Cause i'll be here. To quote Karen from Will and Grace, "it's funny because it is blasphemous."
"These are perilous times for people of faith," she said, "not in the sense that we are going to lose our lives, but in the sense that it will cost you something if you are a person of faith who stands up for what you believe in and say those things out loud."
We have diversity of color but no diversity whatsoever of faith or policy. I guess Bush is now supporting Delay now too. Drunk with power I say, drunk with power. They will get their comeuppance when all is said and done. Do away with the filibuster, eh? Sure, that may be good for you now, but when the tides turn, what then? We'll put judges in that outlaw marriages between men and women, lower the drinking age to 5, raze the suburbs and burn the cars...
I started racing again. I raced last Wednesday afternoon, got 4th out of 16 or so finishers. 38 minutes of pain, average heart rate was 188, max was 197. I'm good for another round this week, bring the pain. Erin and I rode the Chico Mildflower on Sunday. 62 miles, 2000ft of climbing, 4 hours, 40 minutes. Erin rode like a champ, steady climbing, some attacking, it was awesome. We had a faster overall speed this year than last year, and last year was all flat. Yea Erin!
I'm kinda bored with politics right now, it's warm, i'm commuting on the bike to work, flowers are out, beers must be drunk.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Thursday, April 07, 2005
No deaths!? Little death...
After the deaths of Terry Schiavo and the Pope it seems like there is nothing in the news to scream about.
This is regarding the memo that circulated around our Congressional Republicans to address the Schiavo case: "Martinez, R-Florida, said in a written statement that he discovered Wednesday that the memo had been written by an aide in his office.
"It is with profound disappointment and regret that I learned today that a senior member of my staff was unilaterally responsible for this document," Martinez said.
He said he accepted the resignation of the staffer who drafted and circulated the memo. "This type of behavior and sentiment will not be tolerated in my office," he said."
Anyone want to join me in calling BULLSHIT!!!
I got back on the singlespeed this week. It's been a month since I rode it last. Cleaned up the bottom bracket and adjusted the fork, rode to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. A whopping 3.5 miles each way! I did ride it Tuesday and Wednesday night though for about 2 hours each night, 20 some miles, 2k of climbing, etc. I forgot how frigging tired that thing can make ya. Punishing. It's an awesome descender, but climbing is hell. Hell, I tell you, hell. I might have to spin on the trainer tonight to flush some of the poisons I built up over the past few days.
Sea Otter may not happen for me, no same day registration for Sunday...
This is regarding the memo that circulated around our Congressional Republicans to address the Schiavo case: "Martinez, R-Florida, said in a written statement that he discovered Wednesday that the memo had been written by an aide in his office.
"It is with profound disappointment and regret that I learned today that a senior member of my staff was unilaterally responsible for this document," Martinez said.
He said he accepted the resignation of the staffer who drafted and circulated the memo. "This type of behavior and sentiment will not be tolerated in my office," he said."
Anyone want to join me in calling BULLSHIT!!!
I got back on the singlespeed this week. It's been a month since I rode it last. Cleaned up the bottom bracket and adjusted the fork, rode to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. A whopping 3.5 miles each way! I did ride it Tuesday and Wednesday night though for about 2 hours each night, 20 some miles, 2k of climbing, etc. I forgot how frigging tired that thing can make ya. Punishing. It's an awesome descender, but climbing is hell. Hell, I tell you, hell. I might have to spin on the trainer tonight to flush some of the poisons I built up over the past few days.
Sea Otter may not happen for me, no same day registration for Sunday...
Monday, April 04, 2005
Pope Snow
It looks like it's been about 2 weeks since I last posted.
Some things have happened since then. I raced the Cool mountain bike race. I got 9th out of 19 starters in the 30-39 sport class. I was 2 1/2 hours behind second place. My excuse? The critical error was when I moved my saddle back about 5mm the day before the race. During the second lap I had the feeling of a muscle being pulled, the sensation ran from my left "love handle" down my ass to just above my knee. Live and learn.
