I must like a fight....

I go out... and after yesterday.... my body realizes... and my mind... Holy shit! it's summer! I set my mind to just do a nice fun 20 miles. just have fun..... and I know a nice route... not hard on the body... just 20 miles...

In the epic attempts to get my ass kicked...

Hasn't happened yet!...

Probably why I'll never be a "Great" cyclist, I have no desire to be all "Small" up top..

So, there is this regular 35-40 MPH descent I do on most of my rides. But like most times when a cyclist is doing 40, it pissed drivers off. But this has nothing to do with it... I'm descending, Truck Pulls past me in my lane, he does a great job of giving me space.... Of course... Why pass me when I'm doing 5 MPH over the speed limit, and we are coming to a stoplight in less than a mile....

Suddenly out of the left lane, this shit bag pulls out in front of the truck, from damn near a stop. The truck Locks up his brakes, and I do to... at fucking 40 MPH.....

I'm Shitting, cause quickly I may have to decide to take the chance of going over the bars or... hitting a Truck....

Fortunately they all speed up and things mello....

So a mile up there is the light, and it's cars 7 deep waiting for it to turn..... Thank god we were all in a hurry.

Well... I take the opportunity to pull past mr Dumb ass who almost cost me my life!

"You are kind of an Idiot, aren't you!" As I pull forward... I noticed his junky car has the rear window rolled down, apparently the window doesn't work and no A.C.

Well I know that as the cars in his left lane pull forward, as I sit in between the through lane and the Turn. SO, either there is going to be a confrontation or he is going to shove his tail between his legs.

so, as he pulls up to turn, he has to lean back in the drivers seat so he can yell out the window...

Something like "Fuck you Asshole, bla bla bla the light...... somehow it's not my fault I almost killed you ...... and the guy behind me."......

the guy in the truck who he also tried to kill, Lays on his horn like nobodies business..... Oh... I guess you forgot about the other person you tried to kill.....

AND HOW THE FUCK IS IT OTHER PEOPLE'S FAULT WHEN YOU TRIED TO KILL THEM!!!!

so... he put his tail between his legs and drove away....

How do some of you people get drivers licences...

and.... like the crab boat captain who knows he will die at sea.... I'm sure at one point there will be a story of a driver with road rage who runs over a cyclist, after being yelled at driver decides just to put his foot to the floor!!!....

and that will be me....

Jackson Faked his death!

It's in the Weekly World news.. Must be true

“The superstar trip has trapped Michael in Neverland. Also there’s a very good chance he could end up in prison if he’s convicted of child sex abuse.

“The only way out of this mess he’s in is to fake his death, cut his hair and go underground,” says Dr. Reiss, who specializes in celebrity predictions.

If he Didn't ..... He should have!

Mullberries

It's all lance all day on VS. the T.V. Station.... it is weird, like cycling was different back then

big move stage ten 2001... the infamous Possum... and yet I wonder if Astana is playing possum again, or if it's a replay of 2007 or 2008 when it was too many leaders not enough support... and it was like cats in a burlap bag....

I made it out for a nice ride.... my 4 mile hill of pain.... but I felt good... and even now I'm not bad...

Better living through chemistry...

If I had a cycling team... I would name it the fruit and berry snatchers... I was out and noticed that there were all these squashed ripe fruit on the road and had to circle back to take a little mid ride feed, on some Mulberries... those are the sort of bitter berries that grow on the trees, go from red to black and are edible... this reminds me that the cherries must be coming on, then apricots, peaches, apples... then fall.

I also had my first run in with some charming family coming out of church... who tried to kill me....

Is it that church is so bad, that you just want to get the hell home... and that is why all the bad driving.... or is it that your head is with all the celestial bodies and on the planet Kolob...

I am literally 50%/50% on people who have tried to kill me Normal drivers vs. people in schoolZones and churches...

alright... try not to hate the mormons...

Trying to figure out

do I go out and just spin the wheels....

or do I take the day off...

I have sort of a half big ride planned for tomorrow...

one of my old big rides, but just one of the steady climbs.... build some real base....

I think I finally have like a 4 mile base... or like a 10 MPH... as long as I don't bonk base built up...

(ok, being a little dramatic, but I'm not sure I could hold 15mph for more than 6 miles flat.

Ugh.....

I guess I just typed this up to show I was alive...

.....

I could rip the ears off a tiger today...


or at least try and get killed

check this out!!

Melanie Oudin.... USA.... beat Jelena Jankovic... and moves into the second week

18 years old baby!!!!

there may be new hope for woman's tennis...

could be a break out performance!!!

on schedule for next week.

Venice vs Ivanovic

and maybe

Kuznetsova vs Wozniacki

Mauresmo vs Safina

Big Week 2...

Like the Playoffs for the superbowl... it is the first couple days of the second week that have the fun games....

Let me just make a comment that Roddick actually has become Fit... Like Fit and strong like he wants to become a real force in tennis... Not that he will but..... good for him... and I always badmouth him and he deserves some credit...

There is a Male Qualifier "Jesse Levine" 22, it is a little old...

I am starting to wonder if we will not see as many 16-18 year old Champions since there is some real dedication to fitness or steroids, that is required to become either a male of female champion at this point... but still I think you have to make your mark by 22 years of age...

bla bla bla

A little Cheat

Creatine is banned right? ... So, I'm not a good example to the kids... Honestly I should eat more meat...

but sorry, I don't ....

So... My ass was dragging, and I pulled out the Jar...

hmmm I was just trying to look it up... it may just be discouraged....

of course... I feel puffy....

But on a Thursday I went out and did my long distance.... sure the distance is only long if I was on a bmx bike....

but I did go out... and do some millage... I may be getting to the point I'm ready to do one of my OLD intermediate rides.....

of course even parts of some of those rides.... I can't see myself doing.... there are particularly the long slow 3% climbs that go on for 5 miles..... That just sounds like hell right now....

Tsonga just took a smack down... in a very close game he just let go a couple of breakers, and it was over....

but it is all it takes..

well now

See.... If I talk about the stupid market I have to update....

when there is a chance I'm wrong....

HUGE UP BAR!!!!!... High Volume....

I hate to be one of those idiots who says "Range Bound".....

But it challenges my thesis in the short term...

But.... the thing to watch out for is "The Costanza Trade"... where almost every couple days... people are "Sell"!!!!! then 2 days later "BUY!!!!!"

that is the danger...

obviously we have to get below 900 to get to 850... so... .till then... there is a chance of a new high....

Gay Market shit!!!...

