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If tears could build a stairway, And memories a lane,I'd walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again. \ \ \ Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away to the next room.I am I and you are you.Whatever we were to each other,That, we still are. Call me by my old familiar name.Speak to me in the easy waywhich you always used.Put no difference into your tone.Wear no forced air of

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If tears could build a stairway,And memories a lane,I'd walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again.Love, Mom

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Today, July 17, 2010 is the 2 year anniversary of Chris' passing. I miss you, love Mom.Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there; I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow,I am the diamond glints on snow,I am the sun on ripened grain,I am the gentle autumn rain.When you awaken in the mornings hushI am the swift uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circled flight.I am the soft stars that

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April 8,1971 - July 17, 2008On the Death of the BelovedBy John O’DonohueThough we need to weep your loss,You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,Where no storm or might or pain can reach you.Your love was like the dawnBrightening over our livesAwakening beneath the darkA further adventure of colour.The sound of your voiceFound for usA new musicThat brightened everything.Whatever you enfolded

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Chris MacDonaldApril 8, 1971 - July 17, 2008

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I take lots of pictures. Most are crap, some are cool.Here are some I like

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Hayden Lake Road, where 35mph is too fast.This is the most fun I've ever had in 2nd gear. I can't believe I'd never heard of this run, and it's just outside my backyard! A down and back around the lake loop full of decreasing radius, off-camber, flipflopping turns.Got chicken strips?I've been practicing my "ready-aim-fire" reminder to set up and carve through corners, and there is no lack of

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Another blog I visit reprinted an article that reiterates the importance of smooth cornering technique. Cornering smoothly will not only save your life but make the ride more satisfying. I've spent the last few rides being mindful of the fundamentals as I continue to strive to be a better rider (and have more fun). A "ready, aim, fire" mnemonic works well for me.ReadyLook as far ahead as

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I deserved every single ticket I've received. I've avoided dozens of others - not just some, but like 24, 36, 48, ... - but sometimes when I'm being respectful of the speed law they still try to give me a performance certificate.The interstate between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene is two lanes in each direction with a wide grassy field between them. The Idaho State Patrol uses black Dodge Chargers

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I've been meaning to take a picture of this sign for several years. How many miles before they were cars?

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100 miles after work is better than a martini.

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A fellow rider from the ST-Owners forum and I went for a quick ride around a local loop.Another day, another friend to ride with.

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My 1996 Honda ST1100 is the best bike I have ever owned. I want it better.If I could change anything about my bike, I would increase power and handling. As it turns out, squeezing more power is a money pit without significant return.Upgrading the handling through the suspension.....now there are some low-cost modifications that could make me happy. I have already installed Progressive fork

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Last year, I hit a deer. I didn't go down, but it wiped most of the tupperware from the front of my bike. After the insurance company paid Ed's Motorcycles to find and replace the parts, you couldn't tell that my Sierra Tango had had a close call.It is now mid-April and we should be past the snow, ice and non-riding weather of winter. Someone forgot to pass the word to someone else, because

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OregonCaliforniaMontanaIdahoHit a deer

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Riding season is in full force, here are some pictures from folks I met on PNW Riders forum and Inland Riders, another forum for local bikers.Mine is the red Honda ST1100 with the taller windshield and the hardbags. The other bikes look alot faster (I'll face it they are faster in the straightaways), but I keep right up with them through the twisties.

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I signed up for the Motorcycle Safety course today in the hopes that I can learn some new ways to ride safer and maybe even faster. They actually have two courses, a Beginner's course for the never-ridden, just-learned, un-certified about-to-be-moto-pilots, and an Experienced Rider Course for folks like me to get a brush-up on the fundamentals and keep sharp.Actually, my motivations aren't

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We'll have a parade like the one in the video.

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Picture this: browsing in a store, looking at everything, thinking “will this look good on me?”, “maybe I’ll buy something, maybe I won’t”, just wandering around, not in any hurry, without purpose or direction.BLEEEAAAAGH!!!!!Like most guys, I really dislike shopping without knowing ahead of time exactly what I’m going to buy. Clothes shopping with the wife? Thanks, but I’ll volunteer for

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I took this picture, i'm not proud of it, but here it is. I never had a beard before, I don't think I like it. I figured my appearance can't get much worse than it is at this moment, and hey! if anyone wants to know what I look like, 99% of the time its better than this!!Back story: I had a cold a few weeks ago. I got over it like any other. Except for a little cough. That turned into a

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I get alot of connection issues with Google, Blogger and Gmail. The page tries to load forever and then IE7 just gives up.Is it me?Is it WinXP?Is it IE7?Is it the Google behemoth cracking under its own weight?Please, MacHeads, don't blanket blame Microshaft. I've said it before, I'll said one more time. I will never buy a clone again.

