Little tidbits of my journey back to Tahoe…Tumblr (3.0; @tahoe)http://erikeccles.com/<a href="http://www.sonofdeathride.com/4436.html">That Which Does Not Kill Us</a>http://erikeccles.com/post/816054531http://erikeccles.com/post/816054531Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:27:13 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cb5i3LFa1qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nevada City classic for Father’s Day</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/720128146http://erikeccles.com/post/720128146Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:08:10 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l48sj7Gtoo1qz51fzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jazz, 2008 Alchemist, and about to be delivered smores:) #truckee #fb</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/713610374http://erikeccles.com/post/713610374Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:33:09 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l439qvSBmd1qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Giants…think hits people…need more hits</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/703260743http://erikeccles.com/post/703260743Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:59:23 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3xndvyNcT1qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Top of Tam with Laura…she is getting fast!!!</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/692433856http://erikeccles.com/post/692433856Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:08:25 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3qmgpTdlh1qz51fzo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.zermatt.net/hoehenweg/en/">Hike around Zermatt</a></p> <p>Anyone done the hut to hut hikes in the summer here?</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/679488217http://erikeccles.com/post/679488217Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:11 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3mjc54Ld21qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dinner is served</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/671732996http://erikeccles.com/post/671732996Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:07:22 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3mhpoXsSg1qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dinner in Sausilito…not a bad view from the living room!</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/671630383http://erikeccles.com/post/671630383Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:32:17 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3jvr4fixB1qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Laura did a stellar job creating us a little breakfast/dinner nook:) painted, found the perfect table, and finished it all in a day. Psyched to see what’s next!</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/666893092http://erikeccles.com/post/666893092Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:42:46 -0700<p>Here is a little story of our Grandma’s Grandpa… Aka my pops great grandpa. His obit said that “he had been heard to express the hope that when his time came to die it would find him in the grandstand watching a baseball game. not many of us could arrange things so satisfactorily.” He died on July 4th 1929 doing just that. That’s cool.</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/658899018http://erikeccles.com/post/658899018Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:52:27 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bM4eJ38S7Hw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bM4eJ38S7Hw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>By far the best registry gift of the summer…</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM4eJ38S7Hw">Better Marriage Blanket</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/mediacorpdrtv">mediacorpdrtv</a>)</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/653586081http://erikeccles.com/post/653586081Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:39:53 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l39t8oBmjc1qbntxio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My sister is uncovering pics of our grandparents at a crazy clip…</p> <p><a href="http://smithfamilystorm.tumblr.com/post/649082137/my-grandpa-on-the-u-s-s-concord">smithfamilystorm</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My grandpa on the U.S.S. Concord.</p> </blockquote>http://erikeccles.com/post/651990286http://erikeccles.com/post/651990286Mon, 31 May 2010 20:21:44 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l39m6huKjt1qz51fzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>95 grand cru Bordeaux, chocolate, and celebrating Laura’s first year of schools success…perfect</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/648693240http://erikeccles.com/post/648693240Sun, 30 May 2010 20:39:54 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2yh92UoTf1qz51fzo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Tough to read this one on a Monday - thx @<span>ryankuder</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.elbruz.org/islands/Islands%20and%20Lakes.htm">The Island and Lake Combination</a></p>http://erikeccles.com/post/630045579http://erikeccles.com/post/630045579Mon, 24 May 2010 20:19:48 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2wqrb7SS11qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Your looking at @dougchavez and @plinskey with the Nicasio church in the background near PT Reyes. 80 healthy miles to get the blood going!</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/627193754http://erikeccles.com/post/627193754Sun, 23 May 2010 21:50:04 -0700<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/idLG6jh23yE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/idLG6jh23yE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://chuchscoop.tumblr.com/post/617744199/when-advertising-becomes-art-this-epic-nike">chuchscoop</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>When advertising becomes art.  This epic Nike commercial just got me really excited for the World Cup.