Art!!!! spx 850

Then we get a dead cat for a few weeks.

Umn

The insider talk is about the Gary Gorton Paper BTW... "Slapped in the Face by the Invisible Hand"

If you get a chance find some of the Lectures by Woody Brock... The man is a Fucking Genius! I'm not sure about the one about "Art".. not about you... but the other lectures if you can find them are great!

for fucks sake.... Risotto Update

All things cycling and food...

Hopefully I said it.... I had a brilliant Hollandaise over the weekend.... Not eat it... but made it.

like Toffee it's a psychological process..... Hollandaise and toffee can smell fear....

But after that Surprise success... BTW I expected failure... which is why it probably went well.

But after that I was reminded about my continued goal of the perfect Western/rocky Mountain Risotto...

So... I tried it tonight... and

Last time I did sort of a Ham and Pea.... with a little Spicy spicy....

this time I decided to try sort of a Mexican..... Taco... kind of Beef and sausage, and Cheddar.... With a significant "Spicy Spicy"

What A fucking Disaster!!!

Maybe some other time.... but a Taco Risotto is not the right path....

Next up... I'm thinking sort of a Ham Cheddar Pepper....

I may have to look at some recipes...

Little ride report

I'm trying to get as many miles in as I can..... and good news, instead of about 2 miles of base... I think I have about 4 or maybe even 5 now....


Jesus......

So.... With my Lack of ..... Well let me just call it "Lack of Core Strength" aka soft Squishie Middle... I've been doing the thing I absolutely hate... which is riding the Parkway some of the time..... For those who don't remember, I'm Philosophically opposed to road bikes on the parkway, since speeds above 5 mph are dangerous.....

But hey... you need to see hot Runner Ass somehow.....
and you can't quite call what I'm doing "road biking"

Now that we are progressing to 150 degree days.... but it is still too cold to ride at 5am.....

I now ride during rush hour... FUCK!!

Is it that it's hot, and people are now stupid... Maybe because they don't know how to hydrate, and end up sucking 64 oz big gulps instead of water... all while screeching into the 7-11 and trying to side swipe me.....

Or is it just that kids are out of school....

maybe that some of you idiots can't keep your cars going during the winter or spring... but now with summer... every moron with a junker is out on the road...

Which BTW.... I had my second Flat.... Thank god cause it was the tube that has had a slow leak... and pumping it up every day was starting to piss me off....

But as I'm rolling .... Some fucking Douche' had the nose of his Piece of shit White... Wanabee Modern Lowrider AKA... Car from Too Fast Too Furious....


(Now if it was a lowrider.... I'd understand)

Only... not so much Souped up sporster.... Just ....

This sort of thing....Kind of "I want to to be a fast car... but I can't afford it....and it is filled with.... I'd say it but It would be Racist... but if you want to avoid being a stereotype... try a little harder.....

So the nose of this shitbox is sticking way out into the road, forcing me to swerve around.... Then the guy pulls into the lane and then when pulling into the Seven Eleven.... for the old Soda.... manages to force me to have to jump a Curb.....

Well... that blew a Tube.....

and... Well I'm almost as bad at changing tubes at this point as I am at riding a bike....

Ride....

It was nice yesterday.. and after 4 or 200 weeks of rain, I forget... It's bound to be 200 degrees very soon. I'm looking forward to morning rides....

I did manage to out ride a couple of weekend warrior girls.... I felt bad... seemed like one of those chauvinist things.. but there is that ladder ... Outride the tragicly out of shape, and the guys who lost their drivers license to a DUI, Then faster than the Mountain bikes. Then faster than the strong Mountain bikes, and the slow girls..... then the fast girls and the weekend warriors....
Then fit with the "Elite Core Scum bags" who can't stand to go slower than anyone else.....

then it's all about riding faster than Turbo and Sleevie.....

Wimbledon!!

Jankovic... they are bitching about her today.... In a press conference she was bitching about what court she was on.... They are all "STFU about your court placement and learn how to Play." "big two handed back hand... but she needs to work on every other aspect of her game....."

which is very true... she just thinks the championship will fall in her lap.... She needs to get her head out and Commit to winning... and it will still be hard...

But... Wozniacki.... keep your eyes on her.... I'm not saying Favorite... but she is a comer...

Sorry PG Readers

I had to share this....

Microsoft paint Porn

not work Appropriate... but there are some very skilled people out there... With Paint...

Family Nonsense

I was lucky enough to have the joy of the old family get together......

I have been reflecting on my lack of kids this week... Mostly that I'm getting old enough that... that option is slipping away...

and I ran into some people I went to university with and they were chock full of kids...

The thing I'm reflecting on is that ... I don't care... And that the lack of narcissism in me that I don't want my Linage to go on....

Then.. I see my sister, and her retarded kids.... I realize what a miserable Intolerant father I'd be..

"bla bla, refuses to eat 'Fish'....." I'd decide to have an entire meal only of fish...and fish for an entire week.... Other than that you eat toast and vitamins.....

I shit you not.... I'm not avoiding fish because My kid doesn't like it.... WTF you are teaching your kid by planning the family diet around one person.....


That egg is overcooked BTW.... Turn the pan down a little

For all my, bitching

after a morning of rain... you could not find a better day this year to be out on the road...

I'm also not sure if it will rain this afternoon...

I suspect forecasting error

Economy Part 2

So.... I'm trying to do some Cheering up of those Economically worried... I guess that even includes me....

but, besides a short term scare... Which of course your place of employment may decide to axe just a few more workers....

overall... it's bound to get Less Scary and we can muddle properly, and thing can shake out as they need to.

Honestly your biggest concern is if the company you work for is in Massive debt and still has yet to "Deal with the implications of trying to roll over large amounts of debt."

My point is... for the most part... the worst is over.... Unless of course some crazy shit happens like... Hitler taking over Germany.. or other such unmanageable events.

Economics

Ok... so I may have hit that one... sure there was a little fake out before my market high...

SO... I hate to keep doing this..... because I think I'm doing it for my EGO!

And.... I could still be wrong....

But.... Unfortunately we are in a Bear market.... Stocks will be shunned for 10 years minimum....

which suggests that overall .... Long term, they are a steal right now over a 30 year span.. Though maybe a little toppy in a 6 month to 1 year... time frame..

But... My Models say that the market is going to take a dip here... between now and November...

I'm not saying from now till November... just there will be a significant dip .. .and that is when you put the big money to work....

but there also will be a sort of MUDDLE... where the Economic data is Uneven and it drives traders Mad!!! and then Finally they Give up again..... That will be the next big dive.......