Terry Schiavo died in that time. During the 14 days between when her feeding tube was pulled and the day she died, 12 US soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan. We didn't hear much about those fellas did we? This "culture of life" propaganda is such hypocritical horseshit. It's not a culture of life. Sure abortions are bad and the GOP doesn't want abortions, but it really seems like they could care less about the rest of us. And, the only reason they gave a damn, or rather appeared to give a damn, about Terry Schiavo is because they thought it may be a good political move. They were wrong, but the media has already forgiven them for it.
The Pope died. Doesn't mean much unless you are Catholic. He thought war was bad and so is birth control...
We saw Kinsey, the movie, last night. Highly recommended. It was a very interesting delve into American sexuality and in general our perceptions of sex, what is right, wrong, fun, absurd and how our sexuality affects our social and emotional life. The movie answered age old questions like: "Is it normal for my boyfriend to want to touch my anus while we are having sex?" For me, on of the parts of the movie that really hit me was the story of a lesbian woman. She started off with a husband, kids, etc. Got a job and slowly fell in love with a co-worker. She didn't know how to deal with it and no one to talk to about it. She "took up drinking," her husband left her, she alienated her children and her life basically fell apart. She effectively ruined her life because of love. It was a very sad and incredibly powerful story that was put in the movie to validate Kinsey's life work. Go see it with someone young and someone old.
We went skiing. Took a Monday off to celebrate my birthday and went up to do an Angora Lake ski tour. Great weather, about 12" of fresh snow and high avalanche danger.
We woke up Monday morning with 6" of fresh snow in town.
We spent about two hours breaking trail in 12" of fresh snow.
We were rewarded with great views when we got to Angora Lookout.
We continued West on Angora Ridge.
We dropped down the the basin just shy of Angora Lake, then switchbacked our way up to Angora Lake with a nice view of Angora Peak.
Coming back down that section we had switchbacked proved a little difficult for our skill level.
It cleared up quite a bit for our return trip over Angora Ridge. Click here for a panoramic view.
Some things have happened since then. I raced the Cool mountain bike race. I got 9th out of 19 starters in the 30-39 sport class. I was 2 1/2 hours behind second place. My excuse? The critical error was when I moved my saddle back about 5mm the day before the race. During the second lap I had the feeling of a muscle being pulled, the sensation ran from my left "love handle" down my ass to just above my knee. Live and learn.
Terry Schiavo died in that time. During the 14 days between when her feeding tube was pulled and the day she died, 12 US soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan. We didn't hear much about those fellas did we? This "culture of life" propaganda is such hypocritical horseshit. It's not a culture of life. Sure abortions are bad and the GOP doesn't want abortions, but it really seems like they could care less about the rest of us. And, the only reason they gave a damn, or rather appeared to give a damn, about Terry Schiavo is because they thought it may be a good political move. They were wrong, but the media has already forgiven them for it.
The Pope died. Doesn't mean much unless you are Catholic. He thought war was bad and so is birth control...
We saw Kinsey, the movie, last night. Highly recommended. It was a very interesting delve into American sexuality and in general our perceptions of sex, what is right, wrong, fun, absurd and how our sexuality affects our social and emotional life. The movie answered age old questions like: "Is it normal for my boyfriend to want to touch my anus while we are having sex?" For me, on of the parts of the movie that really hit me was the story of a lesbian woman. She started off with a husband, kids, etc. Got a job and slowly fell in love with a co-worker. She didn't know how to deal with it and no one to talk to about it. She "took up drinking," her husband left her, she alienated her children and her life basically fell apart. She effectively ruined her life because of love. It was a very sad and incredibly powerful story that was put in the movie to validate Kinsey's life work. Go see it with someone young and someone old.
We went skiing. Took a Monday off to celebrate my birthday and went up to do an Angora Lake ski tour. Great weather, about 12" of fresh snow and high avalanche danger.
We woke up Monday morning with 6" of fresh snow in town.
We spent about two hours breaking trail in 12" of fresh snow.
We were rewarded with great views when we got to Angora Lookout.
We continued West on Angora Ridge.
We dropped down the the basin just shy of Angora Lake, then switchbacked our way up to Angora Lake with a nice view of Angora Peak.
Coming back down that section we had switchbacked proved a little difficult for our skill level.
It cleared up quite a bit for our return trip over Angora Ridge. Click here for a panoramic view.
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