Food...Must Have FOOD!!!

I haven't missed breakfast since July of 2001. It's one of the main reasons I get out of bed in the morning. Today is a fasting blood test and that involves not eating from midnight this morning until 10 am. So here I am, listening to my stomach growl at me, trying to get work done to keep my mind off of food and gulping down water.Look what I found at Whole Foods last night! A new flavor of Clif Bar. One of the many things I'll consume later this morning.

Where Old Snow Goes to Die

Riding on the road today was fantastic. The roads were relatively clean (though badly potholed), the sun was shining and everyone with a bike or a dog was outside and all smiles. I stopped during the ride to check my tires, there were 8-12 shards of glass embedded in the back tire alone (no, I'm not complaining). Apparently the road crews brought the snow here, near Sloans Lake, creating mountains of the grossest snow that may not melt until August.

Prep for V-Day

Today at work, people came up from the bookstore to give us a nice book talk--their recommendations as to good books to give as gifts or read for Valentine's Day. The most interesting book of the day: Carmasutra. It has crash-test dummies doing all kinds of interesting things in a variety of vehicles. So this is why people own mini-vans. And why people with mini-vans have lots of kids. The mystery is solved.

The Process of Losing the View & My Privacy

Here's an update with progress on the art museum:

It's hard to tell from this picture (taken last Saturday morning), but there are men working just outside my window. Felt a bit self-consious while spinning on the trainer. It'll be the same story tomorrow morning, too. Pounding and crashing will begin at the crack of dawn.

That was nothing, however, compared to this meeting with the window washer at work today.Okay, I would have felt really bad if my enthusiastic opening of the blinds had made this poor man lose the rope. I think I scared him. Then he was mortified by having his picture taken.

Reading this Blog

It has been brought to my attention that some people who visit this blog are not using an Aggregator. An aggregator will notify you when the blogs that you subscribe to have been updated or have had content added, saving you the time of visiting the site and trying to figure out what's new.

Here's a list of Aggregators: List

Here is one that I recommend (because everything Google does is cool):

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Arizona

Check out the forecast for Arizona next week. *Big Grin* Colorado has thawed, but this weekend will be more snow.

On the Road Again

Finally, yesterday was the first day I could be on the road since mid-December. The sun was shining, and temps were mild. All main roads are clear of snow and ice...side streets are still solid ice in many places. After being on the trainer all winter, I thought I'd feel fast. Like faster than fast. No luck. It was sloooow going. The strong, artic wind didn't help matters, either. Just being able to get out brings hope. There's no way, though, that I'm going to be ready to race in less than two weeks.Hey, Mon-- Read this entry--it's about a guy who moved back to Jamaica. Apparently, he rides his bike on the roads there. It's shocking to me because I thought Jamaica only had a couple of main roads and those are quite narrow and in poor condition. Hmmm...well, it is warm there, maybe that's a place to relocate to! I happen to like the dreads and Bob Marley never goes out of style (at least the Jamaicans don't think so).

Alaska

Watching tv last night, I saw an ad for vacationing to Alaska. The ad had all sorts of nice pictures of the frozen landscape. Granted, it's probably warmer there, however, who would go vacation there after this winter?

Cross-Training is Over

Welcome to February. It's always an accomplishment to get through January. Last weekend was spent off the bike, eating good food and skate skiing Devil's Thumb. So far, it was the mildest one yet, but road riding was still not an option. We're now at something like 7 weeks straight of too-cold/snowy/icy-to-ride weather. Here are some mole-drenched enchilladas at Tamayo's. Yummy! 5280 gave their mole a thumb's up, so do I (not that I know what bad mole is, this was my first taste of it).
The restaurant at Devil's Thumb is a very cool place to go. This picture doesn't do it justice. Sit by the fire after a long day of skate skiing...oh, and their scotch beer (I forget the exact name) is quite pleasing, too.
And it wouldn't have been the weekend it was without Eric!

Racing is only a few weeks away, woooohooooo!!! Can't wait to be in toasty Arizona.

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