BUT IF I were buying a home.... I would look to lock in a Loan in the 4.5% range..... YOU HAVE TO LOCK IT IN...... and right now you are getting 5.5%... which is very high..... in relative terms...


There are those that would disagree with me... but.... I tend to be a bit of a contrarian... and 4% is big return on a 10 year in this environment of global instability.... etc....

but after that dip back into the 4% range... this fall, that might be your last chance for a 4% mortgage.

of course taking financial advice from me... could be a mistake...

but THEY NEED YOU TO BUY A HOUSE... and that will go on for some time.... Housing doesn't rebound like the market does.... and there is and will continue to be an oversupply

Late morning gap

Well I checked the weather.. and chance of rain after 3...

I'm not sure how that is possible since the only storm on the radar is just passing...

so... aparently there is a chance later in the morning...

For me to make sweet love to my bike...

hmm I'm not sure how comfortable I am with that phrase....

but fuck it, I'll go with it..

How did your day go.....

Well... I didn't make it out.. Clean Kit or not....

Too much wind.... Too much chance of rain...

It's not that, I'm afraid of a big rain....

and let us point out that, the rain for the past month has been super silly....

but it is that without a few good rides.... My spirit will be broken...

My spirit is easily .... Sucked right now... The last thing it needs is 2 hours of being blown Back and Fourth... or 2 hours of being Pissed on... and I don't just mean a slight rain...
wimbledon on Monday

Clean Chamois/ Dirty Chamois

I got up this morning... and I need to go out and grind out a ride...

I've gone to check my kit.... and realized that most of it is in a hamper....

I Can't remember if I put it in the hamper because I Cleaned it already and needed to put it withe the clean kit... or if I still need to wash it....

well no reason not to wash it again...

One would think I could just smell it and be able to tell.

Congrats

I've been struggling with writing some kind of post to congratulate Mike Booth on becoming State Road champ.....

Good Job...


sorry, that is as exciting as it gets

The big ride..

I've been worked after "My Psudo big ride"....

tough stuff... body like Jello.... It's a ton of work for it....I'd probably be doing myself a favor if I would just focus on miles...

Breath... Breath... everyone should be everyone's muse..... we need as many Muse as we can get... maybe life is to have a muse....

Crying time again

.... I just had one of those rides where you sort of Limp back and once you stop, you want to bust out in Tears in the shower.... except you realize you are too fucking tired to cry....

And there is that Certain Special kind of walk that is the Providence of cyclists.... Kind of like someone has been trying to shove a Bike seat up your ass... all while turning you into a question mark....

I realized what the pain in my back is..... Finally I'm starting to stand up in the seat... and apparently it takes some back muscles.... and some core stregnth... apparently I don't actually have those muscles......

.... I hate woody Allen

Oh! Blog

5:20 am.....

I wish on Friday night I could sleep more than 5-6 hours....

I deserve 8 and 9 or 10 would be sweet!

I'm working up my energy for some kind of 30 mile ride or something....

Guess I should check the weather...

FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!... NO NO NO NO!!! I need to bike in the morning....

"Showers and thunderstorms before noon, showers and thunderstorms after noon."

The weather her is the SAME!!!! how in the hell.... do we get 2 weeks of rain in June!! or has it been 3.....

The real irritant is that my medium light jacket just barely fits my midsection... Fucking Idleness!!!

I'm still not happy with my Heart Rate.... I'd like to see a nice sitting heart rate in the low 40's on a consistent basis.

Just an update... My ass hurts less, and my back.... but they do hurt... but it's now the tendons that are .... "Trying to build up"...

of course I've put more of my "Normal Hills" back in my route, which is part of it.... More stress on the body....

Oh!!!! WTF sometimes!!!! WTF!!!

Caught out in the rain

I was reading blogs this morning...

First of all, I read a story that blogging is dead. Apparently it's all about Twitter. "I ate Cereal this morning...." "Ashton Kutcher is a Douche".....

I took off yesterday, on the bike... I looked out and figured the storm had missed Salt lake...and all I was dealing with was some high wind...

Right at my turn around point, It started POOORING!!! Let me just say, it doesn't rain here. For those that have ever experience "Real Rain" like Seattle Rain, or Monsoon Rain, or East Coast Rain... Rain that makes you think "Umbrella's are useful" as opposed to how we look at Umbrellas in utah... that they are an interesting Accesory for Fassion.

But after about 5 minutes it was actually Raining. I was lucky, because I decided to actually grab my Rain jacket... Since WTF do I know... and I figured there was a chance we would get a Light rain. I ended up stopping and sitting in some shelter for a few minutes... Not that the weather got better, but at least I mellowed out, and warmed up... got the jacket Tightened up...

One of the things I like about "How I Roll"... is that I don't tend to let the weather stop me.

So... Market update... somewhere here is my final high... and we should get a segnificant retest.

After some sleep

My sitting heart rate is 45, The lowest I've ever seen it is 38

sitting heart rate

78..... LOL

Heavy legs

I couldn't do a big ride today. I got out and I'm in trouble.... Low Heart rate hard to get it up there and No ability to Kick....

Looks like I'll be mellowing out for a few days...

Oh... and how do you find the member of "Dog the Bounty hunter" who is stalking you.....

Look for the person in a bad wig........

Monkey Off his back

14 Slams...... Career Grand Slam...

Roger Federer


It will be interesting to see if he will relax and just Play..... from now on.....

Vegetables

I saw a 10 minute documentary/story about how much food is waisted... How because of a slight blemish in a tomato, Grocery stores throw them out, and how wasteful it is. I'm not sure about this... but it seems correct. Some of the Mexican Groceries, seem to be picking up some of this "Blemished food"... and you can find it there, and it's cheaper and Less Wasteful. But you do have to suffer the unsymmetrical tomato.

Western Risotto

Protein powder must be blended.......

As part of recovery..... I'm going to work on the Perfect Risotto...BTW... a rice not a pasta..

but I want a Western.... even Rocky Mountain version....

I'm thinking Bacon.... or maybe I can find some local Ham......

and I was thinking Cheddar..... maybe even Pepper Jack...

Maybe some peppers....

and later on in the year we will see if we can pull off habanero....

I'm tempted to distill my own Habanero oil....... doesn't that sound dangerous
ooooo Habanero EVOO

back to some vitamin B

I'm such an irritable fucker.......

but after 3 weeks... I can officially ride faster than people on mountain bikes...

Good lord.....

