Ouch

Well, there ain't nutting like gettin drilled out w/o Novocaine. But. There was only one spot on each of the 4 teeth that i felt anything. Minor decay. Doc wanted to put some plastic on it. Looks like brand new teeth... Now how can i turn these new teeth into more speed so i can hang with the likes of CTodd and co. Teeth are expensive. But. That said. This stuff is prevention. I have a good idea how much it costs when neglected from sitting around the office waiting while 4 figure 'bills' are mentioned. Youch. Even if ya got dental coverage. That is a big bunch of cash to lay out. And maybe if i hadn't gone two years between cleanings maybe this decay wouldn't have gotten so far, although honestly, i was/am pretty lucky. But on the other side i could have just let my teeth rot, using that cash to buy some of CTodds old tubular wheels... then i could be out the cost of a complete cross set (3 like the super pros) of custom Richard Sachs, or Vanilla framesets if i had waited a few years... probably waiting somewhere between their waiting lists 6 and 2 years respectively would have resulted in that kinda cash outlay!

Speaking of Sachs... - well i was going to include a shot of ATMO himself but - blogger and picasa web are not playing nice right now... maybe tomorrow i'll have the shot of the man himself.

You can go read Part 1, 2, and 3 now over at BKW.

Switching gears to food. Somehow i didn't manage to bring enough lunch. fortunately i went to the farmers market before the tooth thing and got a bag of apples. Macouns. Man i am liking them right now. I've just finished 2. But i got a great article in the email from the NYTimes that my mother sent.

New ideas on Pasta. Now ya see, i like to cook... i cook from scratch... buying pre-made pasta sauce is stricktly verboden(sp) in our house (my rule). Sauce is the art of pasta. I will dissagree with the dramatic change in portions on one side and agree on the other. Pasta is awesome. Honestly i could eat it every night and not get bored. Cheap carbs. Sauces can be as simple as a couple pressed cloves of garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil. Or simpler yet, olive oil, dried basil and salt. Stick some peperocini flakes (red pepper flakes) on it for zest. Sauces can be monster complex ones like a Bolognese that takes hours to make (properly). In deference to the complete lack of vegan-ness one of my favorite and simplest (and calorically loaded) ways to prep pasta is ala carbonara. brown up some good (nitrite/nitrate free, and broth free) bacon, carmelize some onions or shallots in there, add some garlic, dried basil, dried thyme, a touch of butter and some olive oil (both flavor to make the bacon drippings more complex in flavor), beat up 2-4 eggs with some heavy cream, grate some parm, romano, asagio, and what ever other hard cheese is laying around... when the pasta is done cooking, drain and toss with the bacon and onions... then add the egg mix and toss quickly and completely, cooking the egg... then add the cheese. Grind some fresh pepper on top, and if ya feeling super luxurious add some fresh/frozen peas to the mix... top with red pepper flakes.

Oh as if i wasn't hungry already.

back to the article. what's wrong with carbohydrates? And calling pasta "refined?" WTF?

Pasta is ground grain, mixed with water, extruded and dried. At least the dried pasta is. Sure, some of the grain is lost. But, wtf, it ain't like a loaf of white bread. Want to talk processed?

And can we all stop bashing carbs? please? They are GOOD. It is the lack of exercise and the sheer quantity of calories people are taking in that makes them fat. It ain't the carbs.

But tell that to Dr Atkins. Folks. It is okay to be hungry. (trying to make myself feel better about being super hungry right now)...

Wow - it has been fits and starts and i'm sure this reflects it. 30 seconds here, 5 here more there...

Gittin my skinny self back on the bike after the barriers... thanks for the shot Zoo.

But Zoo... "funnest" weekend? *shaking head*

Not to add fuel to Zank's bitching about people bitching about courses... Gimme some running/sand/something that ya can pass people on.

Like last year and this year. No matter how much i track star the sand pit (thanks MIF) it was tough to make up ground there. And maybe it wouldn't have done me any good (being able to) but i generally can balance my lack of kaboom after getting on the bike by striding out on the runny stuff... ah well...

it was so much fun, well, i'm gonna race again this weekend, hopefully the next and the next and the next and on and on until the RI race weekend. Maybe we can twist some promoter's arm into getting a race thing going in January. cause at this rate with the weather there ain't gonna be any ice or snow all winter in new belgium.

peace
G