Don't drop your kindle.
- Posted by Gartagnon
Location:Millinocket,United States
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Blogging is hard
So once we got to Maine, I realized I'd rather hike and drink beer than blog. Also I get no service in most of the park. In conclusion, trip has been great so far but it takes too much work to tell you about it. And now, some pictures!
Lobsters in a lobster shanty. I ate one.
Adam in a lake.
Hiking.
Proof that I went to Acadia.
Purple flowers.
Our noise violation, for being "giggly motherfuckers."
Hiking Cadillac Mountain, the tallest mountain on the Atlantic seaboard.
A campground-made burrito for lunch.
Don't know.
After a 10 mile hike.
- Posted by Gartagnon
Lobsters in a lobster shanty. I ate one.
Adam in a lake.
Hiking.
Proof that I went to Acadia.
Purple flowers.
Our noise violation, for being "giggly motherfuckers."
Hiking Cadillac Mountain, the tallest mountain on the Atlantic seaboard.
A campground-made burrito for lunch.
Don't know.
After a 10 mile hike.
- Posted by Gartagnon
Friday, June 15, 2012
Connecticut
So we're in Connecticut. Cool name, but not a great state. There are basically a lot of trees.
Obama's mini DREAM Act maneuver today is both great policy and politics. I was wondering when he'd start using immigration as a wedge. Good work.
Lee reminded me that I once went on a road trip with FIVE guys, which would make it more masculine than this one. However, one of the fellas cried about a girl (it wasn't me, assholes) so that is minus two man points, meaning this trip is actually way more masculine.
- Posted by Gartholomew
Obama's mini DREAM Act maneuver today is both great policy and politics. I was wondering when he'd start using immigration as a wedge. Good work.
Lee reminded me that I once went on a road trip with FIVE guys, which would make it more masculine than this one. However, one of the fellas cried about a girl (it wasn't me, assholes) so that is minus two man points, meaning this trip is actually way more masculine.
- Posted by Gartholomew
10:32 AM, 6/16/2012
That's what time this summer's Great American Road Trip started. So far nothing has happened, but it's still great. Our car is packed. See?
That's the trunk.
- Posted by Gartagnon
That's the trunk.
- Posted by Gartagnon
Location:14th St Loop,,United States
Gourmet Trail Mix
Two quick notes before we leave
1) Gourmet trail mix exists
2) I just bought 7 bags of it
1) Gourmet trail mix exists
2) I just bought 7 bags of it
Thursday, June 14, 2012
OMG ROAD TRIP
Hm should I keep a blog about going to Maine? OK! Here's what you need to know:
1) I'm going to Maine tomorrow for a week.
2) Matt, Adam and Lee are joining. They are all road trip veterans of a variety of stripes.
3) We're going to Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park.
4) I really want to do a whale watch, but it's $60/person and that is really expensive, which is why I didn't tell anyone how much it costs yet.
5) I still think Obama is going to lose, so this could be the last road trip of the Obama Presidency.
6) Last weekend I saw a rattlesnake while hiking. It was REALLY COOL and looked like this:
7) Being 4 guys and 0 girls, this is the most masculine road trip in the History of GARTs (Great American Road Trip™) and possibly the most masculine thing of my life.
NOW YOU KNOW.
1) I'm going to Maine tomorrow for a week.
2) Matt, Adam and Lee are joining. They are all road trip veterans of a variety of stripes.
3) We're going to Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park.
4) I really want to do a whale watch, but it's $60/person and that is really expensive, which is why I didn't tell anyone how much it costs yet.
5) I still think Obama is going to lose, so this could be the last road trip of the Obama Presidency.
6) Last weekend I saw a rattlesnake while hiking. It was REALLY COOL and looked like this:
NOW YOU KNOW.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Killing Osama
Some folks are going to say this ad is somehow unfair:
It's not. One of the major divisions between both Obama and Clinton and Obama and McCain during the 2008 campaign was Obama's willingness to take out bin Laden if they know he were hiding in Pakistan. The operative quote, from one of his debates with McCain was:
"That, if the United States has al Qaeda, bin Laden, top-level lieutenants in our sights, and Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act, then we should take them out. Now, I think that’s the right strategy; I think that’s the right policy."
Seems like pretty much exactly what happened in Pakistan. It's entirely fair game to take credit for the things you said you would do, especially when you were attacked for those policies in the prior campaign, and your current opponent also intimidated he would not have taken the same actions.
Still, and this says nothing about the substance of the ad, which is good, but I really dislike Bill Clinton's post-presidential tone and presentation, where he emulates the role of wise, humble elder statesman. It just seems so transparent to me. Yes, it's persuasive and will appeal to almost everyone, but Clinton's routine is pure schtick. He's acting. Here's how Bubba really feels about the whole Osama issue:
"That, if the United States has al Qaeda, bin Laden, top-level lieutenants in our sights, and Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act, then we should take them out. Now, I think that’s the right strategy; I think that’s the right policy."
Seems like pretty much exactly what happened in Pakistan. It's entirely fair game to take credit for the things you said you would do, especially when you were attacked for those policies in the prior campaign, and your current opponent also intimidated he would not have taken the same actions.
Still, and this says nothing about the substance of the ad, which is good, but I really dislike Bill Clinton's post-presidential tone and presentation, where he emulates the role of wise, humble elder statesman. It just seems so transparent to me. Yes, it's persuasive and will appeal to almost everyone, but Clinton's routine is pure schtick. He's acting. Here's how Bubba really feels about the whole Osama issue:
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