I even dropped a girl who was riding too high a cadence on a hill

Bemoan a bemoan

So, I'm Bemoaning about Sarah this morning... or late afternoon.... saturdays are rough for me to get going..... there is a ton of web surfing and avoiding all the shit I need to do... but I digress

I need to do a bike ride... I'm not sure if I need to nut up and do something serious... or rest up and do something serious tomorrow.... and I just tried to get her a little more dialed in... I've taken up listening to books on tape on long rides... I have a great one about Thomas Paine... Good stuff, I'm all about the age of reason...

The funny part is that for about 10 seconds I'm all "Maybe it's just a trick..". then I come to my senses.... and Find it ridiculous I'm still bemoaning it. It certainly is the emotion....

but then of course, Now I'm Bemoaning my bemoan.... there should be a special word for that, in the english language.... Redundant-Bemoaning... maybe re-bemoan... or Re-Moan.... Or pathetic... or Whine Like a little Bitch....

so... Soft Bones

What a wind today.....

I took yesterday off, my in home HRM needs a new battery so I'm not sure if I hit over-training...

but so... we are at 3 weeks and I've only taken 2 maybe 3 days off. I need to tear through the bike again and get it "DIALED" finally...

Great day in Mens SemiFinal at the french open... I'll not ruin it for you... but both matches were great.. .and should be repeated all evening.

So... being "Unfit" every once in a while I cheat at some of my routs.. and end up on the parkway... I also hope to see some MILF or just some attractive woman.... Just to keep the mojo going... It dries up .... You know?...

So.... that fucking parkway... for those of you who don't know I'm a clear advocate that road bikes have no reason to be on the parkway... it's irresponsible to do over 15 MPH down there... and seriously.... People can't even drive if you hadn't noticed... let alone when they let their kids ride the parkway....

So there is a group of 3; mom dad and the 5 year old kid..... and I'm behind them, can't see ahead of them so I have to wait till I can so I can pass....

Sure enough we all go over the hill.. at the speed of 4 MPH, I look ahead and start kicking.... 3 kicks and I'm passing mom and dad..... and suddenly... Who Swerves 7 feet to the left, out of the lane, and pushes me into the dirt...... a 5 year old kid.... I put on the breaks, slide to a stop, scare the shit out of the kid.. and myself...

so... I get my shit back together... BTW 4 or 5 years ago, I got laid up for 2 weeks with a cracked wrist when some 14 year old completely ran into me at about 15mph.. fortunately he broke his ankle... fucking moron.. but that accident threw me about 15 feet.


so.... I get my shit back together, and pull up behind them again, the coast is clear...
I shout "Ok.... I'm going to try this again." start passing much slower this time...
"Stay on your side!"... the minute I said this... the kid starts to swerve again.... I slow down and start screaming "STAY RIGHT"..... I said it 4 times till he moved back into his lane, and I passed.....

"Thanks" I said.. only being obvious that I was being sarcastic...

Once I had a 5 year old who was passing me, the opposite way.... and I could see how poor they were riding... I stopped and pulled off to the side, and waited..... THE KID STILL RAN INTO ME!!!!!

kids... eat them while their bones are soft!

DAMN!! david Carradine died!!

David Carradine died on Wednesday in Bangkok, where he was shooting a film. The 72-year-old's nude body was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals.

How about an update...

I guess it's been 2 weeks, and this is the third... I need to come up with some cross training, and start worrying about over training...

of course all this from a guy lucky to do 10 miles a day...

Did I tell you I had my first Official Flat... Tell you what a douche bag I am, I left my tire on the front lawn of an Arbys, with an empty Co2. My biggest issue would be getting the flat confused with a fresh tire, and then having a flat as a replacement. I've completely busted my tire levers, and need some new ones....

This fucking sport and the constant need for new gear...

I'm feeling good... but I'm damn tired all the time.... I get this great nap at like 7PM, after I ride and have done recovery... maybe even dinner.... But you know Tired.

Happy Birthday

For some reason I can't explain... I know it's someone's birthday today......

happy Birthday!!

Expedition Africa

Not sure if anyone else caught this on the History Channel....

It's like backpacking with 3 people you never would backpack with.

Pasqual(to start off with, everyone has a crazy name), who is an expert Navigator/Expedition leader.

So... 2 days they make 10 miles. On a 4 mile hike, they are literally half a mile from water the whole time. They have to argue 3 times about if they are close enough to the water. It's like Hiking with my sister.

Then there is some Euro dude who is a "survivalist" only he seems to be a pro at getting himself killed, which is how he has survival skills.

First they take off and the survival dude insists that a group of 25 has like 3 gallons of water. Which Pasquale insists is a mistake.

3 miles out of Town... they are out of water.... WTF....

So then, they are trying to navigate the second 4 miles, the survival guy is like, "how will we know how far we have gone."
Pasqual "I know how long my strides are 1743, is a mile."
Survival guy "We will all count, and we will average."
Pasqual "but your strides are different length."
Survival guy "You don't know how long my strides are!"
Nature Chick "Well maybe I know!"
Pasqual "How many strides in your mile."
Nature chick "You just assume I don't know, I know a lot and maybe i know"

Pasqual gets annoyed, since she still hasn't answered.

This is all to navigate 9 miles.. 4 miles a day......

991 miles to go.....

I'm not pro pasqual... but it's obvious the survival guy is a moron..... I'll take the survival guy who doesn't get into trouble, than the survival guy who is always in trouble....

they are not going to make it.

not sure I have much to report

pulled off the 20.. my back was killing me... but that was before I even started. So... More base I guess....

Ivonovich is out...

Maybe we will see a suprise on the woman's side, Safina is the Favorite, but maybe a Serina Sharapova stand off. I just don't think sharapova is up for it.... yet.

And Nadal Folds.... Preasure too much for that 5th French... I was hoping roger would take him out.

there was a Highlight thing of Pete Sampras. I had forgotten that in 90 he went through, Lendl, McEnroe and then Agassi. There is a good reason to have hated him.... and that when you saw a match it was roughly 2 hours of sampras throwing Aces.. Not to detract him as a great Athelete, and Tennis Champ.... but I do have to say it was fucking boring..

Bagholders... Let the Daemons Chase!!

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another day another ride

I just wanted to spin the legs today, but ended up doing an entire route. Starting to feel "OK". But I need to work on a base.... so... it looks like shooting for 20-40's is going to be the goal for a while...

If only I could start into the wind... then come back by kite...

So... market want to do one more move... 94.5 on the spy, but it's been messy so... even a false break out above 93.0

French.....

