Random notes from a ho hum day

I was gonna put this in tomorrow's stuff - but ah'feckitall... here it is... today has really been blahblahblahblah - little to no motivation... suckin it... just one of those days

anyway... this is what percolated through my seive-like melon today

Chocolate Milk as a recovery drink? SWEET

Dirt Rag... instant news

off the dirt rag:

President of Fuji Bikes Races Car and Train to Work
By: Ryan LaBar

As you may know this week is "Bike-to-Work Week" and Friday is "Bike-to-Work Day". So you may be wondering what the time difference between biking, driving or taking the train would be?

On Monday the president of Fuji Bicycles, Patrick Cunnane, "raced" a car and a train to work for Philadelphia's Bike to Work Challenge, which is organized by the Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition. Dressed in a tie, a collared shirt, and khakis (plus a safety yellow vest), he raced from the corner of 15th Street and JFK Blvd. to the corner of 46th Street and Chestnut during rush hour. Cunnane won the Challenge, edging out the train by two and a half minutes and the car by over twelve. The only thing he didn't beat to work was the weather, which ended up catching him at the finish in the form of rain.

How can you argue against those stats... so he got wet... the exercise over the train is key... and 12 minutes faster than a car? Say it aint so joe!

Best Beers? Worst Beers? (i think i found it at Big Jonny's)
beer = easy to give up or just have one
wine... not as easy - how can ya have a big heaping bowl of pomodoro based sauce and not add some nice red wine in it and in your belly...

Speaking of Red sauce... my secret and the girls are diggin it - is to put some cinnamon in with the basil, bay leaf, oregano and other secret flavor enhancers... (shhh don't tell anyone)

That Street Smarts is avail as a PDF...

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/docs/pamanual.pdf
a whole bunch of PA legal blah blah blah pre-amble but, there manual is there...

Hockey...

Stupid OLN... no - i am not dissing them for their cycling(lack) coverage... its that they have all the good games... or i should say they have ALL the games... if the stanley cup only goes 4 games the general 'public' (hockey fans without cable/satTV) won't get to see the games... and that SUCKs.....but then the question begs to be asked: WHO CARES? Well i sort of do. but on the other hand i don't. I see the TV media as a big frat boy circle jerk... as the inexperienced ones blow and bow out the circle gets smaller and smaller... to the point where its just one massive media mogul wacking off and everyone watching... no variety, no choice... just what ever that one wacko has... Yeah its a crude metaphor, but not inapropriate to parallel the Television media with a circle jerk... It almost seems that the top rated shows are being coordinated so everyone can watch the best shows and not miss anything. Like the networks are all in cahoots (frat boy circle jerk)... I really do hate the TV... i'll watch... but... i tell ya, it feels like i'm pissing time down the sink when i'm sitting there...