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...where discretion, as always, is the better part of boredom. ^©

In marked contrast to the currently fashionable and oh-so-trending quagmire of Social Networking, we here at the forefront of the nascent but hopefully inevitable realm of Petulant Networking strive to be unsociable and phlegmatic, generally avoiding contentious and relevant issues, and imposing on our weary visitors no tedious recitation of our prosaic views of the sordid affairs of the world.  We just have a bunch of pictures of hikes and trips and stuff,  for those all-too-frequent times when we need to be somewhere else for a while, somewhere that allows us to escape the fringe-dwelling perch from which we peer unflinchingly, albeit somewhat obtusely, into the yawning abyss of reality.  Or some such tripe...

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^{Upcoming Stuff ...} 

^{... wherein we crank up our Reality Generators and lurch off into the distance in search of new and improved adventures.}

The Much Hyped, Somewhat Annual, Highly Anticipated, Border-line Mystical Fifth Flamingo Fantasia	August 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012?
Mt. Rainier Circumambulation	2012
Mt. St. Helens Circumambulation	2012
Alaska via The Al-Can Highway	2014 2019 Got 'Er Done!
Tour du Mt. Blanc - Mt. Blanc Circumambulation	2015
Hiking from the North Sea to the Mediterranean - Le Grande Randonnée Cinq (GR-5)	Before We Expire
Papeete, Tahiti; Nuku Hiva, The Marquesas; Faanui, Bora Bora	Before We Expire
The Canadian Maritime Provinces and Iceland	Before We Expire
Hiking from Trieste to Monaco - The Via Alpina Trail	Before We Expire

 

 

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The Archives ...

^{... wherein we fondly, or otherwise, chronicle past adventures, misadventures, and some not entirely infrequent flagrant indiscretions, plummeting prosaically to the lowest and most irritating depths of banality, and then soaring majestically to the highest and most irritating heights of circumstantiality.}

^{Note that some of the Archive Pages below contain way too many images, and if you're connected using dial-up (!) or even slow broadband (i.e. <1.5 mbps), you can expect that only the top portion of the page will load.  Of course, this means that you won't have to look at so many images, so maybe this is not entirely bad news.  In any case, you can click here to send a complaint.}

 

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  ^{Utah, Arizona, Idaho -- April 24 - July 2, 2022}

  Oregon -- October 7 - November 5, 2022

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  ^{Utah, New Mexico, Nevada -- April 22 - June 25, 2021}

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  ^{Zippo - Sadly Just A Bunch Of Nothing in 2020}

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  ^{Thailand and Laos -- January 8 - February 23, 2019}

  ^{Utah  --  April 15 - May 18, 2019}

  ^{Osoyoos, B.C., Banks Lake, Sun Lakes -- May 22-29, 2019}

  ^{Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon -- July 7 - September 12, 2019}

  ^{Thailand, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia -- December 10, 2019 - March 1, 2020}

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  ^{Sunbanks and Grand Coulee  --  April 12-15, 2018}

  ^{Oregon Coast  --  June 5-12, 2018}

  ^{Portland Waterfront Blues Festival  --  July 3-8, 2018}

  Winthrop Blues Festival and Hiking  --  July 19-25, 2018

  Mt. Baker Blues Festival and Deception Pass  --  August 2-8, 2018

  Central Oregon  --  September 13-23, 2018

  North Cascades  --  October 10-22, 2018

2017

  Yellowstone National Park. --  February 5-12, 2017

  Kendall Peak Saddle, Viewpoint, and Lakes  --  March 4, 2017

  Escape Trailer Rally, Osoyoos, B.C. --  May 25-30, 2017

  Oregon Coast  --  June 21-28, 2017

  Winthrop R&B Festival and Hiking, Rock Cut Blues Festival  --  July 19-30, 2017

  Mt. Baker and Baker Lake  --  August 21-28, 2017

  Oregon Coast  --  October 11-20, 2017

  Mt. St. Helens  --  October 26-31, 2017

  ^{Oregon Coast  --  December 6-10, 2017}

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  ^{Victoria, Whistler, Vancouver  --  April, 2016}

  ^{Japan and Thailand  --  April 19 - June 3, 2016}

  ^{Winthrop R&B Festival and Hiking  --  July 17-24, 2016}

  ^{Mt. Baker and Baker Lake  -- August 12-15, 2016}

  ^{Wallowa Mtns. and Walla Walla  --  August 26 - September 4, 2016}

  ^{Grand Canyon, Moab, Las Vegas, Death Valley  --  November 20 - December 28, 2016}

