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call them headlines, some are, some aren't other people posted them but I wanted to collect them here...

New Cross bike? Yes, very cool. A Terry 26" CX bike. Awesome. Richard Scwhinn is a damn cool guy. I had numerous phone conversations with him about my old paramount and their new bikes, and while the memory is less distinct than the phone calls about my bikes and customer's bikes, I'm pretty sure I've met him at CABDA. He's one of those guys who gets it. Makes some wicked nice stuff. Gorgeous and impeccable frames.

The same party that went rabid pit bull about a democratic party candidate's hair cut being paid out of campaign funds ($400 one at that) spent $150,000 on the Palin family? I guess she didn't look republican enough to be going out and giving speaches and stuff. Included in that is $4,716.49 in hair and make up. Makes Edward's $400 hair cut seem like a damn good deal.

I guess you really do need lipstick to make a pit bull look beautiful and attractive to the Republican party.

Politico's got a good write up there. (as do many other places but Politico's seems most complete) (saw the "story" first at DC, then at Gwadzilla's)

Scotch Tape and X-rays? Cool pick up there EV. 1.2 inches a second is kind of a lot of tape though. Can it be re-used? Rolled up one way, then the other? Or do you just recycle it for desk use or kids to play with after pulling it off the original roll.

Best cost per dollar kids toys? Kleenex/papertowels in the car and Scotch tape. A $0.50 box of tissues could turn the back of the car into a mess but it can also occupy kids in a creative manner for a long time. Tape is kind of a pain, esp when you find it days, weeks, months later stuck to walls, chairs, floors, desks, appliances, dogs, pianos.... again a relatively inexpensive way for them to be creative (esp if they stick to using it on paper instead of the rest of the house or themselves).

Cool Glasses. Might even almost replace Paul C's mirror and you'd have the vision on both sides. Much better than my glasses from Jamestown where they block 100% of the periphery. Although, like blinders on a horse, focusing only ahead might not be a bad thing. No distractions. No chance you saw the guy before taking them into the tape, not your fault that they were too slow to make the pass before the turn.

Super cool lighting. (clicked over from the scotch tape story). That would be cool. But it would be also nice if you could selectively turn the average wavelength. But then most LEDs just emit the specific wavelength that they are designed for.

And this looks awesome. Using the ion channel pumps to generate electricity? harnessing photosynthesis? Super cool. Suuuuuuper cool.

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It is always humorous sitting back down at the desk after the auto lights have timed off in the office and finding a web log entry sitting waiting to be published.

Here it is.

Don't forget to pre-reg for wrentham! And the Beer Cross race is flat out awesome in the wet. I'm jealous of those who will be able to make it to both races. If you were to just do one, I'd almost say do Dayville, but then I would never hear the end of it from the MRC mob. I raced the Beer Cross course twice last year. Once in the drizzle, and once in the snow (postponed natz scmatz). It is a fun course. Like a wide open swoopy Mt bike course. It is NOT a grass crit. The run up WILL make you cry. It is awesome. There is enough 2 track to make the fast guys happy. AND a plane of pane. Well I thing we go on the outside of it, but still, it is flat and fast and hard. And fun.

Sign up and do both. Beer Cross last year had tones of Dales Pale Ale (in the can) on hand. It was fun. It will be fun on Sunday. Be sure not to miss it.

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