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Bob Herbert wrote this excellent, scary, and funny (except that this woman is the potential vp) OpEd piece for the New York Times about Sarah Palin. The best snippet is here:When asked again this week about her puerile linkage of foreign policy proficiency and Alaska’s proximity to Russia, this time by Katie Couric of CBS … Continue reading Ladies & Gentlemens, Presenting, Er, Uhm…

So, after a long drive: Penticton, BC (that's in Canada) to Boise, ID on Monday (~550miles), and then to St. George, UT on Tuesday (~670miles), we ended up in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning for Interbike. I had a good swim in the Henderson Aquatics Center, which boasts an awesome, outdoor 50m x 25yd pool … Continue reading Interbike Quick Hit

After an excellent three week block of training in Penticton, tomorrow I once again pack up my car to head south. This time, however, I am lucky enough to have Jill riding shotgun. After missing many of the apparently warm days in Victoria, the Okanagan Valley smiled upon me and provided almost uninterrupted sunshine and … Continue reading Off From The Okanagan

Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is awesome. I ran across this cartoon from his book Who I Am And What I Want, and I felt compelled to share. Ah, the joys of sport…

This afternoon I was riding back around the dried up lake that sits near the intersection of the road to Twin Lakes. For those who ride around Penticton, you probably know where that is. For those of you that don't, no amount of description will really matter. Basically, it's the middle of nowhere in the … Continue reading Conversations With A Rattlesnake

Summer is a wonderful time of year for a whole variety of reasons, but one of my favorite reasons is definitely the edible things that grow outside, where they ought to. Being able to buy locale produce is a highlight, but even if you stray outside the 100 mile locale, everything just seems to taste … Continue reading The Green Zebra

A touch of the Turbo button at the bar end – and the burning sensation in your thighs disappears – the healthy perspiration, however, remains. (aka Push ze button. Zoom-zoom.) This is SO German, it is astounding. Basically, it is a little electric motor that goes inside your seat-tube that can deliver 200 watts of … Continue reading Free Powah

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I'm truly sorry to see you go. Hopefully there will be endless tapes of Roger Federer1 hitting those magical shots over, and over, and over...1. Federer as Religious Experience. David Foster Wallace. New York Times Magazine. August 20, 2006.