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  ^{Rattlesnake Ledge -- January 2, 2015}

  ^{Rattlesnake Mountain -- January 31, 2015}

  ^{California -- February 13-16, 2015}

  ^{Little Mt. Si -- April 19, 2015}

  ^{Cedar Ridge -- May 15, 2015}

  ^{Central Oregon -- September 11 - 21, 2015}

  ^{Pinnacles N.P., Joshua Tree N.P., Anza-Borrego S.P. -- November 26 - December 31, 2015}

 

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  ^{Northrop Canyon, Sun Lakes, Ancient Lakes -- April 24-27, 2014}

  ^{California - May 15-19, 2014}  

  ^{Portugal, Spain, Morocco -- May 29 - July 3, 2014}

  ^{Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival -- July 18-20, 2014} 

  ^{Victoria, B.C. -- August 3-4, 2014} 

  ^{Lake Margaret, Olympic Peninsula -- August 9-11, 2014}

  ^{California -- September 19-22, 2014}

  ^{California -- September 25-29, 2014}

^{North Cascades -- October 2-5, 2014}

  ^{Columbia Gorge & North Central Oregon -- October 9-12, 2014}

  ^{California -- October 24-27, 2014}

  ^{California -- November 27 - December 2, 2014}

  ^{California -- December 24-27, 2014}

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  ^{Kendall Peak Saddle -- January 11, 2013}

  ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- March 9, 2013}

  ^{Utah  --  April 19 - May 12, 2013}

  ^{Sunbanks Rhythm and Blues Festival - May 17-19, 2013} 

  ^{Suchia Island -- June 20, 2013} 

  ^{Melakwa Lake - July 7, 2013}

  ^{Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival - July 20, 2013}

  ^{Klahanie Ridge - Olympic N.P. - August 7, 2013}

  ^{Skyline Loop and Mt. Fremont Lookout - Mt. Rainier N.P. -- August 15, 2013}

  ^{Flamingo Fete -- September 7, 2013}

  ^{Leavenworth Blues Festival -- September 13-14, 2013}

  ^{Central Oregon -- December 22-27, 2013}

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  ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- January 11, 2012}

  ^{Kendall Peak Saddle -- March 8, 2012}

  ^{LTII and Portland -- March 9, 2012}

  ^{Mama Helen's Taxes -- March 15, 2012}

  ^{Winthop R&B Festival -- July 19-21, 2012}

  ^{Suchia and Matia Islands  -- September 7-9, 2012}

  ^{Leavenworth Blues Festival -- September 15, 2012}

  ^{Cupertino -- September 25, 2012}

  ^{Lake 22 -- November 10, 2012}

  ^{Cupertino -- November 22, 2012}

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  ^{Thailand -- May 6-24, 2011}

  ^{North Cascades - Sauk Mountain, Mt. Baker, Baker River -- August 18-21, 2011}

  ^{Gold Creek -- September 4, 2011}

  ^{Mt. St. Helens -- September 16-19, 2011}

^{Maple Pass and San Juan Islands -- October 15-16, 2011}

  ^{El Canyon Grandioso -- October 21-30, 2011}

^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- November 24, 2011}

^{Cabin Creek and Gold Creek  -- December 10 and 15, 2011}

^{North Cascades - Winthrop and Twisp -- December 23-26, 2011}

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  ^{Central Washington -- April 15-18, 2010}

  ^{Central Washington -- May 21-23, 2010}

  ^{Five Months Working on the House and Yard Instead of Hiking -- June 1 - October 31, 2010} 

  ^{Peru and Chile -- November 4-27, 2010}

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  ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- January 25, 2009}

  ^{Amabilis Mountain -- February 1, 2009 (Stupor Bowl Sunday!)}

  ^{Commonwealth Basin -- April 4, 2009}

  ^{Vancouver, BC and Seattle, WA -- April 19 and 23, 2009}

  ^{Surprise Creek -- April 24, 2009}

  ^{Central Washington -- May 15-17, 2009}

  ^{Central Washington -- May 23-24, 2009}

  ^{Barclay Lake -- May 29, 2009}

  ^{Thailand -- May 31 - June 7, 2009}

  ^{Mt. St. Helens -- July 9-12, 2009}   

  ^{Stewart Island and Blind Bay -- July 24-26, 2009}

  ^{North Cascades -- August 6-8, 2009}

  ^{Colchuck Lake, Aasgard Pass, Enchantment Lakes -- August 28-31, 2009}

  ^{Mt. St. Helens -- September 17-20, 2009}

  ^{New Zealand -- November 26 - December 27, 2009}

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 ^{West Fork Miller River -- February 17, 2008}