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Snagged from Automatic Daddy who got it from Norman Roberts

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Here's a followup to a comment made by EG on a previous post Got a permit for that?She mentioned something about smart criminals getting snitched out by the their footprints in the snow, and what do you know, the very next day.....Local news item

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My first foray into blogging occured elsewhere. I just noticed it still exists because someone clicked over to here from there and I stopped to read what I had written about a year ago.I AM SO FREAKING PISSED THAT THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUNDThere are few things that elevate me into that trancendental state of......I can't even type everything I'm thinking its a tornado in here.Deep breath.I like

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About 15 minutes into it I really had to laugh at myself.I found myself singing along to the vignettes from a Time-Life infomercial selling "Classic Soft Rock" from the '70s. To my vague horror and amusement, I knew the words to every song they played yet I was barely out of diapers when these were on the radio!I really had to restrain myself from ordering their set (20 bonus hits! plus an

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I took these the other day. It got warmer and it dumped a few more inches but most of it is still on the ground. Gotta use the 4 wheel drive to get out of the driveway and around the block to the main streets.This is as close as Maggie gets to the snow. She's no dummy!

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I renewed my Concealed Carry Permit today.I still marvel at the fact that for $1 per month and about 15 minutes of my time, I can carry a loaded, concealed handgun just about anywhere I please. If most people, or just more people, carried (or might be carrying) a defensive weapon and thugs and criminals knew it - would crimes against persons decrease? Would that thought cross a miscreant's mind

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I came across another blog about the number 27. These folks see the number 27 all over the place and I think they claim it may be a sign of divine intelligence (or the key to the Matrix?). It got me to thinking. Uh-oh you say....For me, the number 3 and the number 48 have always been special. 48 because I noticed it pop up for me in funny places: I was born on April 8, my high school

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Anything ~~~ 1 from {infinity}Everything ~~~ {infinity} = 1

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I was little under the weather over this last holiday weekend and spent most of it resting and feeling generally crummy. In the meantime, I picked up the laptop (gotta love WiFi) and spent some hours whittling away at the vast no-man's land of the Web. Not to be totally unproductive, I was also updating the virus definitions, getting the latest patches for Windows, running utilities to clean up

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A List of ThingsI found this list while browsing another blog and though I'd add my two cents' worth.Things I've actually done in color (87/150)01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (the bar had just closed and we were waiting for our friend the bartender so technically.....)02. Swam with wild dolphins03. Climbed a mountain (how about a really steep snow covered hill in Alaska?)04. Taken a

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Advertisement from the American Motorcycle Association

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A group of us from www.pnwriders.com got together for a ride around Lake Couer d'Alene, Idaho. I'm the one with the hat/black jacket and the red ST1100.

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Must be closing of summer season, I had to zip up the vents on my jacket and its downright chilly going home from work at 6am.Had to bust out the Thinsulate gloves and the balaclava. Left hand: heated cab of my truck at 17 mpgRight hand: nippy, possibly damp ride at 40 mpg

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some pics from a buddy's ride thru the southwest

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I was able to capture a few bits of moving pictures at the track practice:

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Click on any picture to see it way bigger and coolerThe other day I got as close as I've ever been to being on the track during a motorcycle race. Unfortunately, I wasn't riding but I was so right there that I even gave a few WHEEEE-HAWWWWs as if I WAS riding.I volunteered to be a "corner worker" at the local racetrack while an advanced motorcycle school/track day was in session. If you're like

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The pictures come after all this wordy crap, feel free to comment and please click on the pictures to see all of the details.This was really a phenomenal trip. New roads, new sights, new friends and thousands of miles of two-wheeled meditation and communion with the road, my favorite bike, Mother Nature and myself. I have driven down the Oregon/California coast a few times so this time I decided

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PLEASE PLEASE CLICK ON ANY OF THE IMAGES TO SEE THEM FULL SIZE. THESE LITTLE TEASERS DON'T DO JUSTICE TO THE FULL PHOTOOregon Coast and first night camping. It was a full moon and there were some semi-whacko crazies camping next door. First morning camping breakfast was fresh picked blackberries just a few feet from my tent.A picture of my wife's car with my Dad's surfboards on it. Beach wagon

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Awesome mountain road. That guy there is a stray I picked up along the way. Bikers are like dogs. Solitary but travel in packs. The road less travelled. What I wouldn't have given for a dual-sport! Mono Lake This is a guy I ran into, Aaron. He was just finishing a 5 week trip and on his way back to Tuscon. We rode together for a couple of days and camped out. Tired and sore. Another 300 miles

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My friend Jim was a busy host the weekend I was there. Besides myself (a handful anyway) he had several high school buddies in town and they had not seen each other since back in the day when they weren't Dads and didn't have gray hairs. Another buddy came from an hour or so away and some local folks that somebody knew entered the fray. Without going into too much detail (tried that, I had to go

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Taking a break somewhere in middle CA and it was hot hot hot. No, I wasn't riding in shorts and a T-shirt. Close, just pants and a T-shirt.As you may have noticed I began taking pictures as I was driving. I've always wanted to capture my faithful riding companion on film, and here he is. Back in Yosemite, I got tired of constantly stopping and digging out the camera. The bike didn't like it

