Le Tour. Le Drugs?!

Geezus friggin' christopher!

This just in: Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso are barred from the 2006 Tour de France by involvement in a doping investigation!

Looks like the yellow jersey (and the win) may arguably lie in the hands of George Hincapie or Alex Vinokourov.

And so now my anticipation for watching The Tour has diminished a bit, knowing that the favorites have been scratched out.

Sucks.

PS: In other news elsewhere somewhere remote, I hear that Greg Lemond, Miguel Indurain, Eddie Merckx and Lance Armstrong are coming into The Tour as replacements. Something about Old Timer's Day or that it would bring about some comic relief. Hooray!

It's alive! Mwaahhh-ah-ah!

No, I haven't been an idle triathlete. Well, maybe just a whole friggin' lot a tad. That is, been only on the bike side of things really. So much for a diligent attitude. Still, I've had my moments of obsession, whether in my spur of the moment workouts (unlogged, sorry) or in building up of an old friend—my 91' Cannondale. The frame is bent below the right seat stay after a pile on accident years ago (i.e., they and their bikes piled on top of me and my bike). Nevertheless, it's still strong and rideable. And I'm convinced she'll hold up, Captain. Thus, the rebuild from total naked frame ground up.

This is my 'spare' bike built from spare and new parts. It's for use on my indoor trainer and some outdoor rides. Also, I'm continuously experimenting with the setup as my sweet little 'Dale will hopefully evolve into a fixed gear bike. The bullhorn handlebars are already in the mail :-); I've installed a new cassette: 8 speed 11-28 (11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 28); and a threadless stem system is soon coming. Other future enhancements include Turbonium, force field and death ray, as usual. Oh, and windshield wipers and a cup holder.

Bike building sure is turning out to be fun.

Picasa Photos

Yay! I've been invited by Picasa to start using the beta version of their web based photo albums! And wouldn't ya know it, just a few weeks after I became a Flickr Pro member. Anyways, just an FYI since I felt like I won the lottery or something.

Water water everywhere!

As I type this, we're relaxing our butts off at the Great Wolf Lodge in PA. It's a log cabin style resort with a HUGE indoor waterpark--water chutes, a wave pool, swimming pools and tons of comfortable fun for the family. I really really like it.

We're only staying for one night this time since it's a bit pricey, but maybe next year we'll try for two.

Cluttered footwear

It's a nonresolving issue (Get it? Iss-shoe? :-)) day after day. I organize and clean it all up, yet still chaos manages to rule the shoe shelves. And so I'm currently brainstorming a way to make it is easy to neatly don out of our sneakers, flip-flops and feet what nots without making such a mess. And all without bending over. Is it possible? (Hell no!) Well I'll try anyway. Here's to hope. Stay tuned for a future snapshot of a better catalogued collection.

Another jerkoff statement from the big guy

"Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society," Bush said in his Saturday radio address. "Marriage cannot be cut off from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening this good influence on society." -- George Bush (radio address, June 3, 2006)

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-choooo-bullshit!

Sorry, I have a cold.