Team CRUD on High Drive: Tony, Paul, Ted, Rick

Running High Drive this morning; Sunrise and Will Rogers Shrine over Co Springs

Barcelona!!

Fear grows over US Iran War mongering in Britain.

Mother Jones: The Iraq Effect: The War in Iraq and its effect on Terrorism.

The Nation: A Trial for Thousands denied Trial: The case of Jose Padilla, an American citizen held for over four years without charges being brought against him.

I fly to Barcelona tomorrow to run the Barcelona Maraton!

Earthship Links

Earthship Construction Tips

EarthenSun

Using Tire Bales in Earthship Construction

Blue Rock Station: Earthship construction testimonial

NYT: A Film Star in Kampala -- Forest Whitaker, star of The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin, makes a big hit in Uganda. We watched the movie last Saturday in the theater. Powerful movie.

Barcelona here we come! This is where we're staying for nine days.

NPR: Is America too damn religious?

What Happens When a Country Gives Up Religion? as Spain Shows, Nothing Much

Science Mag: Meeting the Asteroid Threat

DailyKos: The Half Hour I will never get back: Fox News Half Hour for Nitwits

Pastor Ted Update

Microsoft 1978 (In 1982 as an employee of Bank and Office Furnitures of Bellevue, WA I delivered furniture to the fledgling company known as Microsoft)

Senator Bill Clinton?

10 Totally Stupid Online Business Ideas That Made Someone Rich

Cherokee Moons

Green House

I love this little Green House that perches on the hillside above Memorial Park in Manitou Springs.

Rattlesnake Gulch

Rattlesnake Gulch, the start of the Ute Trail as it leaves Manitou Springs.

Williams Canyon

Williams Canyon and Manitou Springs from the vantage point of the Intemann Trail. The Cliff House is the large green building in the lower right hand corner.

Pikes, Incline, Manitou

Pikes Peak, The Incline, and some of the unique homes of Manitou Springs as seen from the Intemann Trail on this morning's run.

Rep Tim Ryan Iraq Debate

Congressman Tim Ryan calls out Repuglican hypocrits on who is really "supporting the troops".

The 111 Greatest Anglo-American Folk Artists

Running upper Crystal Park on "Palmer Trail Road" this morning. We tried to find the Palmer Trail without success. Our plan had been to run back down the trail and join up with the Section 16 trails. Instead, we turned around to run back down the Crystal Park Road. I made the mistake of deciding to slide down to the Cog Railway from the second big switchback. I thought the snow would be loose and easy to plunge step down the slopes. That turned out to be true. What I hadn't reckoned on was a solid sheet of ice beneath the new snow. That side of Eagle Mountain never sees the sun this time of year. I made it down, but the tips of my fingers are still somewhat numb -- three hours later.

I snapped this photo of my house through the tree at 6:45 A.M. as I left for this morning's run.

DailyKos: Good tour through the "radical left" of the last 50 years or so.

Playboy is doing some great reporting on PTSD.

Bill Maher on HuffPost has a New Rule:

Pinot Noir: An Introduction.