by Allie Comeau on January 6, 2008 
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Enjoy some New Year’s inspiration from Lance Armstrong. He’s intense, he’s a “warrior”… and he’s also pretty funny. Somehow he manages to keep a straight face as he reminds this poor kid to “kill the coward within”.
by Allie Comeau on January 5, 2008 5 comments
The New Year’s Day disappearance of a female hiker and her dog from a popular trail in the Georgia mountains is tragic and frightening. As an avid female hiker myself, and one who regularly hikes with only my dogs, this story really hits home.
There’s nothing I love more than a nice, long, solitary hike in the woods. I can breathe, collect my thoughts (or let them wander), and decompress. I’m never completely alone, of course — I have my two dogs, but they’re more likely to lick a stranger than to growl at one.
by Allie Comeau on January 4, 2008 Leave the first comment
If you’ve ever gone shopping for sheets, pillows, comforters or duvets, you know it’s no simple task. Beside the obvious questions of size and color, there’s also thread count, different fiber types, and various grades of those fibers.
It’s enough to confuse anyone. That’s why we created the Bedding Guide… so you can sleep easy (and comfortable).
Here’s an excerpt from the Bedding Guide:
by Allie Comeau on January 3, 2008 9 comments
My very first resolution this year concerns something that I’ve become increasingly worried about in the past few weeks… PLASTIC.
This petroleum-based chemical product is used to make everything from candy wrappers to coffee machines to water bottles and grocery bags. It’s cheap, plentiful and long-lasting… and that’s the problem.
It’s everywhere — and it’s not biodegradable. It simply breaks down into smaller, more toxic pieces. Those millions of plastic bags and bottles that get thrown away every year don’t just disappear. They end up in the ocean… in one of the massive “garbage patches” floating out in the middle (the patch off the coast of San Francisco is said to be twice the size of Texas).
by Allie Comeau on January 2, 2008 Leave the first comment
It may be home to the ESPN Winter X Games and adored by celebrity skiers, but Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen might also be alive… according to this website, at least.
Geologist Jim Vaile has spent the last 25 years studying “unusual activity” on Buttermilk Mountain and these scary “fissures” that he thinks may be swallowing people whole. Check out the video and see what you think. Is this footage real? Is Buttermilk eating people?
Via GoBlog
