Comments on: Vacation? I have vacation?

By: victor

victor — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:46:41 +0000

Enjoy your vacation. Disconnecting does wonders for the ol’ perspective…

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:44:03 +0000

hey, dont forget pepper spray….. oh well, i think its too late now

By: Nick Fey

Nick Fey — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:37:53 +0000

Not related to vacations…but…I just heard your kitten-with-laser sound effects on BOL and I fell off my chair with cuteness overload.

Meew-peew sounds now let me know when I have new email and never fail to amuse me.

I thank you.

Nick

By: Chicago Sherpa

Chicago Sherpa — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:04:25 +0000

And don’t forget to pitch your tent away from your food supply and if you can hanging from a tree limb that is high enough away from the bears… the food that is not the tent.

Oh… if there is any chance of rain at all dig a “y” shaped ditch around your tent where the tent is inside the bowl of the “y” and the bottom of the “y” faces uphill so that if it rains the ditch will divert the water away from your tent.

…or you could just rent a room with room service and broadband.

By: Jyh

Jyh — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:22:12 +0000

ack, missed a run-in with the celebrity knowns as Veronica Belmont!

Camping isn’t so bad. We have plenty of fun hiding each other’s electronics and replacing them with rocks.

If there is one bit of advice: don’t pitch your tent on low ground because you will end up wet in the morning.

You’d be surprised how often this happens.

By: John B.

John B. — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:51:36 +0000

Ditto CoolB. Ally McBeal will scare away anything.

By: CoolB

CoolB — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:11:01 +0000

Jonathan C: Why bother with all that? Just mention Ally McBeal and all wildlife within hearing distance will be gone.

Seriously tho V, have fun and don’t get eaten, but hurry back cause will miss ya.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:53:23 +0000

I love the wildlife, specially when it doesn’t bite me back…
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But I have to say that bears are not that popular here. You know, monkeys doesn’t like having competition…

By: cmp

cmp — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:31:24 +0000

[punkass ships!]

lol

too funny.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:55:38 +0000

We recently petted, fed, and trained dolphins at Seaworld. It was amazing! They gave very strong warnings about trying to swim with wild dolphins, though. I hope your “encounter” will be a sanctioned one with trained dolphins? Have fun!

By: Jonathan C

Jonathan C — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:24:18 +0000

jon’s fantastical camping tips:
1. dolphins are your friends, go on, you can snuggle with dolphins as long as they already ate something.
2. dan’s right, bears are evil…like centipedes, no one likes centipedes
3. Kato’s right too, I was “fetal-ized” during the east coast blackout too, not pretty…so bring gadgets that can get power from AAA, AA, D, C, or 9V batteries…a rarity but possible
4. if you get attacked by a bear, remember any episode of FOX’s ‘When Bears Attack’. Then shout “GO AWAY! You are not wanted, go on! scat! Stay tuned for all new Ally Mcbeal!”
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hope it helps!!
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–jon

By: Kato

Kato — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:50:40 +0000

You better take at least one electronic device… going cold turkey may be too great a shock to your system. During the east coast blackout a few years back my friends found me curled up in the fetal position when the power finally returned a few days later, chanting, “No… technology… so… alone… so very… cold….”

Maybe you can LARP while you are out in the woods.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:30:49 +0000

Watch out for bears. They’re godless killing machines, and the #1 threat facing America.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:16:09 +0000

We are going to die. Seriously, I will be surprised if we actually make it to see next Tuesday.

I can bring my flat iron and hair drier right?