With the British pound continuing to depreciate, Nintendo has announced that they will be increasing the price they offer the Nintendo Wii to UK retailers, who could pass the increase on to consumers. While the recommended retail price of the Nintendo Wii in the United Kingdom will remain at £179.9...

As Albany lawmakers ponder which of a half-dozen Ravitch plan variations they might support, the possibility looms that no solution may come in time. New Yorkers could see their fares rise 25 percent while service is cut back -- a twin catastrophe in this tough economic time. Yet no big new ideas ar...

The weather here is so incredible right now. It has been since Thursday afternoon. Those who know such things say it's going to hit 80 tomorrow, first time in 2009. Good-bye, winter! It was a really good weekend. Finally weather and ambition cooperated and I was able to take a short trip around down...

This afternoon while the stock market was tanking I was busy getting a head start on the summer hiking season by doing the Courthouse Butte loop trail near Sedona, AZ. If you've ever been to Sedona it's the large squarish butte just to the east of Bell Rock. If you do the whole loop around Courthous...

Two big ones in a row. First from the gaffmeister himself, Joe Biden. You can almost forgive him, because he has a long history of just saying wacky shit, but he is an official spokesman of our Dear Leader, so BHO should be keeping a leash on him. Biden falsely claimed that Louisiana is loosing jobs...

In 3 hours I will be headed about 6 hours South to the Utah Arizona border for 3 days of hiking, climbing, and cold weather camping....

I went looking for quicksand yesterday afternoon — and found it. Quicksand is quite common along the Hassayampa River in Wickenburg. The river runs mostly underground, in the sandy river bed. It comes to the surface in rocky areas, like around Box Canyon and south of town. It also flows on the...

You may know them batter as "waterfalls"! We went hiking at Dupont Forest with our neighbor friends. We saw a couple of waterfalls. First we took a short hike to little Hooker Falls. We settled for a while there, watched a dog play fetch in the water, threw rocks, and snapped pictures. The...

Summer isn't THAT far off . . . already trying to come up with camping/hiking spots in the Midwest for once it gets warm. Help! Looking for specific recommendations for spots in the IL/IA/WI area, plus whatever other random camping and backpacking tips you want to throw my way. Bonus points for plac...

I did warn Chandler the risk of me sleeping all day Wednesday. He might've thought I had been joking. I think I forgot to mention the 'I have a cold >:|' part, though. Sara and Justin knew at least... not that either prob told him :D; Oh well. I'm feeling better from sleeping that much. I ACTUALL...