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This is a cool cat I met named Don. We rode together for a couple of days and stopped at lots of breathtaking scenic views and sudden natural wonders. He rode a Concours and rode it well-of course he used to race bikes back in the day. Don was kicking off the 21st annual West Coast Twisties Tour and it has only three rules: 1. Ride the twistiest roads you can find 2. Have a good time 3. No

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Crater Lake in southern Oregon is a must see, if you get the chance, go out of your way to see it. The water is a crazy bright blue and it stretchesthe imagination to think of the explosion that caused it. Mt. Shasta

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The final tally of the GPS: 3547 miles.Average speed 56 mph (including stop and go traffic and those oh-so-fun 2nd gear twisties).Top speed of 113. I wasn't really trying to max out the bike, but here is a picture of the road where I did it, loooong and straight. Not too thrilling. The GPS had been reading a top speed of 111 MPH from back when I was riding with Aaron. I just felt an urge to

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Upon arrival to Leucadia near San Diego, we proceeded to party with abandon, tequila was the flavor of the night. Sometime during the evening I made a posting in an inebriated fit of floridity.I removed the post because some of the text -taken out of context- would require some explaining on my part. Nothing untoward happened and a good time was had by all.If you really really really want to know

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The Petty concert was fantastic! He had alot more energy than he last time I saw him here. I knew every song but two and he played some rocked up versions of slower songs from his new album. Stevie Nicks was a surprise guest and it was a real treat to see her. We kept saying "Stevie Nicks is n Spokane. Wow!!!"The encore songs we great, he played "You Wreck Me", "Mystic Eyes" and "American

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Take 4 guys, 14 handguns and a nice summer day and you are guaranteed a good time. I was the only one who brought only one stinger, the other guys are more serious collectors. I have to say I shot well, my sights were true and my hand was steady.The 40 cals:H&K compact (mine)Sig SauerBerettaGlockThe 45 cals:SpringfieldKimber (a favorite of the day)SigsauerPara Ordinance (another favorite)The 44

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Electronics: Escort Passport radar/laser detector. Never leave home without it, it has proven itself trustworthy and has paid for itself if avoided bad, bad tickets more times that I want to know. Stuffed between windscreen and dash, audio output that's inaudible at highway speeds so I plug in an earbud and place it in the earhole of my helmet.Garmin eTrex GPS. It has a few shortcomings but

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My precious baby is a 98 Honda ST1100. She weighs about 700 pounds dry, pushes about 100 hp and gives me 275 to 300 miles from her 7 gallon tank. We rescued this beauty from near death and certain parting out. Her previous owner had been forced to sacrifice her against a concrete highway divider to avoid his own "parting out" by a cager. He made it just fine but the bike didn't. The front end

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Each year I make a pilgrimage to pavement unseen and twisties uncarved and that time has come again and boy, am I ready. The goal is to get out, get away and meditate on the Om of the yellow dotted line and the synergy of man and machine. My personal iron-butt rally across backroads I know only as "that little grey line" on the map.This year, I am going to L.A. to visit family and nearby

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Along the same vein as my post on neurogenesis which referenced a study showing that stressors cause an atrophy, or at least a stunted growth, of brain cells I came upon another study that relates stressors to early cellular ageing. Telemeres are the protective end caps on either end of chromosomes. When the cells are stressed they divide more often and the telemeres shorten which allows a

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While marmosets aren't people, we still share the primate branch on the evolutionary tree. 'Til now, it has been assumed that the number of neurons in the brain remained fixed since shortly after birth, but a study of our primate cousins suggests that isn't true. I realize a controlled study of some critters does not a universal law make, but it raises some good points. Their primary hypothesis

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My previous bike (Honda VFR 800) a couple of years ago with my neice and bro-in-law. What a brave girl! Me taking a roadside coffee break: Going To The Sun Road, Glacier National Park This is about as cold as it gets around here, fortunately it doesn't last long. Just enough to appreciate hot chocolate and fireplaces. This is the walnut tree in my backyard last winter at sunrise. This is my

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July 06Welcome back!Haven't made notes in awhile, let's see if I can catch up. Spring has given way to summer, the mild temperatures being beat out by blazing sun. One thing I do love about summer here are the thunderstorms-had another last night and it was spectacular. Learned a hard lesson from a friend-unplug your computer when there is a thunderstorm! He'd only had it a month and it got

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April 03Idaho State PatrolPut on about 100 miles today, went south of Couer d'Alene, ID on HWY 95 towards Worley. My radar detector paid for itself yet again. An ISP with a single KA band at about a half mile coming the other way. I'm not sure how fast I was going but I was in top gear which I only use when I'm dedicated to over 100 mph. Downshift, hit the brakes, the back end went a little

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This page will be by and for bikers of all flavors-I encourage you to give feedback! I'll be migrating postings from another "space" because I'm not happy with them and I like Google anyway

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