September 19: Talk Like A Pirate Day. That’s right around the corner. Mateys.

December 8: Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day. If you’re stumped, the Web site offers many helpful suggestions about how to carry this off:

• Walk up to random people and say “WHAT YEAR IS THIS?” and when they tell you, get quiet and then say “Then there’s still time!” and run off.
• If you go the “prisoner who’s escaped the future” try shaving your head [Contributor's note: This one would work really well for fellow Blogadiller timbotron] and putting a barcode on the back of your neck. Then stagger around and stare at the sky, as if you’ve never seen it before.
• Take some trinket with you (it can be anything really), hand it to some stranger, along with a phone number and say “In thirty years dial this number. You’ll know what to do after that.” Then slip away. 

I can hardly wait to see who actually observes these…holidays.

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So a bit late last week so might have we have 2 this week.

This is a self portrait while riding back from a recent trip up to northern California.

Ingredients: Dark room + Glow sticks + 3yr old + long exposure shot = Light stick paintingYou can make out my son’s shirt in the background, yes he is standing still and doing an age old kung fu move called windmilling.

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I $hit you not, on the tails of ipood this has to be the next best thing in the traveling toilet.

No ifs, ends or butts, forget the boat or camper, I am towing one of these to show the world just how full of it I really am.

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Last week, a 20 year old man from a small town outside the city of Tartu (in the Baltic nation of Estonia) was arrested for driving blind. Yesterday, he was arrested again – this time for driving blind and drunk.
Reuters link

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Off on a little camping trip, so I went to the local AAA office to get some maps. Holy Cow! They have 2 super cool map vending machines, slide in your member card and press da button, presto map heaven.

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Last Wednesday, two American tourists were mugged in the tropical city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The muggers made-away with an MP3 player and the equivalent of $2,200.

•The victims were two San Francisco Police Officers.
•The muggers were two Rio de Janeiro Police Officers.

Reuters link

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Along the lines of sticking “i” in front of everything and calling it a product, Sea to Summit have a clear winner! No $hit! It is a camping trowel for the fancy die hard color oriented camper. Hollow handle for other such vital camping items like your drugs or mini-vodka bottle.

• Lightweight & compact; weighs only 3.5 ounces (99 grams)
• Handle collapses to fit inside the shovel blade; to open push handle to full size and lock into place with a spring-loaded button lock
• Approximate length at full size 9.75 inches; collapsed length 5.5 inches
• A handy hollow handle for storing useful items like toilet tissue, hand sanitizer or lighter
• Handle has a comfortable, full-size grip for easier and more efficient digging
• Made of a super-strong, ultra light 6066 – T6 aluminum alloy
• Hard anodized blade to Rockwell C 70
• Available in four fun colors
• Comes with its own stuff sack
• Designed to support Leave No Trace practices

Leave no trace camping is a good thing, but the second you say ” Hey guys, iPood!” you body will be found all beaten and bloody at the side of the trail.

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