Weekend Trip

So, I am off tomorrow for what is, in essence, a 4000 mile day trip to hike in Zion National Park in Utah (ok, with a little gambling in Vegas thrown in tomorrow night). I'll do anything to avoid mowing the lawn. I really hope that Hurricane Rita weakens and changes direction, because I'll be really pissed if she fucks up my connection in Dallas.

I was talking to a friend of mine about mountain lions in the park. Apparently, there are a fair number of them. If a mountain lion confronts my travel companion and I, my other friend suggested that I throw rocks and wave my arms. "You should be ok if you do that," he explained. No, I should be ok because I am a faster runner than my friend.