This is just f*****g great.

Greetings. Here is some political stuff. I loved this in college and frankly I wish that I had heard this information way back then. Thom Hartmann explains the differences and similarities of conservative and neo-conservative American thought. Listen to the first half of this hour in which he, to me, spells it out very clearly. In addition to his vast knowledge his show lacks the vitriol which usually colors a talk radio show. Here are the podcasts to the show.

My other favorite talker is Ed Schultz. You have to subscribe to his show but you can listen online also. I listen to AM 1090 in Seattle. In western Massachusetts you can listen to WHMP out of Northampton. In my old area of south Florida you can listen to WINZ AM940 out of Miami.

There is a link to the left which will take you to an electoral vote site. Right now he has the map for the Democratic Caucuses and Primaries. There is usually timely information and commentary also. This site was repeatedly cyber-attacked by those on the right. They'll probably do the same for the 2008 Presidential Election.

I can't show you any fish from the last day of the season because I didn't catch anything. I don't know the name of these mountains but this was taken from the Index side of the North Fork of the Skykomish River on Friday, February the 29th. The day started out like this and it was truly beautiful, but by late afternoon it had devolved into a cold, wet, windy mess.

I'm still living in the same place (should move) and working at the same job (should change). My running is going well and I'm monitoring a potential injury. It let me put in a relatively swift 16 this morning along the East Lake Sammamish Trail with some friends. I'm looking forward to the Mercer Island Half next weekend and depending on my leg the ultra (50k) at our Mt. Si relay and ultras.

The car broke down last Monday and I was able to get it back on Thursday after paying the very hefty bill on a card. I essentially bought the car. I can't swing a new one and for the price I would have been buying someone else's problems. It looks like I'll be able to make my way down to the Kalama for some late April fishing without worrying about the car being able to make it. I hate driving to Mt. St. Helens though and this is even further. Y'all have a great week.