I'm back in Rapid City. Bikers in sweaters = CONFIRMED. Crazy local journalist slash 'blogger = also confirmed. It sounds like a hokey idea at first, but this is probably the most aggressive journalism the Rapid City Journal has ever done--or at least some of their better photography--so cut Bill Harlan some slack. The man is King of Dubious Honors, yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean he is doing a bad job of doing what he does with what little he has to do it with.

To-do:

• Find a good hiking trail in the Hills, see if Nik wants to come
• Second try: see Alien vs. Predator (?!)
• Call Grizzly to see which cheap Sturgis merchandise I should bring back to Iowa
• Try some Fjord's Ice Cream
• Write up crappy-intarweblog-rant inre: the rise and fall of Rapid City. It's been rolling around in my dome for a while now, but perhaps I should write it down before I forget it.

BONUS MEDIA OF THE SOMETIME
A Donald Rumsfeld classic (WMV, 8 MB) from March or so. It won't be up for too long, so get it while you can.