survey’s 3.5 percent margin of error. Trump, at 41 percent, leads Clinton—who has just 37 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson takes 6 percent and Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party takes 6 percent, and 10 percent of the voters polled are undecided. The poll, conducted from Sept. 22 to Sept. 23, surveyed 799 registered voters in Colorado.

In Ohio, Trump, at 43 percent, leads Clinton’s 42 percent—while Johnson pulls 6 percent and Stein pulls 1 percent with 8 percent undecided. That poll, also conducted Sept. 22 to Sept. 23, surveyed 850 registered voters in the Buckeye State—and has a margin of error of 3.4 percent.

“Ohio is the backbone of Republican presidential campaigns,” Kaplan said. “Romney in 2012 received fewer votes than McCain did in 2008, but gauging the intensity on the GOP side in 2016, we are going to see Trump top both of them. Trump has great support there in pockets that he is expanding. He might have won the primary if he was not playing in many states, while Governor Kasich was focused on his own.”

The launch was good - at first....

Tank Hit by ATGM Results in Epic Cook Off

One guy, at least, got out alive.

Canadian Fishermen Catches Fabled 650-Pound, Century-Old Sturgeon out of Canada's Fraser River.

For decades, an enormous sturgeon known as “Pig Nose” has eluded fishermen in British Columbia. Named for its stubby nose, lopped off at the tip at some point during its long life, the massive sturgeon was a dream catch for fishermen up and down the Fraser River. Now, after decades of avoiding hooks and lures, a group of fishermen finally reeled the enormous beast out of the depths

Nick McCabe is a tour guide with River Monster Adventures, a company based out of Lillooet, B.C. that specializes in taking fishermen on trips up and down the Fraser River searching for sturgeon. It’s been decades since the last time Pig Nose was sighted, but earlier this week, McCabe and a tour group nabbed the enormous fish. After two hours of struggling, they finally wrangled Pig Nose out of the deep waters. The legendary fish is more than 10 feet long and weighs 650 pounds.

Luckily for Pig Nose, all of River Monster Adventures’ sturgeon-fishing trips are catch-and-release. After posing for a few photos and having its measurements taken, the giant sturgeon was sent back into Fraser River to grow even bigger.

Hat Tip: Maggie's Farm

Your good news of the day: For the first time ever, neuroscientists have treated a total quadriplegic with stem cells, and he has substantially recovered the functions of his upper body only two months into the process.

For the first time ever, neuroscientists have treated a total quadriplegic with stem cells, and he has substantially recovered the functions of his upper body only two months into the process.

The Keck Medical Center of USC announced that a team of doctors became the first in California to inject an experimental treatment made from stem cells, AST-OPC1, into the damaged cervical spine of a recently paralyzed 21-year-old man as part of a multi-center clinical trial.

On March 6, just shy of his 21st birthday, Kristopher (Kris) Boesen of Bakersfield suffered a traumatic injury to his cervical spine when his car fishtailed on a wet road, hit a tree, and slammed into a telephone pole.  He was paralyzed from the neck down.

In an experimental procedure, doctors injected an experimental dose of 10 million AST-OPC1 cells directly into Kris’ cervical spinal cord in early April.

“As of 90 days post-treatment, Kris has gained significant improvement in his motor function, up to two spinal cord levels,” said Dr. Liu. “In Kris’ case, two spinal cord levels means the difference between using your hands to brush your teeth, operate a computer or do other things you wouldn’t otherwise be able to do, so having this level of functional independence cannot be overstated.”

Wow. Shove this in the face of anyone who supports BLM. Very powerful.

The original Articles of Confederation of the United States included a provision to admit Canada, if it asked nicely.

Article 11: If "Canada" (as the British-held Province of Quebec was also known) accedes to this confederation, it will be admitted.

The Articles of Confederation was superseded by the Constitution we know today in 1789, but no such provision followed into the new document.  I wonder why?  I wonder what efforts were made to induce Canada to join?

This is bad ass! Custom trucks transport giant wind turbine blades up winding mountain roads.

Hat Tip: Tai Wiki Widbee

A trip down memory lane

                         From years past, some aspen action as it should be experienced.

Man, in this picture I can nearly smell the wet earth and the sage.  I can hear the leaves chattering together in that dry fall air.  Just very evocative.

Beginning the process of Shepherd's bread making tomorrow.

This fall weather has gotten us thinking about bread making.  We took Doug the Wild Sourdough Starter out of hibernation in the fridge and fed him, so he should be bubbling and ready by tomorrow morning.

Doug likes that.

Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza

The yeast doing it's work.

No fancy pants bread making machine here, we just knead by hand and let 'er rise.

Mason Cash Terracotta Bread Baking Set, Includes a Mixing Bowl (11.5-Inch Diameter x 5.5-Inch Height) with Proving Lid/Baking Stone

From a previous bake, a beautiful rise.   I admit, to get this, I add a little store bought yeast to Doug. Then, it's into the camp oven to bake.

The final product, a huge round of bread.  Carb overload.  Very good while still hot and with melted butter and honey.