Nadal/Hewitt today. Not many exciting matches today, but over the weekend we start gettin down and dirty

Base Building

I guess that is what you call it when you drag your ass back at 7 MPH for the last 3 miles...

Then I was walking 6 types of funny, I think I need to take a crap... and I have no idea how I'm supposed to sit on my Dick for 2 hours... Let alone 4-8....

was this supposed to be fun....

Super Carbo's

There was a story about the amount of pasta being served at a restaurant. It was ridiculous, I can't quite remember, it was like a pound. The one that gets me is that thing some of the pizza companies have which is pasta in a pizza bowl... or bread bowl...... HOLY FUCK! Then there is that Pizzone

It's the size of your head...

I pulled through one of my short regular routs, felt fine... only slightly wanted to heave. I keep thinking about some of the tougher routs I have.... Shit..... I guess I have to gear up for at least.... an attempt at something..... either that or some real miles this weekend... maybe a weak ass 40 or something..... I just don't have any weak routes at 40 miles.....

And I'm having a hard time getting that final Tweak on the bike... And I can tell I'm only a few months from a new cassette and chain.

arg... 2.0

I was doing some research on my diet.. apparently there are some thoughts to regular carb intake all day to replenish energy.... This isn't quite how I do it, For the most part I try and reduce Carbohydrates unless its for recovery. Certainly I get away with more, during the day... I hadn't thought about having some at regular periods during the day.

My legs have felt like .... Lead. Though it's a bit deceiving since they are mostly jellow, so Lead is a step up...

Jebus

What a Sack of Poo....

I fell asleep, and woke up an hour later... and my body feels so awful I want to vomit. I realized that what was sore was my entire "Core".... Holy Cow!!!....


If I wasn't so tired I'd Cry!

Bike Riding Hurts!

But my back hurts more than my ass right now.... so that is progress right?

I was short of 20, but seriously my legs are cooked at mile 3, so.... I'm not sure if its too much to get stressed about.

I have a complaint... Why the hell do they put bike lanes on the worst roads. 900 east -700 east is horrible to ride. 7800 south is a horror show. And why are construction signs built so they are perfect to hit you in the shoulder.

Maybe some of the road planners need to realize that on a bike, I don't want a Freeway.

The open

So.... Sharapova looks to last another 2 rounds, It is good to see her back.

Ivonovic is Doomed.

Safina kicked the Crap out of her first opponent 6-0 6-0

I don't even want to go into this...


a Prime reward is given to a racer AFTER THE RACE!!. A hand up is a Hand up or feed. If I win a prime.. say a Cannondale Bike at a sprint, I'm just not sure you would pick it up at the sprint point.

Let us also talk about rule 1g2

1G2. Organizers shall agree that the safety of participants and spectators is an essential consideration in organizing a cycling competition and they shall take those reasonable acts necessary to promote the safety of participants and spectators.


4H14 Feeding:

(b) Irregular feeding Rider: $15 fine Other licensee: $35 fine

They could have been hit with an irregular feed fine... Would the riders have preferred that?

(e) Illegal or dangerous tossing of an object
First offense: $20 fine Subsequent offenses: $20 to $80 (can be applied to team if rider cannot be identified)

I'm not sure if it could be defined as a Toss, but Toss does have a very Loose definition as a word.

How about

4H1
(a) Behavior dangerous to the rider or other competitors;

Now...the only defense I can think of... is that "Mostly" feeds from spectators are done at the riders own risk.

I can't see any other way to define it other than a feed and if you define it as a feed 3D6. Feeding is not allowed unless specifically authorized by the Chief Referee that is very clear.

I also wonder if there are some rules about interference.

Newt Gingrich wants you to be afraid

I just saw 30 seconds of Newt on Meet the press. I Cannot take that bullshit. Again we are arguing torture and gitmo.....

There is good old Newt... "America Should be Afraid".


Isn't the point of government to make us not afraid, and that doesn't mean Nuke every other country into submission.

The point is to have moral Authority... To say "WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT! WE ARE THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD! WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SOME THIRD WORLD DICTATORSHIP THAT RUNS AROUND PULLING TOENAILS TO GET PEOPLE TO CONFESS TO SHIT THEY DIDN'T DO!"

These bullshit morons, like Newt and Cheney, Want you to be afraid because it keeps you under their thumb. So they can literally raid the Coffers of this country.

Newt is such a lying bastard, I've seen him so many times, Make shit up, completely distort what someone said. And when he is caught he is like this slippery worm, and just moves onto the next T.V. show and dumps the same Lies on you again.... WHY... Because to him "THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS... HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU... AND YOU SHOULD SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DO AS HE WANTS!"

Newt is an unremitting disingenuous amoral Jackass. And all these assholes have this delusion they are Jack Bauer... they may as well pretend they are Superman or Batman... These are Illusions... Fictitious Heroes from our imagination. Real Hero's do the Remarkable in places where most of us do the Unremarkable. The Remarkable thing, the Heroic thing, is to Rise above Torture and establish our country as a Moral Leader in the world, and not some Banana Republic, where Corporations place puppet dictators to keep the Bananas flowing(THAT IS WHAT A BANANA REPUBLIC MEANS, and it is the opposite of democracy, and the opposite of capitalism... since it leads to anticompetitive monopolies.)

I've spent the past 3 weeks listening to these conservative dumb asses talk about how obama is turning America into a Banana republic... and it just shows what morons they are, since that is what we have had..... and it is what we need to get away from. "The BANANA Companies running the Country.".... Where the fuck these people learned economics.... or FUCKING HISTORY!!!!! THAT IS THE SHIT THAT MAKES ME WANT TO SHUT DOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE LEARNING!!!


but that is just my opinion...

Dear Blog

.... Weirdness. I have ridiculous insomnia. Not so much insomnia, just an inability to sleep unless I'm ... unless my eyelids are like stone.

What to write... what to write... I have some great stories.

I'm still very scattered, with more time in the Saddle, I think it will correct... I wonder if I shut down the mp3... it will help.

well.... more tennis

where was I...

I guess I have to push to 20..... It's obvious I have to put as much time in the saddle as I can. My ass only hurt today, as opposed to absolutely killing me.

Today... well it was the second day I wanted to vomit...

but when I clipped into the pedals, my heart rate was in the 90's.

Yesterday was rough, there is something about being on the bike, makes me Less satisfied with my life. I guess the rest of the time I don't have enough energy to be irritated.

I worked on a new route today, I think I need to work on some new ones.......

