don't forget to add a few decorative pillows for a nice comfy casual look.

here's an interesting blog

FREE MARTHA

It looks like she's going to beat the rap. To celebrate, I'm going to re-decorate my office. I'll buy some new curtains at K-Mart!

here are some pictures from our trip to mexico plus a couple from mahwah...

pictures...

and a puck made of frozen moose dung...

i want to use a tree branch that is shaped like a hockey stick.

For 2005, fee includes: dance tickets and insurance as indicated:
$10,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment ; $20,000 Paralysis and Specified Losses; $ 10,000 Blanket
Accidental Medical ; $ 500 Accidental Dental; $ 5,000 Rehabilitation; $2,000 Tutorial and $50 Emergency Taxi

Let's see, travel 3,500 miles to New Brunswick, Canada in February to play hockey outdoors on a pond and very likely get eliminated in the first round. I'll have to get a pair of skates!!

too cute!!!!

did you read the article i sent you about the world pond hockey championships? stuart wants to put together a team for next year... i volunteer to be in charge of the beer.

It's a Dog's Life

A Newfie won best in show at Westminster, and most of us in the household were happy it was a real dog, not one of those rat things with bad haircuts that usually win. Raven was the holdout, of course. She was happy, more or less, but she would have preferrred to have a Rotweiller win. Here she is, closely following the judging (unfair, of course) of her breed of choice.



So give us full details about a week in Cancun. So far, all I know is I'm jealous.

3.7.3 A rig to lower the point at which the upper spar lies against the mast (known as the "Jens Hookansen Rig") may be tied with an extra piece of line used solely for that purpose. The rig must be tied in such a way that the sailor may lower the sail quickly and easily by releasing the halyard.


umm... because the rules say you can? :-)

did you know that mom and i went to mexico last week? (cancun)

http://www.sunfishclass.org/tips/jenstop.gif

Cool. But why is it legal in what is supposed to be a one-design class? (Not that I would expect you to know; it's just a rhetorical question.)

A Jens rig, named after Jens Hookanson who used it in winning the 1976 Sunfish North American Championship (at age 16!), lowers the point at which the upper spar is attached to the mast. This leaves more of the upper spar unsupported. In heavier winds, the upper spar can bend more, twisting the leech and "spilling" air. Since the upper part of the sail is depowered, it is easier to hold the boat flat without easing the sail out. Therefore pointing is not sacrificed.

[from the sunfish message board]

i didn't see the picture but i have a feeling this is what it was...