Now you too, can pee standing up...

Believe it or not, I start thinking about my camping and hiking gear around February. Mostly because you can grab up a bunch of equipment at rock bottom prices. So,imagine my surprise when I came across a mention of an um "sanitary item" that allows girls to pee standing up. Now least you think I'm interested in purchasing this product for myself, let me assure you that you couldn't be further from the truth. I enjoy the exercise my upper thighs get from squatting outdoors. I'm a seasoned camper/hiker. I also did my fair share of club hopping in my early 20's. I'm no more shy about peeing outdoors then Spanky is, but I find the existence of a product that allows women to pee standing up mind boggling. A quick Google search turned up at least three other variations of the same type of product.

Exhibit A The Travelemate Urinary proucts

Exhibit B The Incredibly Easy Pee-Zee

Exhibit C The Whizzy

And for the paz de la resistance give special attention to the chick standing by the side of the road with one leg of her sweat pants hiked up. Come on sister, most guys would go behind a freaking tree for gosh sake.

KATU - Portland, Oregon - Local & Regional - Snow possible but don't bet on it

KATU - Portland, Oregon - Local & Regional - Snow possible but don't bet on it

I woke up this morning to a lovely blanket of snow. The above weather report led me to believe that I had nothing to worry about,so I went to work. Mistake number one was listening to the dummy in the above link. Mistake number two was continuing to work after the back of my car slid into a gutter. I had considered going down to a smaller car with no four wheel drive, but todays weather just put that thought to rest. My good old 1992 4x4 did the job. I'm off to soak in a hot tub to calm my nerves.

Test Mobile Phone: Spanky

Spanky got in the trash

Winter Reading

I finally finished my short story and sent it in yesterday morning. I beat my deadline by a day. I suspect that I won't hear from my editor for another week so I'm going to get started on my winter reading list. I'm also going to have to chose my next project. I have lots of idea's for once, I just have to find the one that wants to be written the most.

Winter reading:

The Art of Detection –Lori King

Hunters Way – Geri Hill

Infinite Loop-Megan O’Brien

Fresh Tracks – Georgia Beers

Grave Silence –Rose Beecham

Pipeline -Brenda Adcock

Next- Michael Crichton

Lisey’s Story- Stephen King

Hannibal Rising-Thomas Harris



This is not a complete list. These books are all just sitting on shelf waiting for my attention. If you have an author or a particular book you’d like to recommend go ahead and shoot me an email.