not dead yet

fighting off a bug (mostly successfully) and just worn down...

plenty of good content out there - go find it...

http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-28-how-bicycling-will-save-the-economy

that's a good link and a good read.

mostly i'm not posting so i don't drag politics in here, that whole WI thing has me kind of pissed...

A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a CEO are sitting at a table with a plate of a dozen cookies in the middle of it.

The CEO takes 11 cookies, turns to the tea partier and says, ‘Watch out for that union guy. He wants a piece of your cookie.'

Add to the fact that the folks who make money from high TV/Radio revenues railing against unions are members of a union themselves.

*shrug*

Gadhafi bombing his own country, US Military bus gets shot up today, Gas prices are hitting all time highs and normally I'd be all smug about it but the minivan don't get such good fuel economy and that's somewhat not so cool. the rusty trusty race wagon, or the "junk car" as my wife calls it, has a full tank of fuel, has driven 250 miles and the needle is still pegged at a full tank. Granted that's 250 miles since the middle of January, no, not much. Don't bother looking at the rest of CNN.com, wicked depressing.

I'm probably only writing now because I'm in a post lunch haze and delaying putting the final touches on a lecture I've been working on this morning for class this afternoon.

so yeah - politics is awesome right now- world news is awesome - i made it through the month of feb w/o a vacation day or a sick day, not even a holiday day or snow day and when i get to the end of those months and look back and realize why i'm so fried... Chris Hinds and Rick Newhouse are on BikeReg now. That's a good thing right? At least thinking about racing them puts some positive vibes in my brain. Then of course there's the Rhonde Rosey coming up too.

Just about ready to take the studs off the bike too. Not quite. But the tailwind this morning made them not such a bad handicap.

Wow

all

over

the

fucking

place

today

ugh

VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo.

Check that out as a palate cleanser. I watched it and was constantly raising my head so I could see further down the road in front. The UCI was asking him about the clothing because of what he was wearing.

Food Coma's taking over big time. That or it is because I drank the last of the smaller pot of coffee I made this morning at 11am.