Back on the road again...

Wow! Not sure exactly why...laziness, weather, or some other lame excuse but it had been over 3 weeks since my last ride on the road before today, February 4th to be exact. Char and I did the new "slightly adjusted" Yousef route; basically it's 2 to 3 miles longer and adds a one mile stretch on a dangerous road which eliminates about six miles of shitty road surface on another. Seems like a pretty good trade, at least until I get hit :)...Hope I didn't just jinx myself. Anyway, it was windy and a little chilly but a beautiful Sunny day for a ride. The first 3/4 of the ride was basically easy and uneventful; the last 1/4 I was dying! Not sure if it was more of a side stitch or stomach cramp thing or what, just know it hurt like hell and nothing seemed to help.

On an Olympic note: Caught the 50km Free Style tonight...Pretty impressive, a group sprint after 31 miles of skiing. Have to give my "least expected/most enjoyed event" award to Curling (Hands-down)...Never would have thought it, but thoroughly enjoyed watching it! Most confusing moment has to be tonight during the closing ceremonies when they performed to the song "YMCA"...go figure!

In Response to Recent Cheney bashing...

I love it when some people and the National media stress for days and make long elaborate arguments on a topic...and an appropriate response, which says it all, fits on a bumper sticker!

Worth the Wait...

Funny how some people in life remember things that others have long since forgotten. Got a call at work this morning from an old family friend. Drew and my brother Don were actually buddies in high school, even though Drew also works for the Sheriff's Department our paths pretty much rarely to never cross. Anyway, apparently in 1986 after purchasing my new Mazda RX-7, I let Drew take it for a spin. Drew being both a sports car enthusiast and the owner of a circa 1978 Toyota Corolla at the time truly enjoyed and appreciated this gesture...Fast forward to today, 20 years later, probably to the week if not to the day and Drew calls wanting to return the favor by letting me take his Brand New 400 hp, 6 speed manual, 2006 Corvette for a spin. COOL!

I'm sure the words necessary to do this machine justice exist, just not in my vocabulary...
Simple put F%$#ing AWESOME!

Other than having the pleasure of driving another friends Acura NSX on one occasion, nothing I've ever driven comes close in handling and acceleration - (Don't make me pick!).

My low light picture can't start to do this work of art justice, check it out at the Official Corvette site.

** TIVO ALERT ** - Tour of California

Have heard so little about it, "actually nothing" as of late...I wasn't sure if the Amgen-Tour of California was still a go, thankfully it is!

I had also heard ESPN was going to have an hour of coverage every day. Actually it's ESPN2, 0000 to 0100 hours February 20, 22-28 and 0100-0200 hours on February 21st.

Once again, Thank God for TIVO!

I'm Back....

Much too long without a post, just not a lot going on, at least nothing worth mentioning. On the health front, the Doc lined me up with a Cardiologist buddy of his and to my surprise he put me on Lipitor. My cholesterol was only 174 when last tested, however he tells me, since we now know that my CT-Scan shows something..."normal" no longer applies to me. We'll see???

Had a group of five for our ride this morning. The Doc had to cancel at the last minute but Don and Nixon both made it along with Scott who had been M.I.A. since being dropped early last year on the Woodville loop...it's a long story but is was good to have him back. We just did Yousef, the wind on the way there was brutal but the payoff on the ride home made it all worthwhile.

Char and I made a run to Roberto's River Road Restaurant tonight...which was excellent as always.

And last but not least...assuming this is old news to everyone by now...but in case you haven't heard, Lance and Sheryl are history. Maybe he'll go and find himself a nice Conservative girl now :)
In my opinion, dating a bleeding heart liberal was Lance's only known fault...and from a red blooded American male point of view...Sheryl Crow was an "acceptable" fault!