^{Kendall Peak Lakes and Kendall Knob -- February 23, 2008}

^{Amabilis Mountain -- March 16, 2008}

^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- April 12, 2008}

^{Oregon Coast -- May 22-25, 2008}

^{Quartz Creek -- June 8, 2008}

^{Suchia Island -- June 28-29, 2008}

^{Cooper River and Pete Lake -- July 6, 2008}

^{Central Washington -- July 18-20, 2008}

^{Mt. St. Helens -- July 25-27, 2008}

^{Portland, Columbia Gorge, Mt. Hood -- August 2-3, 2008}

^{North Cascades -- August 14-17, 2008}

 ^{North Fork Teanaway River -- September 12-13, 2008}

 ^{Southwest Trip -- October 10-31, 2008}

 ^{Snow Lake -- November 16, 2008}

 ^{Oregon Coast -- November 26-29, 2008}

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 ^{Amabilis Mountain -- February 3, 2007}

 ^{Mama Helen's Taxes -- March 1-4, 2007}

 ^{Gold Creek and Twin Falls -- April 7, 2007}

 ^{Suchia Island -- May 12-13, 2007}

 ^{Commonwealth Basin -- May 19, 2007}

 ^{Deception Creek -- June 2, 2007}

 ^{Columbia Gorge, Tri-Cities, Walla Walla -- June 7-9, 2007}

 ^{Vancouver -- June 14-15, 2007}

 ^{Ollalie Lake, Rainbow Lake, Island Lake -- June 30, 2007}

 ^{North Fork Teanaway River -- July 6-7, 2007}

 ^{Tunnel Creek, Hope Lake, Mig Lake, Lake Josephine -- July 14, 2007}

 ^{Shaw Island -- July 28-29, 2007}

 ^{North Cascades -- August 16-18, 2007}

 ^{The "Three Sisters" Circumambulation Hike -- August 28 - September 3, 2005 2006 2007}

 ^{Matia Island - September 14-15, 2007}

 ^{North Fork Teanaway River -- October 26-27, 2007}

 ^{Snow Lake -- November 18, 2007}

 ^{Oregon Coast -- November 21-25, 2007}

 ^{Kendall Knob -- December 1, 2007}

^{Snoqualmie Valley Trail -- December 15, 2007}

 ^{Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau -- December 22, 2007 - January 23, 2008}

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 ^{Thailand -- January 4 - February 6, 2006}

 ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- March 18, 2006}

 ^{Mama Helen's Taxes -- March 23-26, 2006}

 ^{Amabilis Mountain -- April 23, 2006}

 ^{Mt. St. Helens -- June 10-11, 2006}

 ^{Shaw Island -- June 24-25, 2006}

 ^{North Cascades -- June 29 - July 2, 2006}

 ^{Dorothy, Bear, and Deer Lakes -- July 15, 2006}

 ^{Kendall Katwalk, Ridge Lake, Gravel Lake -- July 29, 2006}

 ^{North Cascades -- August 5-7, 2006}

 ^{Mount Hood Circumambulation -- August 31 - September 5, 2006}

 ^{Matia Island -- September 23-24, 2006}

 ^{Little Mt. Si -- September 30, 2006}

 ^{Surprise Lake -- October 7, 2006}

 ^{North Cascades -- October 19-21, 2006}

 ^{Big Creek, Otter Falls, Lipsy Lake -- November 18, 2006}

 ^{Victoria, B.C. -- November 25-26, 2006}

 ^{Florida, Bimini, and The Conch Republic -- November 29 - December 12, 2006}

 ^{North Cascades -- December 22-26, 2006}

 ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- December 30, 2006}

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 ^{Skyline Lake -- January 2, 2005}