</p> </blockquote>http://erikeccles.com/post/618152493http://erikeccles.com/post/618152493Thu, 20 May 2010 21:05:18 -0700“<p>“He communicates effectively with children and families around balanced, active lifestyles. He does not hawk food.”</p> <p>CEO of McD’s in response to “the red-haired clown’s critics who say the cartoon promotes unhealthy eating and should go the way of the Marlboro Man and Joe Camel.”</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><p>10 minutes of watching <a title="Food Inc" href="http://www.foodincmovie.com/">Food Inc</a> and its almost impossible to stomach fast food, save for the post climbing Taco Bell in Truckee, but I digress.  </p> <p>Do we really have to kill the clown?  What about that big headed Jack in all the super bowl commercials?  Wait, what about Jared?  </p> <p> <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/McDonalds-says-no-way-Ronald-apf-1794463468.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=7&asset=&ccode=">McDonald’s says no way I Ronald will retire - Yahoo! Finance</a></p></em>http://erikeccles.com/post/617663553http://erikeccles.com/post/617663553Thu, 20 May 2010 18:04:58 -0700<p>Courtesy of the Business Insider “<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-goldman-sachs-dead-donkey-email-thats-rapidly-spreading-around-greece-2010-5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29">Here’s The Goldman-Bashing “Dead Donkey” Email That’s Rapidly Spreading Around Greece</a>”</p> <p><span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy went to Texas and purchased from a <a id="KonaLink1" target="undefined" href="#"><span class="kLink">farmer</span></a> a donkey, for the price of $100.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy , πήγε στο Τέξας και αγόρασε από έναν αγρότη ένα γάιδαρο, έναντι του ποσού των 100 δολαρίων.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day/</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο αγρότης συμφώνησε να του τον παραδώσει την άλλη μέρα.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The next day the farmer told Billy “Sorry, but I have bad news, the donkey died”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Την επόμενη μέρα ο αγρότης του είπε: <em>«Συγγνώμη αλλά έχω άσχημα νέα, ο γάιδαρος ψόφησε» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy replied: “No problem, give back my money”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο Billy απάντησε: <em>«Δεν πειράζει. Δώσε μου τα λεφτά μου πίσω» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The farmer said: “I can’t return your money, because I have spent it already”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο αγρότης του λέει: <em>«Δεν μπορώ να το κάνω, γιατί ήδη τα έχω ξοδέψει» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy said: “OK, then give me the dead donkey”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο Billy είπε: <em>«Εντάξει, τότε δώσε μου τον νεκρό γάιδαρο» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The farmer asked: “what are you going to do with the dead donkey?”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο αγρότης ρώτησε: <em>«Τι θα τον κάνεις;»</em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy replied: “I will hold a lottery”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο Billy απάντησε <em>«Θα τον βάλω σε λοταρία» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The farmer said with a touch of irony: “There is no way you will be able to successfully pull off a lottery for a dead donkey”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο αγρότης του απάντησε με μια δόση ειρωνείας: <em>«Αποκλείεται να βγάλεις σε λοταρία το ψόφιο γάιδαρο» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy replied: “Of course I can.  I simply won’t tell anyone that the donkey is dead”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο Billy απάντησε <em>«Φυσικά και μπορώ, απλά δεν θα το πω σε κανέναν ότι είναι ψόφιος» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>A month later the farmer ran into Billy and asked him: “What happened with the dead donkey?”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ένα μήνα αργότερα ο αγρότης βρέθηκε ξανά με τον Billy και τον </span><span>ρώτησε <em>«Τι έγινε με τον ψόφιο γάιδαρο;»</em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy replied: “I held the lottery for the donkey and sold 500 tickets at $2 each and I made a profit of $998”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο Billy απάντησε: <em>«Τον έβγαλα σε λοταρία και πούλησα 500 λαχνούς, προς 2 δολάρια τον ένα και έτσι κέρδισα 998 δολάρια» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The farmer asked “Nobody complained?”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο αγρότης ρώτησε <em>«Καλά κανένας δεν παραπονέθηκε;»</em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy said: “Only the guy th</span>at<span> won the (dead) donkey complained, so I returned his $2 so he would stop complaining”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο Billy απαντάει <em>«Μόνο ο τύπος που τον κέρδισε και για να μην φωνάζει του έδωσα πίσω τα δύο δολάρια» </em>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Billy is now working for Goldman Sachs.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ο Billy πλέον συνεργάζεται με την Goldman Sachs…</span></p> </span></p>http://erikeccles.com/post/613742262http://erikeccles.com/post/613742262Wed, 19 May 2010 11:31:29 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2krvomLjk1qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My friends made the <a title="Vikings in SF" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2010/05/16/Bay2Breakers.DTL&object=/c/pictures/2010/05/16/ba-baytobreakers_0501684658.jpg">chronicle</a>…</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/607415769http://erikeccles.com/post/607415769Mon, 17 May 2010 10:43:00 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2j7mghKE81qz51fzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alpine Dam ride on Saturday with the ladies looking damn good!</p>http://erikeccles.com/post/604834446http://erikeccles.com/post/604834446Sun, 16 May 2010 14:27:58 -0700