Well, that is a stupid post...

French Open

Mauresmo was beaten, and young American hopeful wayne odesnik... who probably will soon be referred to as hopeless(he did go 5 sets).

hewitt struggled

I'd talk about Querry, verdasco, and Gulbus but it would bore you.

Somebody pointed out how I refuse to spell peoples names correctly...

Ivononvic is cooked.... she struggled today. Returning champion. Seems like being Pretty may just be enough for her. but how many pretty tennis players that can't play, can we stand?

I'll still cheer for her.

So.... Players to watch....

Obviously the favorite is nadal in the mens, and we should see something out of Sharapova in the womans side, Jankovic will again come up short, I'd like to see something out of safina I'll say she is my favorite, but the most likly result is that again one of the williams sisters will pull it off. But as they age and struggle, I find myslef more willing to be behind them.... and don't forget Bartoli.

Federer, obvioulsy that is where I am. but Murray needs to have his day soon. But if you arn't paying attention to men's tennis. it's all about the battle between Nadal federer murray and djokovic.

Monfis, Aleze Cornet, It's always good to watch the french players at the french open...

Up and commer Bethanie mattek, goes up against Venus tomorrow... but we havn't seen much improvement out of her game from last year..

Ask then answer....

"ask then Answer. Who are we and what is the point?"

I pulled off my shortest regular rout, the old fall back when I just need to keep the legs loose.

It Pounded me.... Buried. and it's 10 miles of Rollers.

So, The Lotion.... Have you ever sat in front of the isle of the Grocery store.... and had to ask. What kind of Lotion am I.... What do I want my skin to smell like.(Ok, I would say... Ass or Saddle or ManJina... but I have standards for this blog.) .... So... Vanilla? Peaches ? Cocoa Butter (WTF is Cocoa butter?) White Tea, Raspberry.....


so, there went 20 minutes.

I umn, just barely got to the point where I could accept that I'm a Berry or Herb person for my Shampoo.... But no Fucking Fruit....

List

Last night when I crashed, I was barely hanging on.

I realized how much of the other shit I need that I don't have.... So a list

1. Lotion for my sore ass... Antibacterial... Aloe
2. Juice... Recovery has been, fucking Gatorade.
3. ... I imagine I need more shit than this..
4. This is a stupid list....
   

Ride 3

Holy crap.... And my fucking seat is so fucking hard. I need to get.... do some reading, to make sure I let my ass heal.... Or quit being a whiner.

I think I have my HRM dialed in... is it a problem that I'm doing 10mph at 90%... JK... Uphill... But a small one.

I'm going to sit around like a bunch of bitter Queens, and tell Turbo how to lose, Right?

Owie....

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My ass hurts, my back hurts, my nuts hurt... and after 4 miles my legs are like jello....

When clipping in my HRM showed 110...... Sweet, that goes down to 80... I'm in business... Of course getting it back to 60 would be nice....

and I have no idea how to run my HRM....

I was thinking I'd be up for a 20 miles this weekend... but I'm starting to doubt it... and I have to not push myself too much... And I should just enjoy it.....

It is supposed to be fun right?

and the Joy of turning around today, and realizing I had been riding with a tail wind ....

I forgot that feeling.

HEHEHE... I paid $7 each for some tubes today.....

It's like flying!!!

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Well... chased it all down... blew the dust off my tools.... and out I went.... Damn my bike is fast. as much of a fat guy on a bike as I am, and Lack of real fitness...

suddenly I was 3 miles out....

and had my first flat.....

good stuff...

No Salvation yet...

Maybe tomorrow, but according to the shipping crap it's not even in the city... but if you have tracked a package... that doesn't mean anything.

Hey... after the fake out on friday... we got my bounce....

Joy! or not....

I just want my salvation in the form of bike parts...

Salvation

..... Well, salvation by bike kit is coming in the next couple days.... If I had known how important it was I would have hurried the shipping... Who Knew.


damn... all I have

bla bla bla

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So, I read my Poetry friday... and realize that the theme wasn't clear... I could correct it but.

The point was, that I was seeking salvation threw an object... My bike... and the new gear coming for it.

and in the end... I then tied it into the new toilet seat I just picked up...

Point "If I'm looking for salvation through an object.... why not a toilet seat, instead of a bike..." of course that was sort of lost since most of you seek salvation from a bike and it seems reasonable to you.... as it does to me.... but it's Ironic.

my new favorite saying is "Bla bla bla"

Follow up for art

So... I threw a 80/20 on a market top last week.

I have to hedge. There was a downswing, and now it may want to bounce. The next day or so will either throw out a new upswing, which should be a final high. or the trend will continue.

but instead of 80%... I'm more in the flip a coin, state of mind.

Poetry Friday

in honor of Flahute... who is always doing poetry Friday... and I'm just a part timer.

I bet this will be more Prose than poetry.

I feel like....
If only I can get back to the bike regularly.
things will be ok again,
things will be good again,
things will be normal again.

I imagine it's a False hope,
too much energy being put into an object,
and activity.... a Flight of Fancy.

I guess we have to have hope right,
Mine of the 2 Wheeled kind.
The get out and drop the hammer,
Suffer the fatigue,
Suffer the Pain,

Well, if the bike doesn't do it,
I do have a new Toilet Seat!

Kitchen Nightmares

I'm watching too much T.V. ...

I'm addicted to Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares...

To summarize, a restaurant is going out of business, and Gordon goes in and tries to turn it around.

It kills me every time.... The thing that is running the business into the ground is usually the thing that has to go....

Some eccentric piece of shit idea... which the owner thinks makes the business special, is usually what is driving business away..

I think what they don't understand is that eating is Utilitarian... You want good food for a good price.... Not a Prize Moose head above the bar.

But.... the failing business always tend to be to beholden to the..... Apricot Potato's... and the moose head over the bar..... if they could face the reality, they wouldn't need help.

If there is a Wrestler..... I've always liked Jesse

VENTURA: It's drowning. It gives you the complete sensation that you are drowning. It is no good, because you -- I'll put it to you this way, you give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.

Some Rhyme

... Ok Blog... I want to spit some Rhyme... as the rappers say....
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only I suspect.... there will be no Rhyming.

Well... I went to the grocery store, The fridge is filled with Healthy foods. Tons of fruit... Yogurt... etc.... I think My mind says we are about to get healthy again.... No more Potato chips for you.

I had Pizza all weekend... that is how my diet has been messed up... and yes... Potato chips..

You know.. not as good as one would think...