 ^{Nothing -- January 9, 2005}

 ^{San Diego -- January 16-22, 2005}

 ^{Cle Elum, Hex Mountain, and Annette Lake -- January 28-30, 2005}

 ^{Commonwealth Basin -- February 6, 2005}

 ^{Amabilis Mountain -- February 20, 2005}

 ^{Heybrook Lookout -- February 26, 2005}

 ^{Keekwulee and Franklin Falls -- April 2, 2005}

 ^{San Diego -- April 8-13, 2005}

 ^{Lake Serene -- April 24, 2005}

 ^{Kachess Ridge -- May 22, 2005}

 ^{Central Washington -- June 11-13, 2005}

 ^{Desolation Sound -- July 10-18, 2005}

 ^{Marten Lake -- July 31, 2005}

 ^{Keekwulee Falls, Melakwa Lake, Lower Tuscohatchie Lake, Pratt Lake -- August 7, 2005}

 ^{The Fourth Annual Flamingo Fete -- August 13, 2005}

 ^{Tonga Ridge and Sawyer Pass -- August 21, 2005}

 ^{Sequim, Klahanie Ridge and Hurricane Hill -- August 26-27, 2005}

 ^{Southwest Trip -- September 17 - October 10, 2005}

 ^{The Oregon Coast and Jimmy Buffett -- October 27-31, 2005}

 ^{Lennox Creek -- November 20, 2005}

 ^{Portland and Columbia Gorge -- November 26-28, 2005}

 ^{Mazama Ridge -- December 11, 2005}

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 ^{Cabin Creek -- January 11, 2004}

 ^{Amabilis Mountain -- February 1, 2004}

 ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- February 15, 2004}

 ^{Amabilis Mountain -- March 20, 2004}

 ^{Kendall Knob -- March 28, 2004} 

 ^{Italy and Switzerland -- April 20 - May 14, 2004}

 ^{Source Lake, Snow Lake, Gem Lake -- July 17, 2004}

 ^{Matia Island -- July 31 - August 1, 2004}

 ^{The Third Annual Flamingo Gala -- Friday August 13, 2004}

 ^{Hawaii -- September 8-28, 2004}

 ^{Almost Kendall Katwalk -- November 14, 2004}

 ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- November 21, 2004}

 ^{Vancouver, B.C. -- November 28-29, 2004}

 ^{North and Central Washington Cascades -- December 23-27, 2004}

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 ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- January 5, 2003}

 ^{Sue's Trip to Thailand -- January 23 - February 10, 2003}

 ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- February 23, 2003}

 ^{Mama Helen's Taxes -- February 28 - March 4, 2003}

 ^{Kendall Peak Lakes -- March 29, 2003}

 ^{Southwest Trip -- May 9-27, 2003}

 ^{Kendall Katwalk -- July 6, 2003}

 ^{Sucia Island -- July 12-13, 2003}

 ^{North Cascades -- July 17-19, 2003}

 ^{Spencer Spit and San Juan Island -- July 25-27, 2003}

 ^{The Second Annual Flamingo Gala -- August 8, 2003}

 ^{Mt. Rainier -- August 16, 2003}

 ^{Seven Pass Loop -- August 22-24, 2003}

 ^{Mount Hood Circumambulation -- August 31 - September 5, 2003}

 ^{Friday Harbor -- September 13-14, 2003}

 ^{Jimmy Buffett Concerts -- September 16 and 18, 2003}

 ^{San Diego, Tijuana, and Rosarito Beach -- November 18-23, 2003}

 ^{North and Central Washington Cascades -- December 24-29, 2003}

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 ^{Snoqualmie Pass Snowshoe Trials -- January 19, 2002}

 ^{Lake Kelcema Trail -- February 9, 2002}

 ^{Lake Wenatchee -- February 17, 2002}

 ^{Glacier Lake Trail -- March 10, 2002}

 ^{Glacier Lake Trail -- March 17, 2002}

 ^{Cabin Creek -- March 31, 2002}

^{Southwest Trip -- May 3-19, 2002}

 ^{Vancouver Island -- June 7-9, 2002}

 ^{Jones Island -- June 21-22, 2002}

 ^{Glacier Lake -- July 7, 2002}

 ^{Goat Lake -- July 20, 2002}

 ^{Bellingham to Anacortes -- July 21, 2002}

 ^{Mt. Rainier -- July 28, 2002}

 ^{Mt. Rainier -- August 3, 2002}

 ^{Sauk Mountain -- August 10, 2002}

 ^{The First Annual Flamingo Gala -- August 16, 2002}

 ^{Lake Janus and Lake Valhalla -- August 18, 2002}

 ^{Stewart and San Juan Islands -- August 31 - September 2, 2002}

 ^{Oregon Cascades and Jimmy Buffett -- September 21-28, 2002}

 ^{Surprise and Glacier Lakes -- October 6, 2002}

 ^{Havasupai Hiking Trip -- October 19-27, 2002}

 ^{North and Central Washington Cascades -- December 6-9, 2002}

 ^{Lake Wenatchee and White River -- December 29, 2002}

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 ^{Princess Louisa Inlet and Vancouver -- June 2001}

