"Technology Leads More Park Visitors Into Trouble"Ny times Sunday 22, August

In an era when most people experience the wild mostly through television shows that may push the boundaries of appropriateness for entertainment, rangers say people can wildly miscalculate the risks of their antics.

In an extreme instance in April, two young men from Las Vegas were killed in Zion National Park in Utah while trying to float a hand-built log raft down the Virgin River. A park investigation found that the men “did not have whitewater rafting experience, and had limited camping experience, little food and no overnight gear.”

“They told their father that they intended to record their entire trip on video camera as an entry into the ‘Man vs. Wild’competition” on television, investigators wrote.

[slideshow] Here is a slideshow of my Diploma and I across America, there is a lot of places i stopped and forgot to take a picture, I tried. I left it in that Joshua Tree

The Ahab Parallax: ‘Moby Dick’ and the Spill

By RANDY KENNEDY

A specially outfitted ship ventures into deep ocean waters in search of oil, increasingly difficult to find. Lines of authority aboard the ship become tangled. Ambition outstrips ability. The unpredictable forces of nature rear up, and death and destruction follow in their wake. “Some fell flat on their faces,” an eyewitness reported of the stricken crew. “Through the breach, they heard the waters pour.”

Here on the heels of the evil lakers win over the fabulous celtics is a piece to show that we should never forget about the Seattle Super Sonics. A Piece by Shermen Alexi writing about his love of the Seattle Super Sonics, and the hurt/loss/ and discontent of their removal from my(and his) great city.

Sixty-One Things I Learned During the Sonics Trial

A Sonics Love Story

by Sherman Alexie

"In writing, thinking, and talking about the Sonics' possible relocation to Oklahoma City, I shuffle like an iPod through the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and Hall & Oates."

I've made it to my final destination, The Bay Area, Went to Graphic Facilitation School, and now sit with my best friend watching World Cup.

I plan on turning this into my main blog for everything from writing to link to projects and interesting things on this great world wide web. Stay Tuned.

Zac

We made it. Already.

Just one tank of gas. No other support.

"Out where the skies are a trifle bluerOut where friendship's a little truer That's where the west begins" John Wayne