Weigh In

So the blogging has been a little light lately. I think I hit a low every year during February. It's an uneventful month. Most of my time has been spent at work. While at home I've turned into a psycho in preparing for hiking Mount Washington. My wife bought me a kitchen scale and I have weighed all my gear to the nearest 1/8th ounce. This seem a little much until you put on a 30 pound pack. At that point I'm willing to shop and buy anything that can reduce the load by a few ounces, even if it's made from innocent baby livers.

Even though I'm willing to spend thousands on hiking equipment, my bank account won't let me. I've turned into a real bargain shopper online. You can outfit yourself on the cheap by making a clear list of what you need and then hitting the Web's bargain sites:

More shots of new toys to come.

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When I'm not weighing or shopping, I'm reading Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, starting with The Golden Compass. Fans of Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia will sympathize with me the junior fiction is an easy, if guilty, pleasure when life is hectic.

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A side note on reading. As a mental game with myself, I don't use bookmarks or dog-eared pages. I try and remember the page I was on with different mnemonics. So far I am really, really bad at it and I don't see myself improving.

So the blogging has been a little light lately. I think I hit a low every year during February. It's an uneventful month. Most of my time has been spent at work. While at home I've turned into a psycho in preparing for hiking Mount Washington. My wife bought me a kitchen scale and I have weighed all my gear to the nearest 1/8th ounce. This seem a little much until you put on a 30 pound pack. At that point I'm willing to shop and buy anything that can reduce the load by a few ounces, even if it's made from innocent baby livers.

Even though I'm willing to spend thousands on hiking equipment, my bank account won't let me. I've turned into a real bargain shopper online. You can outfit yourself on the cheap by making a clear list of what you need and then hitting the Web's bargain sites:

More shots of new toys to come.

…

When I'm not weighing or shopping, I'm reading Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, starting with The Golden Compass. Fans of Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia will sympathize with me the junior fiction is an easy, if guilty, pleasure when life is hectic.

…

A side note on reading. As a mental game with myself, I don't use bookmarks or dog-eared pages. I try and remember the page I was on with different mnemonics. So far I am really, really bad at it and I don't see myself improving.