Everything is starting to line up.... Stars are Aligned... Bla Bla Bla... time to get Uber Healthy again...

It's been a tough Slog.... I know I have about 400 new grey hairs.... and Seriously My heart just isn't beating like it should.

The Pizza gave me Heartburn.... And to be honest... I'm not in horrible shape... but It isn't good... I'm sure my lungs aren't clear....

The Western stampede tickets are on sale... I need to sort that out....

All the bike gear is showing up soon.... that will make me happy....

anyone think I'll be smart enough to take my bike to a mechanic?

this is for Art

So.... that felt like the top....

Umn... We have to be careful of some kind of bull flag, then one more high... but I'm like 80%..

but I was a week out on the bottom.... *Shrug*.... Good enough for Hand Grenades.

Knot of Abandon

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What I once wrote with abandon.... you say...
why can't you just Throw some down...
What once was easy...
Well that muse is tied up in my back... it's in a knot.
It's there or in the knot in my neck.

Well... What the Fuck else can I write.

Of course I haven't been out on a 6 hour bike ride in a while....

I love movies made in Los Angeles, they put all these lame extras in cop suits, and they can't hold a gun..... and it just looks stupid....

Yep.... this is as interesting as it gets....

No Joy

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I'm trying to give some updates.... Finally some progress in the garden... Final plantings of peas, Corn... all tilled..... I get to spend tomorrow creating a new compost pile.

This is a Horror, I'm addicted to Brittan's got Talent....

Unknown just posted something solid... I'm going to have to reach for something... just to... not be Embarrassed.... Speaking of embarrassment... have you heard of this new cycling blog.



Well, I best not just stare at this cursor flash all night. There is a lot to worry about in our economy.... "No Shit" you say. I have a great mentor these days, very amazing. The things that are worrying arn't so much what people are worried about... Most of you people need some medication. The thing that concerns me... is how Lazy you fuckers are... If you don't know what blog "The Big Picture" is... Well, Barry was bitching about how Wachovia employees couldn't post comments. There were some very slick comments... most of which were "I hate to tell you this... MR. Fake Economist" But one of the great challenges we are facing is the loss of productivity to the Internet.... as People spend their day surfing Huffington Post/ Pollitico/ Facebook etc.... instead of work. I kid you not, every company in America needs to shut down or very much control what employees can surf... and reading news.... That is what you do in the morning as you drink coffee at home.

Don't you fucking lie to me and say "I was doing it on a break", seriously people are sitting at their desks half the day, surfing. Then we have the people bitching about the United Auto workers.... Want me to tell you who isn't surfing all day? the UAW. I'm not sure if you have ever worked a "Line" or even seen a line, but I kid you not it would be tough just to watch some guy put in front Windshields all day, let alone do it. When I was a kid, I worked at a Print shop.. and the Collation machine broke. We spent 72 hours busting our asses putting together 30 page presentations. It Ain't fun, and if you work at a job where you can surf all day......

But that some of you think you can get away with this, or that your bosses aren't putting a boot on your neck to keep that from happening. Just don't kid yourself, we aren't as productive as you think. And if Americans would Buckle down and get to work... We may see some "prosperity".... But that about half the people I know waist hours everyday "Surfing"... and think they can get away with it......

So... big news... Sarah... the one I wined about for 3 months years ago... well she is getting married... There is more for me to toil about.... I don't know.. maybe I'm over it...

Solomon Burke-None of us are Free..



Free your mind and your Ass Will follow.

ScaterFunk

Report from Interzone 23....

I want to read some William S Burroughs tonight... Funny, UnKnown... asked about me, It's not that I've been in a Funk... but defiantly today has been 'One of those days'.

I had my first minor injury of the season. I'm doing my best to get back to some form of 'superhero', Minor Calf-tendon maybe... but 2 days off... test it out... repeat till things are good.. Which mean... walks...

Sorry... this is just going to go in 30 directions... if any.

So, I was feeling some funk.... and somebody mentioned Daniel Day Lewis to me, I though... YA! I feel like watching "There Will Be Blood".... 10 minutes into it, I realize.... Yes, this is how I feel.... but that isn't a good thing, and now I'm about to wallow in that feeling for the next 2 hours.... It also reminded me of T-Bird, and Unknown.. I need to check up on Gila.... See how my brain is going everywhere.

I then put in "Stranger than Fiction".... Which was good... but I can't seem to focus long enough to get through it yet.... But it reminded me of Julie... and I wonder how she is doing, she has been quiet... I worry, she should email.

SO..... Beyond that.... Last few weeks I've just hated what I'm doing..... It's been a long and hard fought game, and I'm sick of it... Also the volitility will drop out soon... and then much of the "fun" will be over. The last few months I've sort of understood why Art is so irritable... BTW we are either going to get a small correction here, or a bounce to 9k Dow, and then we will pull back and we will see the boring come out.

The Garden.... things are comming along out there, I need to Till again, peas are in, chamomile is coming up. I'm going to start some corn soon. there are some seedlings going....
even that seems to be hard to get focused on.... you know... there are things to worry about.

I was .... Beyond all that... It just... Life should be simple... I don't know why it isn't, or why it isn't for me. some people just don't have a concern in the world and move around like a ball in a pinball game..... Seems like a way to be.... Sort of wish it were me. I was reflecting on how uneasy things are... It just seems like anything that one does, has nearly no value.....

I was... there was a point where I felt like maybe I could find a life writing some stuff, But.. even writers are getting Hosed these days.... I am hoping at one point people get bored with Ashton Kucher's facebook and Twitters..... WTF!!!


I was going to see Wolverine this weekend, but it .... I didn't make it to an early show and then the late shows were.... I'm sure filled with kids, I'd like to kill.

It's this kind of post that makes me ... You know... Not write....

 PL GC TIME @ TIME BIB  NAME TEAM HOME TOWN STATE LICENSE
 1 13:26:56 0:00:00 96 Leipheimer Levi 0 Mellow Johnny's 51027
 2 13:29:57 0:03:01 4 Armstrong Lance 0 Mellow Johnny's 1917
 3 13:30:14 0:03:18 165 Zajicek Philip 0 Fly V Australia-Successful  ENCINITAS CA 90090
 4 13:30:59 0:04:03 142 Swindlehurst Burke 36 Bissell Pro Cycling salt lake city UT 51227

.... Ok... I"m about to say this.... and I mean to say (not that there is anything wrong with that).

So, here goes:

DAMN!!! BURKE, You can beat all thos Homos!!!

