Today I became incensed at a conservative pundit railing against high taxes in the US. A caller suggested taxing the rich more to help cover our governments He claims that taxes are hurting business, and making the US less competitive internationally ( Read more... )

So I've been thinking about getting a MONSTERCROSS bike for a while. Like, 5-6 years. Basically I could use a bike like this to race cyclocross, for endurance racing on easier courses (ala Leadville, Cheq. Fat Tire 40), multi-terrain (paved, gravel, dirt) rides and maybe winter road riding. I'm thinking of buying this bike, putting a rigid fork ( Read more... )

Highlights of iOS 4 ( Read more... )

For those of you who aren't Apple dorks, the iPad has been a rumored device for over three years now. In fact, Apple has been working on some form of the iPad/iPhone for a decade. So as you might imagine the iPad was highly anticipated, and the rumors and speculation have been reaching a fevered pitch lately. I read Apple rumors almost daily, ( Read more... )

Well, I accidentally delete what was supposed to be this post on this weeks efforts in my never-ending quest to get "in shape". Here's a quick summary ( Read more... )

This past week has been best characterized as stifled progress ( Read more... )

Another year, and another amazingly brutal day of "racing" at the Triple-D. The Triple-D starts in Dubuque Iowa along the river, rides up and out to Dyersville IA, and then back to Dubuque. The course changes every year as Lance Andre the race promotor tries to make it, feasable for a reasonable number of riders to finish. Year 1: 6 people ( Read more... )

After a 48 hour delay, 7 hours of bike maintenance and $80 in replacement parts, I finally got my Triple-D shakedown ride in yesterday. Even then it didn't go smoothly. I had planned to leave for my ride no later than 9 am. But getting ready took FOREVER, I spent over an hour looking for clothing items I felt I needed, and I never did find my ( Read more... )

So this weekend... nothing really exciting happened. Carol was rocking the strep throat, so I stayed home with her most of the time aiding her when I could. I spent a lot of time working on my photo files. Managed to tag all of my plant photos and artistic photos with location tags.... yeah, nothing really exciting, but that has been a long time ( Read more... )

Well, I'm not going to make it a new years resolution or anything, but I really need to get back into journaling. About a month ago I tried to strike it up again, but haven't been keeping up too well. But with my bad memory, I feel its something I really need to do. I will try to put together a synopsis of the last few weeks soon, for now here ( Read more... )