Archive for July, 2008
Day 2: On the Road Again…. Still….
Well, it’s been an exciting day… and night! We woke up at 2:30 last night to sirens and honking fire engines instructing (no… commanding) that we get our of our tents and make it to a “severe weather shelter.” It looked like it was going to be a quite, cool and uneventful evening, but guess […]
Read More..>>Day 1: We Made it to Harlan
It’s hot and getting hotter, but we’re here. Turns out Harlan is immensely bigger than I woud have expected. When we rolled into town, I thought “phew, we made it!” except we ended up having several major hills to go yet! My tent is set up though and, though the lines at the showers are […]
Read More..>>Day 1: A few problems…
So far so good, but I’ve had a few problems today - ironically, none because of the hills (I think we’ve done more today already than we did all year last year!)
Coffee Wait: about 30 minutes. Is any coffee really worth waiting 30 minutes for? I suppose not, but I promised that I was going to […]
A Few Pictures to Get You Going
For some reason, my blog isn’t letting my upload an 8mpx photo… go figure…
I put some up on my flickr page though at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24266318@N00/sets/72157606261587424/
Grace and Peace,
`tim
Ragbrai Begins!!!
Good afternoon everyone!
As far as I’m concerned, Ragbrai is now officially started! To be fair, tomorrow will be our first day of riding, but we’re in Missouri Valley, IA ready to begin! Yesterday we hit some rain just as we were crossing the Iowa/Illinois border. We spent the night in Iowa City with some friends of Brenda’s […]
Jott.com
Several weeks ago I ran across the website Jott.com; I’m not exactly sure where I first saw it although I think it was probably one of those little adds on the top of my gmail screen. It’s a beta site, so I was a little concerned. My experience is that sites in beta are often […]
Read More..>>Individual Chocolate Soufflé Cakes
I used to subscribe to the magazine Cooking Light. I didn’t make many of the recipes, but it was a great magazine when I first subscribed. The problem? Slowly, but surely, it became more of a women’s exercise magazine that happened to have a few recipes. Too bad. I now […]
Read More..>>The Irony of Independence Day
I ran across these stats this morning… thought I’d share…
According to the US Census Bureau,
The US imported $217,000,000 worth of fireworks in 2007 ($207,000,000 from China).
In 2007, the US imported $4,700,000 worth of US Flags ($4,300,000 from China).
So the US imports exactly the same things we use to celebrate our “independence”… he he he
Oh, irony […]
Let’s talk about ______, baby!
Years ago, Salt-n-Peppa put out a catchy little song called “let’s talk about sex.” I recall it going something like:
Let’s talk about sex, baby.
Let’s talk about you and me.
Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be.
Let’s talk about sex.
Back “in the day” I thought it was “on […]
I long for…
A confession: I have been dissatisfied lately. Not with work, or family, or anything else specifically, just a general, unfocused dissatisfaction. It isn’t anyone’s fault and it isn’t based on any particular problem, except perhaps that I have a LOT to do these days and - although I stay very busy - I […]
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