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the Canadian medal count that is. They are kick ass. But despite all my time out there in michigan surrounded by Canada, watching hockey on CBC, and what not, i'm still not excited about how many medals they have. Gander not withstanding. (nice way to not show the sports NBC, granted it was a great news piece, footage of the towers getting hit and collapsing i haven't seen since 2001 or so). What is it with NBC feeling okay about showing people dying? I was surprised they didn't have video for the news of the Orca trainer getting taken out by Tilikum on the NBC nightly news, esp after showing the luge guy hitting the post dozens and dozens of times. That said despite their flaws I still can't watch much of any other network. So, even their downfalls aren't causing me to switch channels, that is when i chose to watch news programming.

So good on you Canada for snagging so many Gold medals. Almost like they planned the calender to build to the finish more and more golds every day. I will not shy away and say I really hope Ryan Miller steals the gold for the last event, the marquee event.

I made it out for a ride outside today. Ride inside or outside. So i picked an outside ride. Tossed on commuter clothes (team kit with long bib tights) left off the booties.

I did try something. I stuck some Marathon Winter tires on there. Ya know because we are GOING to get more snow, and snow on the bike path means ice. And that Ice will hang around for a while right? Well we'll see. I gave em a test ride. heavy? Yeah, heavier than the marathon plus tires? Only a little but man, talk about rolling resistance. That said the wet wood bridges in Barrington and Warren were not a problem. Couldn't slip on them if i tried. LOUD. very loud even pumped way up, down at the min pressure/max traction range (35psi) it's gotta be worse.

But wow, talk about grip on that wet wood. So far I've ridden every day of the month and only 8 of those days have been inside on the trainer. Only tomorrow left. Inside or outside? not sure. I might just do the outside. But we'll see how that shakes up, big stuff happening (not on TV).

played a great game of scrabble with my oldest, but man i got absolutely CRAP tiles. And my brain vocabulary stinks at the middle distance, okay with long words but mid-size scrabble words? Not so much.

Time to kick back, figure out what i'm making for dinner and all that. Of course i've got to finish washing the dishes.

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