I ordered a car-camping tent from the REI Outlet store recently in preparation for this year’s Memorial Day Weekend float trip.
Today, we took the thing over to a nearby park and set it up, just to make sure everything is okay.
It looks good to go. The thing seems pretty sturdy, right down to heady duty aluminum poles (not fiberglass) and double vestibules with plenty of loops for guy lines.
I’m hopeful there won’t be any bad weather,
Less Risk Seen in Purchasing Clothes Online (Michael Barbaro, NY Times)
In 2006, revenue from skirts, suits and shoes reached $18.3 billion, surpassing that from PCs, printers and word-processing programs, which totaled $17.2 billion, according to a report to be released today by a major trade group.
The surging popularity of clothing on the Web defies predictions that
Common sense vs. the NBA rulebook (Bill Simmons, ESPN.com)
So don’t blame the NBA higher-ups for the way they interpreted that stupid, idiotic, foolish, moronic, brainless, unintelligent, foolhardy, imprudent, thoughtless, obtuse and thickheaded rule. Blame them for having the rule itself. Blame them for allowing the league to morph into something that doesn’t quite resemble basketball anymore. Blame them for a league in which basketball players aren’t totally allowed to think and act like basketball players and teammates
A Liberty University executive says the Rev. Jerry Falwell has died.
Falwell was hospitalized in “gravely serious” condition after being found unconscious Tuesday in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said earlier.
Ron Godwin, the university’s executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but he said Falwell
Zimbabwe: Sithole Challenges Media On Sport Education (AllAfrica.com)
FORMER Zimbabwe Olympic Committee president, Tommy Sithole, has underscored the need for the media in developing countries to take the leading role in educating the public about the values of participating in sport and not leave the duty to national associations alone.
Sithole is now based at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Laussane, Switzerland, where he holds the post of Director of International Co-operation and Development.
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