Dan - You're definitely right, buddy. "Focus issues..." I like that.

Backwhen I was an undergrad - I always spent PSU'sfall break downat my buddy'sapartment at WVU -going on theannual"bowhunting trip" for 4-5 days. It wasn't "bowhunting" so much as it amounted to five days of drunkencarousing with wild, unchaste undergrad women- and making a half-assed effort at trying to fill my two archery buck tags at this Christmas Tree farm up the road.

One morning in particular, Ishot thisrunt spike - about 3 minutes after daylight - not because I really wanted the deer, but because I stunk like awinoand was fighting the war against dryheaves (and losing handily). I couldn't wait to kill something so I couldget outta that stinkin'tree andwretch my guts outand head back to the car tosleep it offin the back seat. I think I kissed the ground when I got down.

Every year, we partied like rockstars and always filledour buck tags. Something about the essence of Mad Dog20/20and stale Kamchatka - seemed to draw the deerin like a magnet. LOL

Almost Heaven.... West Virginia. Those were the days.
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In other news: Y'all may wonder why I will be conspicuously absent over the next month. Well, I've asked the powers-that-be at Huntingnet to ban me for 30 days, so that I can study for the bar exam. Hopefully, they can accommodate that request.

Ya see, I have the attention span of a fruit bat, so for every 20 minutes I spend studying, I spend 30 minutes playing on the internet and generally screwing around. So, since I'm only 1.5% away from a passing score - I figure it's wise to shut down all avenues of procrastination and torture myself for the next 30 days with no outside distractionand bludgeon myself repeatedlywith the information, until it sinks into my thick skull.

I'm disconnecting the cable tomorrow - only allowing myself to plug it back in for the superbowl and Penguins games.

If any of you fellas need to get in touch with me, I gave all my personal contact info to Mike (dukemichaels).