Date: 2010-01-29
To: Ketchup Day
Miles today: 0.0

Ok, kids, everyone take your seat please, and let¢s get started. This will just be a review of stuff we¢ve already covered ¢ no new material at all. I want you to be ready for the test on Monday.Let¢s begin with my entry on Cold Weather Tips (#40).   In case you missed it, Croft added some really good tips in her report. Who remembers where to find her report? Anyone? Anyone?   The Guest Book ¢ absolutely right! Thank you, Ferris.   And what was one of her most interesting tips ¢ one that even I had not heard of before? Any one? Yes ¢ ¢When your fingers are really cold because all the veins have constricted and the blood isn¢t getting through, you windmill your arms around a few times and that will force the blood into your fingers.¢ AND, if you do it with a really wild look on your face, then the people who were going to set up their tent, like, right next to yours, will probably find another spot to camp ¢ possibly a couple of miles away. And who remembers Hyway¢s cold weather tip? Had to do with sip tubes¢¦ Right ¢ after you take a sip, you blow the water out of the tube, back into the water bladder in your pack where it¢s less likely to freeze. What? NO, no, no! Not the water you sipped. You SWALLOW that. You only blow the water that¢s left in the tube, AFTER you took your sip, back into the bladder. Sheesh¢¦Alrighty then, let¢s turn to the processing of this journal, and ask: Who is it that has agreed to be my transcriber and editor again this year? Remember, the one who naps a lot? Remember, ¢The Unindicted head of my Fan Club¢? Come on, SOMEONE must remember -- she wrote that entry (#18) with those snarky remarks about my spelling? Ferris? Ferris? Would someone wake Mr. Buhler up, please? Thank you. Does the name ¢Break-a-Leg ring a bell? No? Well you can be sure THAT question is going to be on the test! Ok, and who was it that complained the loudest about my journal not being updated often enough to suit them? I¢ll give you a hint: I referred to them as ¢Certain people who shall remain nameless¢.   That¢s right, you got it: It was my brother Len, plus Heartfire and Second Stage. And who was it that ¢ratted them out¢ ¢ that exposed their veiled identities? Oh, right. That was ME, wasn¢t it.? MUUAAAAAHAAHAAHAA. Ok, where were we? Oh, yeah, the recent entry on ¢Significant Others¢. Remember how I said I wasn¢t going to pander to the tabloid mentality out there? That I only aim for the highest kind of journalism? So why is it, do you think, that I haven¢t posted that entry I said I¢m working on entitled ¢Through-hiker¢s Love Child with Aliens Being Raised by Bears in the Shenandoah¢s¢? Any ideas? Anyone? E.Z., you seemed to be pretty interested ¢ any idea? Well, then, I¢ll TELL you why. Because I¢m still fact-checking with my sources, that¢s why. ¢Cause that¢s what responsible journalism is all about. In fact, I¢ve invited Break-a-Leg to come here in about six weeks, just before I leave for Springer Mountain, and she is personally going to visit the SNP to investigate this story. Her ¢cover¢ will be that she¢s researching a story about the families that were thrown out of the Park back in the 1930s when it was first created, but the REAL story she¢ll be after is that Love Child thing. Maybe we¢ll get HER to write that up for us. If she still remembers how to write after all that time in the corn fields of Iowa.Ok, class, that¢s all the time we have for today. Don¢t forget to study for the test on Monday. Oh, and don¢t forget to say good bye and Godspeed to Second Stage who¢s heading out tomorrow to begin her AT Hike on Sunday. There will be a quiz on HER journal a week from today ¢ be prepared.