 ^{Sucha Island -- July 7-8, 2001}

 ^{Oregon Cascades -- October, 2001}

 ^{Grand Canyon -- November 10-17, 2001}

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^Hawaii

 ^{Glacier, Waterton, Banff, and Jasper}

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 ^{Southwest Trip}

 ^{Canadian Rockies}

 ^{North Cascades}

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 The "Big Trip"

1997

1996

^{Canadian Rockies}

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 ^{Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee}

 ^{Southwest Trip and Crater Lake}

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 ^{Italy and Switzerland -- June - July, 1994} 

¹⁹⁹³

^{Mt. St. Helens -- Spring, 1993}

 ^{Norway, Sweden, Denmark}

¹⁹⁹²

 ^{Deception Creek - Spring, 1992}

^{Yosemite, Death Valley, King's Canyon, Sequoia NP}

 ^{Southwest Trip}

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^{Arizona, Texas, New Mexico}

^{Southwest Trip}

 

1990

^{Oregon Coast} 

^{North Cascades} 

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^Europe 

^{North Cascades} 

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 ^{Canadian Rockies} 

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^Yosemite

 ^{San Juans and Victoria}

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^Thailand

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^{San Juan Islands}

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^{Getting Married!!!}

^Vancouver 

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^Vancouver

¹⁹⁷⁹

^{Oregon Coast}

^Vancouver

1978

^Montana

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^Europe

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^England

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 ^{Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece} 

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^Europe 

 

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^{Haiku, Schmaiku...}

As part of our on-going effort to make this web site more palatable to you literarily-inclined surfers out there, we have decided to sprinkle shards of Haiku throughout these pages, much as one would accent a slab of the finest meatloaf with blobs of spicy ketchup.  Here is a preview, which should, sadly enough,  give you an idea of what to expect:

Haiku, haiku, who
really needs it?  Is it just
an irritation?

Be aware that, in fact, the world's first case of Rap Haiku - "Rapku" ®  - may soon appear right here.

Oops - too late - here it is:

  Haiku, yo, haiku.
  You be that funky rap groove.
  Haiku, yo, get down!

Contributing to this seething pit of poetic parsimony, Ruth in Redmond checks in with:

  Haiku, haiku,
  it is really you?
  Back to my navel.

Note the blatant and refreshingly bold, indeed almost reckless, disregard for the 5-7-5 syllabic structure of traditional Haiku, and the apparently sarcastic and wonderfully succinct "Back to my navel.", which one assumes alludes to expressions such as "contemplating my navel", popular in the 1960's, which was typically used to make light of things deep and meaningful.  Or perhaps it was supposed to be "Back to my novel.", as if to say "I have better things to do than spending time with this Haiku business, and will now return to reading my novel".  Or, who knows, maybe Ruth is actually writing her own novel and is eager to return to the task.   Was it "naval", perhaps, referring to upcoming sailing trips?  Could we get some clarification on this, please, Ruth?

And how about that second line?  The careless reader perhaps first notices the question mark, and then blithely reads this line as "is it really you?".  But upon closer examination, the attentive reader recoils soberly, taken aback when realizing that we actually have the declarative statement "it is really you" with a surprise question mark at the end!  Well done, Ruth in Redmond.  Keep 'em on their toes...

In any case, kudos to Ruth in Redmond for being the only one of you, so far at least, to beat decorum back into the bushes and jump into this Haiku melee.  Makes the rest of you guys look pretty bad...

Let us know what you think, or maybe be really brave and submit your own Haiku which will be analyzed, critiqued, and otherwise lambasted as deemed appropriate, all at absolutely no cost to you: 

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Wake up, George.

At the annual Radio and Television Correspondents Association event in Washington on March 24, 2004, President Bush jokingly added mock commentary to a series of photographs taken in and around the White House.  One series of photos showed Bush in awkward positions - on his knees, looking behind curtains, and moving furniture in the Oval Office.  The President stupidly provided such inane comments as: "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!", "Nope, no weapons over there!", and "Maybe under here?"

It's a war, not a joke.

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