http://postagereturned.blogspot.com/ennoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2011-11-15T03:40:47-08:00tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058714455125http://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2011/07/dangerous-stringed-instrument-on-fire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2011-07-08T06:11:00-07:002011-07-08T15:49:49.411+02:000Nice, neat knot. Check shoes. Chalk hands. "Climbing". Get on rock. Clip first bolt. Climb up sloping face. Clip second bolt, remembering to use longer draw. Rest. Move up into roof. Left hand to big...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2009/01/on-gaza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2009-01-21T04:08:00-08:002009-01-21T14:11:22.243+02:000Picture a bear in front of you. You keep poking it with a stick. Poke. Poke. Poke. Poke. Poke. Finally the bear turns around and mauls you...and your family standing behind you. I'm really sorry...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2008/01/ya-think-ya-know-someone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2008-01-30T05:49:00-08:002008-02-08T15:38:43.326+02:000It's funny, I have a friend whom I've known for nearly 10 years. Yet I'm only now starting to understand his motivations.<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2008-01-08T03:50:00-08:002008-01-08T14:32:06.154+02:000So, what to say after nearly a year of silence? I'm gonna go with "What up?" A lot has happened in the previous year. No, I'm not going to write about it. I'm just too lazy. But what I will do,...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-kinda-saint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-05-28T02:38:00-07:002007-05-28T11:59:12.864+02:000St. Bernard of Menthon : May 28 Patron Saint: Alpinists, mountain climbers, mountaineers, skiers, travellers in the mountains. Profile: Nobility. Priest. Archdeacon of Aosta in 996. Evangelized to...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/05/couldnt-have-said-it-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-05-21T00:13:00-07:002007-05-21T09:14:19.926+02:000The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ~Mark Twain<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/05/binary-according-to-bible.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-05-14T05:12:00-07:002007-05-14T14:14:10.856+02:001"But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." Matthew 5:37 <br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/05/did-some-math_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-05-11T06:47:00-07:002007-05-11T23:12:58.572+02:000Here is an interesting bit of math. 18-8=10. Also, we have 2+8=10. Finally, 10<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/05/word-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-05-07T00:00:00-07:002007-05-07T09:02:24.886+02:000Hagiographer: Person who writes a worshipful or idealizing biography.<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/04/on-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-04-10T01:04:00-07:002007-04-10T10:36:03.079+02:000I remember going to school and swearing that if I ever found the guy who invented school, I would let him live...maimed and in excruciating pain for the rest of his life. Well, I finally found...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-maps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-04-05T00:45:00-07:002007-04-05T09:53:24.035+02:000I've been playing around with Google Maps recently, and just for a laugh I asked it for directions from New York, America to Moscow, Russia. Surprisingly, I got detailed instructions on how to...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/03/on-cats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-03-29T23:57:00-07:002007-03-30T09:14:21.107+02:004Why is it that when one sees a cat sitting at a water bowl, staring into space, one does not see a mere animal? Rather, one sees a supreme being contemplating the infinite mysteries of the universe...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/03/sometimes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-03-27T23:22:00-07:002007-03-28T08:27:07.250+02:000I think I am worse than a dog. Went walking with a friend yesterday, chatting amiably. Then we walked past a couple of friends playing frisbee and all thoughts of conversation just went flying out...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/03/fond-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-03-26T04:16:00-07:002007-03-26T13:24:28.449+02:000While reading through an article, a couple of neurons fired deep in my brain and I recalled something from way back when. I am old enough that I recall the use of floppies, 3 1/4 " floppies that is....<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/03/communication.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-03-23T01:01:00-07:002007-03-23T10:15:17.001+02:002I think modern communication technology is wonderful. It allows us to stay in contact with friends and family around the world, with minimal delay. We are a vast network of nodes, connected by the...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-know-not-anymore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-03-19T05:47:00-07:002007-03-19T15:37:16.906+02:000I think it is the ultimate cruelty to be given the ability to think and reason, only to have those abilities stripped away by the hormones and cocktail of chemicals that courses through one's brain. ...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/03/budo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-03-01T00:58:00-08:002007-03-01T11:37:52.009+02:002Move in low and fast, a flurry of movement ensues and uke lies broken <br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/russian-roulette.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-27T05:37:00-08:002007-02-27T16:28:47.682+02:000There is nothing greater than riding along at 40km/h in the middle of a peloton, the only sound the music of your tires on the road. But as with all things in life, there is a price to be paid. ...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/world-opens-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-19T00:47:00-08:002007-02-19T12:33:52.096+02:002On Friday the 16th, Adriaan and I learned how to lead climb a rock climbing course. In theory, this has opened up the world of sport climbing for us, since we can now climb anywhere in the world...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/safety-information.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-16T00:44:00-08:002007-02-16T10:53:38.633+02:000As part of a new project, I get to play with a couple of cell-phones. While reading through the manual of one of these, my eye caught the following piece under the section for "Safety...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/may-you-live-in-interesting-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-13T03:44:00-08:002007-02-12T14:23:30.773+02:001I look at the world around me and it has become abundantly clear that pirates once more roam the high-seas, or more specifically, the high-bandwidth. Like buccaneers in the days of yore where...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/alternate-nursery-rhymes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-12T03:57:00-08:002007-02-12T14:17:36.528+02:000I'm a little teapot short and stout heres my handle heres my......... ........ Dammit! I'm a sugar bowl! Mary had a little lamb she tied it to a pylon 10000 volts shot through it and turned its wool...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/ideal-woman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-07T01:40:00-08:002007-02-07T11:43:24.820+02:001Coeur Robuste, Poil Doux et Brilliant, Dents Saines<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/size-doesnt-matter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-06T02:58:00-08:002007-02-06T13:02:05.987+02:004... numbers do. This morning I was reminded of the Chinese saying: "Like ants eating a bone", when I found hundreds of ants crawling around in Cannibal's jar. That's right, my favourite spider is...<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rdhttp://postagereturned.blogspot.com/2007/02/those-zany-chinese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ari)2007-02-01T07:34:00-08:002007-02-01T17:36:26.165+02:002Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it.<br/> <br/> EOF on 23rd