Are you a "Toxic Asset"

I think much of America, would be surprised to hear that the mortgage on their home, or the debt on their credit card, or their car.

That that debt is what is being verbalized these days as a "Toxic Asset".

I very much agree that many of you are Toxic.... but I think you would be surprised to know that when "They" say that. You are what they are talking about.

Is that the Gold Coast?

Report 22 from interzone.

Funny how the mind works, I'm not sure what the catalist is. That I downloaded the most recent U2 Album, or something I saw on C-Span.

I was watching C-Span today.... Ya, I'm addicted to it these days. And worse i'm watching 4-5 hours of Other news a day. Let us just add the rest of the day reading newspapers and my unhealthy dose of TV buisness news. I'm watching C-span, and I see the charming woman standing down the press corps talking about Afghanistan.
Which reminds me of this charming woman from my youth. What do we do when hit with a fit of nostalga, well we cyberstalk. Dr. charming Young lady, is a professor at an eastern university.... Well that is going to kick off a few hours of Nostalga and imagining how my life could have been. BTW... she was my mother's favorite.

3 mistakes of the great depression

It's very clear to every economist on the planet. I know that economists are borderline on actually being Scientists. But.... There are 3 classic behavioral mistakes.... and these are mistakes driven by our Lizard brains, in this time of crisis. A time when we need to do what is hard, not what is easy. It's like eating your vegetables, though they seem unappealing... they are very good for us.

1. It a time when the Velocity of money is contracting, Worrying more about the national debt than getting money/blood circulating in the economy.
2. Allowing large institutions to fail, Sure it feels good. Problem is it causes a crisis in confidence in the economy. Our financial system is a confidence game... No confidence, No game. Though that sounds like fun.... It won't be. It's how you get guys wandering around the country in box cars looking for work.
   
3. Protectionism. which has a tenancy to set off trade wars and further constrict global trade.
   

There is this very stupid argument about "what we are doing is going to create a stagnant economy." Unfortunately there is some truth here, my issue is the Tense being used. WHAT WE DID, IS GOING TO CAUSE A PERIOD OF STAGNATION. But economic consolidations are NORMAL. The idea that the economy can just go straight up all the time, is the thesis of a child.

Then there is this thesis of china, and currency. I'm not sure who is tracking what is going on in Europe, but besides Germany, there is limited economic stregnth in europe. The lack of central economic focus in Europe, is the weakness in the EURO. creating a global currency is silly, it will cause the same weakness in curency. the stregth of the dollar is stability of government, and central economic focus.

Our biggest worries are about Social stability, and global social stability.

If you get a chance check out the newest episode of Frontline on the national Debt. It's a concern... but you also have to understand that Debt to GDP was highest just before one of the largest economic expansions in US history, Post WW2. High Debt=bad economy is not a reasonable corollary.

or go to PBS

The Unquiet mind

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My Twisted Mojo.

It's 3am... I've decided that I need to accelerate the news flow into my brain. I was laying down thinking how slow television is as a data delivery advice. I started having visions of some kind of plug in to stream it straight into my brain.

Just some in-site into my unquiet mind right now. Let us just admit it... the 70 degree temperatures were like dating a Mormon girl.... she almost started to put out.. Then she went to church on Sunday, and changed her mind...

It was like a spine breaker, I was getting back to the old patterns, then suddenly it was cold and I refused to break all the cold weather gear back out.


In the other part of my brain. I just started listening to Joshua tree again. It's like being in highschool.... it's nice...

Ok... I'm about to just explode with random fleeting ebb and tide going through my head.... I don't know this is like a Writing and mental exercise... so bare with it.

... Every body is so FUCKING CRAZY right now.... 3 weeks ago everybody convinced we were sliding into some kind of Marxist.... bla bla bla... Now everybody is convinced everybody is in the bag for Illuminati/goldman sachs.
It's going to take a few weeks for people to regain their senses... but it's like post traumatic stress, we are going to have to slowly work it off, realize our irrational fears were getting the best of us... Our lizard brains, throwing us off the Merry-Go-Round.
Both sides of the debated deeply deeply disturbed, convinced the revolution is coming... of course they will be ready to revolt as soon as the reruns of "Friends" is over. Or they are happy to get involved as long as their favorite sitcom isn't on... Moreover.. people more willing to type it out on a computer than actually take to the streets.... YA... I'M SAYING ALL YOU ASSHOLES ARE MORE LIKELY TO SIT ON YOUR PIEHOLE THAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT 'IT' WHATEVER 'IT' IS.

so, seems like in the ebb and flow, normality is returning.... but still there is the memory of what was, and the images that flew through our brains about what 'might have been'....

you have to remember, it's not like broad swaths of the population is starving, and they have many options in a country with so much cheep food, and with such broad resources...

and don't get me started about how crazy all you people are about the chines... it's like we are still working off the cold war boogyman....

Hang on everybody........ it may not be the change you envisioned... but it is change, and change is the only constant, and change is almost universally good.

Planting schedual

SO.... Planting time.

I was asked about planting....

here is a proper vegitable planting schedule from the USU extention... the usu extention office has quite a few resources for planting and gardening... In fact I believe you can actually call them, and they will answer just about any question you have... they also have seminars.

BUT... Mid march the first things can go in... you can push some stuff in on the break of Indian summer we get in Late Feb... My chives are already going, and I have some chamomile comminb back from last year... but...cold season vegies can go in right now.

Rhubarb
broccoli
cabbage
kohlrabi
onions
peas
radish
spinach
and turnips

all can go in now.. but roughly mid march

Now late march early april you can put in
Beets
carrot
cauliflower
endive
lettuce
parsley
parsnips
potato
chard..

early may you can put in things that will freeze but that you plant by seed.
first round of corn beans cucumber squash...

many greens can be put in all spring long, but greens get woody as the year heats up.

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Melancholy,

Today is Heart Rate -1 day. Exciting.. I'm fortunate, I don't believe in any particular universal order, but it seems like on birthdays when I'm grumpy enough. One of my computers fails, and it takes my mind off it.

But, I'd still rather do something else this weekend besides rebuild a computer...

Well Jesus... that is all I have.

The Wrestler

well, I saw when this came out, If I had known it was this good I would have gone and seen it...

It's good stuff

Famous last words

Well Pluss or minus....I am not afraid to hold equites here.
Banks for a bounce.
Semiconductors
Tech.
and looking for developing breakouts in Retail.

Cramer says BUY GOLD

LOL

seems like discouragement to me..

still need everyone to abandon all hope.

people do seem to have worked past anger