Wilderness park biker side trail map.

google earth link

I can follow most of the trail in my head, imagining every twisty turn. But looking at it from above in gmaps was a bit tricky. Zoom in, oh that looks like the trail, zoom out to get a better perspective. I follow the trail pretty good from pioneers to 14th street. Then it seems gmaps gets a bit behind the times. You cannot see any of the trail past 14th street and I cannot seem to find the EP bridge. I put in pictures where I could. Going to work on it a bunch more, but this is a start.

It is public so feel free to edit it all you want.

a little info about wilderness below.

The Paul Fell dismissal at the Journal Star is causing some public discussion. In today’s paper there is what may be the best letter to the editor I’ve ever read. Hilarious! Look for the Roger Welsch letter.

Doubt I would ever resort to a store bought CFS, and neither would foxspit.

CFS
1 lb. boneless beef steak (round or sirloin) **I used good quality minute steak from a rancher relative of mine**
1 cup flour
1 tsp. dry mustard
Salt and pepper to taste **I don’t cook with much salt but for this recipe I was liberal with it**
Pinch cayenne **I used more than a pinch**
Vegetable oil

Gravy:
2 tbs olive or canola oil
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 tbs flour
3/4 beef or veg. broth
1/3 cup dry red wine
1 tsp Worcestershire
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Salt to taste

Theresa had never had chicken fried steak and I love it. She agreed to give it a try. I researched and saw this which gave me some good ideas.

So Monday we headed to Ideal to pick up supplies. grabbed some of their ground breakfast sausage, a big chunk of sirloin. Too much stuff going on to cook it till tonight. The sirloin was a bit aged when I got it monday. Forgot butter milk so picked it up at the mexi mart on the way home. It was strangely thick and lumpy and I noticed it expired today. Did not have enough milk so T ran and got some.

I took a bite and noticed a very distinct taste. The meat had turned. I did notice a slight stink when preparing it, it looked like crap, still I tredged on. I stopped T before she ate any, but the mashed taters and sausage gravy were pretty darn good. Gonna be a long time before I try it again. Our next thing to try is a grilled chicken oriental salad. Just trying to get the dressing figured out.

tip of the hat to ghogan for forwarding this on to me.

cool pics with stories. I like to bite the eyes out cuz they are always staring at me.

Officer on leave after tussle with Hot Springs skateboarders

Hot Springs police have placed an officer on administrative leave while they investigate an Internet video that appears to show him choking three teenagers who were skateboarding.

Mayor Mike Bush said investigators have talked with passers-by and business owners who saw Officer Joey Williams stop the teens on a downtown sidewalk Thursday. A YouTube video shows Williams apparently choking one teen after forcing him to the ground, while later chasing and wrestling two others while holding them in a headlock.

Bush says he does not condone the officer’s actions. Police spokesman McCrary Means says the department will release more details later.

Williams could not be immediately reached for comment.

The video shows the youths along Hot Springs’ Central Avenue, an area where city ordinance prohibits skateboarding. Voices in the background can be heard asking Williams why he was arresting the youths.

“you gonna play Zelda, you gonna play, you get over here and play….”
Zelda the twilight princess is an awesome game. It is a bit involved and takes a really long time to beat. I am just about 1/2 way through it and have already clocked in 30 + hours of play time. I have my laptop sitting on my side table on the walkthrough and plow through till I hit a save point. Slashing huge things and solving puzzles.

The story is cool, the game is beautiful. Theresa is caught up in it but is playing vicariously through me. If I play with her not around she gets bummed and asks what she missed. Kind of like she missed an episode of a show.

Pastor Steve wondered how cycling inspires me.

well besides my wonderful wife, it is a reason to keep on going. Got one of them desk jobby things. Was a bartender, brewmaster, delivery guy, all active jobs. Kinda put on the weight, tried a gym, not my kinda thing. A good friend was really into cycling, I got a bike and it consumed me, still does.

I often refer to wilderness park as my church, I am so in my perfect environment. My smile goes from ear to ear, even when drenched in sweat and the legs are burning. I can clear my head and think really clearly while maintaing a steady pace. often on night rides I can really get some thinking done. Seeing all of the awesome nature and animals really brings peace to me, we are truely blessed to have such a beautiful planet. I enjoy my lone rides, but also love being in with a big group. The tuesday night monkey wrench rides are a blast. 20-30 bike lovers all having a good time joking around and riding. I am home there.

sigh it completely borks my site if I embed it.

so clicky clicky

“Eat me schteeeeev, eeeeeeat me, comon you know you really really wanna…….”

Just look at that sucka, all glisteny and bacony. The baconator might just get Wendy’s out of its current slump. I gonna give some props to Wendy’s for a few things. First they seem to use some good meat, and how it is cooked on a griddle so it gets that slight crust, mmmmmmmm……. And the things are square, which is cool. Then their fries are pretty fricking good as well, sometimes soggy, but always salty. Being able to substitute healthier sides is pretty awesome as well, even though I would never take them up on the offer. Last their bacon fricking rules. it seems to be made out of actual bacon, unlike the crap BK or McD’s uses. Jr Bacon cheseburgers are pretty nummy.

six fricking strips of delicious bacon.
They lose me with the mayo though. Still dam that thing looks good.
Having bacon currently taking control of my internal voices is better than that dam unicorn.

EDIT: pics of one in the wild with story.

Now don’t get me wrong, it was pretty cool. Actually really cool. The merging of beryl and compiz means there are so many plugins that it will make your head spin. But spinning is the problem. I run dual screens and compiz fusion does not support a big cube (spans both monitors as one cube) yet. So although I had a 4 sided cube each screen was actually an eight sided cube and were opposites of each other. Does that make sense? Well it was just annoying. It is a bug they know about and will fix here soon.

Thing is they do not even have an official release yet, it is in beta currently. They should have a stable version here soon since it is going to be included in ubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon. I will use it when they fix the dual monitor thing. Cool thing is I have both installed and can switch between them, so no headaches there.

Ubuntu install, which works really nice since it is still the apt-get way. none of that tricky git stuff.

EDIT: well I am now switching back and forth. Still the multi cube irks me, but they are working on it.

EDIT II: looks like somebody found a workaround.
CCSM –> general options –> display settings –> uncheck detect outputs

there is one drawback. It does not recognize the separation of your monitors, so a maximized app will span both. Still better than having this.

professor talksalot posted this little gem on SCS.

from the LJS Your health: Stay hydrated and healthy

salty wrote on June 27, 2007 2:02 am:
” Sometimes color and odor is simply not enough. I have found that by tasting less of than a teaspoon of a loved ones urine, you can tell if they have kept themselves properly hydrated or not. If it tastes as salty as the chicken noodle soup at Village Inn, I generally advise them to drink more water. If it’s any less salty, I generally will let them know that they are drinking enough liquids to stay hydrated. DO NOT drink your own urine, it is very dangerous. It is a poison expelled by your own body. Why would you think of drinking your own urine? “

man I love that the LJS lets you comment on stories.

this soooooooooooo made my day

and a classic