Here it comes
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
First it was the Terrorist Fist Jab, now it’s Obama’s Baby Mama…
Next to come on Fox News: Hey, are we really going to put scary black people in the White House!?
Archive for June 11th, 2008
Live coverage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Follow the race on their Twitter site!
Mexicans!
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008I was listening to the radio this morning, as I am apt to do, and the hosts were having a debate about illegal immigrants. They were discussing the merits of encouraging citizens to phone the police when they see someone whom they suspect might be an illegal immigrant.
That, in my opinion, is a really bad idea.
How do you suspect someone might be an illegal immigrant? Because you hear them speak Spanish? How many Spanish speaking US citizens or documented aliens are now going to be harassed on a regular basis when the police show up to check their status?
How is this any different than me driving around my neighborhood looking for people who use florescent lights in their basement and calling the police to investigate if they are growing pot?
marketing lesson
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
The lesson for today is called “Product Placement”.
Chris Doig get’s gets an A+!
Pete Hanna get’s gets a B.
So ends the lesson for today.
Update 12:49pm - Punctuation lessons continue however…
Idiotic
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008I did not even make it the 15 minutes that I predicted.
I was curious about my fitness level and got all the answers I was looking for by lap 3 of the crit tonight.
Fitness level: not good
However, I stayed in the race longer than Super Rookie so I can’t say that I did not accomplish any of my pre-race goals. He was lipping off to me before the race started about being glad that I was there so he would not be last. So when things started to hurt I kept my eye on him. As soon as the group unloaded his worthless ass off the back of the field I knew that I only needed to ride another half lap to get it on the books that I had smoked him. His usual post-race (or post getting dropped) blather was for the most part unrecognizable except when he clearly uttered the words "even Smithers beat me." Mission f-ing accomplished.
It was still discouraging to roll out with a group of people that in previous years I would have been able to ride with and then finding myself unable to keep up. Between work and kids it’s one of those years I guess.
I would be all sad and lame about it except for the fact that I love my family. When I feel all fat like I just spend a few minutes with my son and he makes me laugh.
I still want to ride my bike for fun and fitness, but at the end of the day not hanging with the Cat 1/2/3 race at the State Fair Crit is not that big a deal to me. I should have just ridden long with scotterob tonight anyway. It would have been more fun and more valuable for my fitness.
Not to say that I did not have any fun at the race tonight. I saw…
- Lisa Hunt, director of the Value Act Capital Team. Said hi.
- Daniel Ramsey, from THE break of the Philadelphia International Classic, and the rest of the Factory Development Team. Said hi.
- Reb, who is riding to find a cure for MS. You should help. Said hi.
- Joe and Steph. Joe sez I should get a new computer monitor bracket. Steph asked if I was Twittering with my new Garmin Edge 305. WTF? How would that work? Said hi.
- DS and Little Ninja. All I could do was shake my head, but it was an awesome show. Especially when they totally missed the end of the Cat 1/2/3 race and decided to comment on the cool down lap. "Look at those guys rest!" Said hi.
- Phanna. He had no answer when I asked why those blue squad dudes were sprinting for 23rd place last week. Said hi.
- Snide. Mentioned something about the only riding he is doing is commuting to work and beer rides. Smoked me in the race and then told me that he rides 100 miles to work each direction and rides to Iowa for beer. We were watching the women’s race and I made some comment about how Snide likes fast women. He agreed. Said hi.
- Wah. Was interested to know if I had sorted out the cyclocross brake dilemma. I told him "yes". He then went into great detail regarding someone that does not like him. Said hi.
- Billy Billy Billy. He don’t Twit much so it was good to see him in person. He had some constructive criticism for the racers. Said hi.
- Jordan. He was also interested in an update regarding my cyclocross bike. I told him that I just needed to hook up the brakes and derailleurs and then it was done. I then told him that he could have it once it was all put together and I took the last photo for my blog. It’s a bit big for him but check it out this fall when he is riding that thing around, it’s super light. I asked him if he was racing the Cat 1/2/3 race and his eyes lit up. He then explained that he was a junior so he was racing the junior race. But I could tell that he is totally ready to race in the Cat 1/2/3 race. Said hi.
- P Max. Barely said hi.
- B2B. He saw me and said "my oh my". Did I even say hi? I don’t think I did. Sorry dude.
- Little Guy and (dis). I see (dis) all the time so I did not say hi. Said hi to Little Guy instead and stood for a bit admiring his bike.
- Teresa and Cam. They are ready to grind their adversaries into dust. Said hi.
- Said hi to the Flanders team and told them they had nice bikes. They talked smack about the "rep". Big laughs.
- Some people said hi to me that I did not recognize. Said hi back.
- Super Rookie wanted me to hang around and race the Cat 3/4 race. Or at least watch him in the Cat 3/4 race. Dude, bring your own fans. Said bye and rode home.
Stopped at Starbucks and bought an espresso and a pumpkin loaf but dropped it in the street as I was crossing 54th and Lyndale. I thought that was hilarious.
