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I can’t help it. Really, I can’t. I’m just glad this whole process is over with. ABCNews reporting that she’s told her staff that their last day is Friday is awesome to hear. Finally going to concede, are we?

Ah, I slay me.

Last week, when Obama and McCain were arguing about Iraq and moving on without her, Hillary Clinton made a play to shut down Obama: new t-shirts!

When that not working, rumors are saying that she’s decided to do go the I Can Has Cheezburger route:

NO CAN HAS.

So I guess the first point of suck on Friday was that someone stole my iPod off my desk at work. How fucking lame is that? The second and third points of suck are small enough to be unworthy of mention.

Awesome? Went and traded-in my PS2 and almost all of my games and got a PS3 and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The game itself is a little underwhelming, actually, but the graphics, even in 720p, are gorgeous.

I’m about to fuel up here and go crank out a 77.25 mile route. How do I know? It’s over on my Routes page, which I’ve been starting to update.

Happy Saturday!

The drivetrain of the author’s new commuter bike.

More information coming soon.

Keith Olbermann is the man. This might be the best verbal beat-down I have ever had the privilege to bear witness to.

As a NCOIC of mine was once fond of saying, “Ah, well, shit on a stick.”

I never understood what a feces-covered tree limb might indicate (other than something anatomically improbable and most likely very painful), but he trucked that gem out when he was frustrated, and currently it seems like an appropriate time to do so.

The wheels, which were supposed to be here today, are not. Woe is me. No new bike build tonight, so I’m opting to work on other things. That reduces the frustration factor somewhat.

Really, my biggest point of contention with the day is that I can remember putting all the ingredients in the crock pot this morning, but I’ll be damned if I can remember whether I turned the thing on.

Every so often, a mash-up comes along that just bends your brain a little bit. This is one of those:

So I got asked the following questions by Christopher Hawley:

1) Your take on the Olympics, the venue, and whether bicycling is adequately represented in the official events

2) optimism/realism/cynicism/pessimism: where do you see yourself on this spectrum? Is there another position which you would prefer to find yourself?

3) perversity of the universe, and why it tends to a maximal value (possibly one of Niven’s Laws, but ICBA to check): any personal anecdotes or insights?

[Here’s a starting topic: Why are people who are most hard of hearing the most likely to unplug the phone ‘because its ringing would disturb my sleep’?]

Well, let’s go through these one at a time.

First, the Olympics and cycling’s place in it. The venue? I’m fine with the games being hosted in China. Sure, they’ve got some human rights issues that they need to work out, but as a whole, I’m fine with the games being hosted there. That said, however, I feel bad for any endurance athlete that has to compete in Beijing’s air pollution. Read the rest of this entry »

You know, I love the Caturday/LOLCat humor. It’s so simple, so retarded, yet so…hysterically funny. It really cracks me the hell up. And that said, here’s one I found today that I love:

What are your favs? (Embed in comments.)

So it’s been awhile since I’ve touched this site — or it had been. I decided yesterday to switch to a new host, and start over from scratch. There’s something big afoot, and if my upcoming discussion on the subject goes well, I will have some big news to post here in the future. And that news will probably lead to a podcast/video-podcast that will be part of this site on a weekly basis.

Regardless of how the news goes, I’ll announce what it is/was, so you’re not left wondering.

Also, expect some changes to this site’s appearance and functionality. I’m not planning on leaving things this sparse.