An interesting view on why the Fed isn't printing money like crazy, and dropping it from the proverbial helicopter.

Ever hear of the Mount Charleston Wilderness down near Las Vegas, Nevada?  Me neither, but John Fedak has a good trail description of an epic hike he did there.   Looks interesting, and although a bit of a drive, it might be a good late season destination for an off beat walk.

His site also has many other great trial descriptions and is well worth a visit.

Something interesting....

Friday cabin porn

This is Robert Service's hand built cabin in Dawson City, Yukon Territory.

File this under the "It must mean something" department.

Compared with 2008, sales of anti Obama swag have skyrocketed.

Seems that people have noticed the chaos and incompetence over the last three and a half years.

Looks like fun



From Wetamarine

Guided missile destroyer James Williams steams through the Suez Canal

Once activated on Mars this year, the Opportunity Rover will make a try for a true marathon, or 26.2 miles.

Interestingly, when it first landed, scientists hoped it would go 600 yards ( or meters, for those Euros out there).

After overcoming various mishaps, like the failure of a drive mechanism on one of the front wheels that required scientists to drive the rover backwards, Opportunity only has a bit over four miles still to go to make a marathon distance on the red planet. I think they got their money's worth on this one.

More ridicule for the doodler in chief

More "Teenager from the country visits the big time" in Chicago.

                           Eating teenager food at the Billy Goat Tavern and Grill in Chicago

                                  Harassing street performers.  We don't see many of these in Galt.

Apparently the teenagers overloaded an elevator (22 of them) and it got stuck for 40 minutes until the firemen came and got them out.  Looks like they were real worried, huh?  Galt doesn't even have an elevator.

Around town in the big city.

Un - freaking - believable!

President Obama isn’t always paying attention during those major international summits. Instead he’s doodling.

The president admitted it himself during an interview Friday with WJLA, bragging that when it comes to his drawing skills he’s “pretty good” and enjoys sketching all sorts of things.

“Sometimes when I’m in a big important international meeting and you see me writing stuff down it might be that I’m just drawing some folks,” he said.

Can we send this mental 7th grader back to Chicago in November?

In the Gulf of Aden, a SH 60B Sea Hawk prepares to complete it's landing sequence aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze.

I'd have an urge to toss cabbages into those spinning blades.

The Nimitz class aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and the guided missile destroyer Winston S. Churchill are replenished while underway and at sea by the oiler USNS Big Horn in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The internet is rich in mockery tonight.

Crazy Norskis...