Never a dull moment

Let me introduce my esteemed co-worker, James.

Christmas Tree

This is my first real Christmas tree--ever! This tree was born and raised in Coal Creek Canyon. It's such a nice tree, I wish I could keep it all year. And, it really beats the little fake one that I had last year. Between this and getting to play in the snow this weekend, I'm really in the Christmas spirit now.

*Sneeze*

I'm dusting off the ol' blog...it's going to be all shiny and new in a few days. Too much has been going on, sleep has been minimal and I value sleep pretty much more than everything else in life.

There's a ton to blog, too. :) Hope everyone in blog-land is enjoying the July-like Christmas season!

I just signed up a new...

I just signed up a new Jott.com account this is really cool. I am talking through my phone and Jott will translate that text into a blog entry so lets see if this works. Bye.

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jott.com

Tonight I learned about this cool new service called jott.com. I'm not being paid to write about it, it's really cool, though, so I thought you'd want to know all about it. Basically, you call this number from your phone, leave a message to yourself or someone else, jott.com then transcribes the message and emails you with the text.

Something else jott.com does is allow you to speak your blog entries. So, I just tried it. Hopefully it'll show up here in the next few minutes. Speech recognition on drugs, man!

Happy Birthday, Doug! (For those of you who don't know, but you should if you've been to my place, Doug is the coolest painter in the world.)

Time Delay

Has it been that long since I last blogged? Apparently! Now, the Rockies have made it through the off-season and are in the World Series!!! No, I'm not the biggest baseball fan, but I have always been a fan of the Rockies. Besides, I'm a native Denverite, therefore, I do qualify as a loyal supporter (because everyone knows that Denver has the best fan base in the country).

It's hard to believe how loud the crowd was--my windows were shut (and the building is well insulated from noise) and I could hear every time there was an Arizona out or Rockies run. The energy is pretty amazing.

To celebrate, I started the morning by running around Coors Field. Three sports reporters and their crews were by the stadium reporting on the game. Of course, there was nothing going on and the grounds only showed slight signs of wear.

In other news, the past couple of weeks have been family-filled. There were lots of pictures and stories...so, of course, I haven't blogged anything because it involves uploading pics and writing...and my priorities have been focused on other things (same ol, same ol....training, reading, sleeping, working...)

Thank you, Rockies

Mondays are always the busiest day at the gym. It was quite a pleasant surprise to find that everyone except two people are such Rockies fans that they chose to watch yesterday's game rather than workout. It was a good game and the Rocks are going to the playoffs. That's big news...hopefully they go all the way so I have the gym to myself for awhile. Go Rockies!

Best Food Ever Made

Someone left a coconut curry chocolate bar in the kitchen for public consumption. I've just discovered my most favorite food! (Yes, that's food, btw.)

CSU

Got a chance to check out the CSU campus last Thursday, catch up with Carol & work a career fair for my company. Being a CU grad, I'm not allowed to say much, but I did like what I saw of the campus.
The funniest thing I saw at the career fair: a guy with dreads, surfer-like shirt and shorts, sandals, complete with iPod plugged in both ears. Why, exactly, did he come to a career fair? If he was toting a bag of schwag, that would have at least made a little sense, but he wasn't even there for the free stuff.

After the career fair was over, it was time for some fun climbing in Rist Canyon.
Beautiful riding, lovely evening. Always nice to have a day out of the usual, though I found out that there's no way I could work a job that requires standing.

Say a Prayer

Not sure how many people read this blog, but if you do, say a prayer (or many) for Chuck B. to get better soon. He's in the hospital hanging onto life after an infection got a hold of him...just a few weeks after being declared cancer-free. He has put up an incredible fight against cancer and is still fighting...

He's the guy responsible for all of the cool pictures at Cyclimages.com.

Get well soon, Chuck!