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^ Ugh. Hope audiologist appt went well. Child care closed today so took the day off and Esmé and I had a blast. Highlights so far were hanging at a park and E's first movie theater experience. Her response to what'd she like most about Planes: Fire & Rescue - "the escalator!" (outside the theater). Okay, she's developing taste. Then we rode the escalator six thousand times.

Ben that looks like it hurt a bit. Me: Rode from the lake house towards the east instead of west and did about 45 miles. http://app.strava.com/activities/184881150 Some navigational challenges with forgetting my phone and having to go back and then a closed bridge that I had to work around but the riding over there is just awesome. Flat out gorgeous in some sections. Felt really good on the riding too but I had carbo-loaded excessively on pizza the night before so I'm not surprised. I'm thinking I need to host a ride where we string the two routes together and people have a half and century option. Easily could make that work, I rushed back a bit to make it to the pool with the boys.

Participated in an actual time trial race today, just to see how I'd fare. As it turns out, time trials really hurt... http://www.strava.com/activities/184773295 http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/572826798 Second lap was a struggle to simply keep moving and trying to not stop and puke. I really suck at pacing myself on hills

Did 75 miles today as some sort of preparation for the CWC. Only 3100 feet of climbing though, so it is a long shot from the century course. The biggest training success for me is that I finally was able to pace myself pretty well. Kept the overall highest speed in flat terrain at 18 mph max and paced also the uphills. I guess this is where training with a power meter would really help. Ended the ride feeling well, legs tired but not shot and was able to do the last 10 miles upping the speed to top 23-24 mph on flats.

Sorry about your sister's house, Rob, but glad nobody was hurt.

Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth, the remaster is pretty nice (unlike many remasters). The CD also has Dissidents: The Search For Truth Part I off the 12".

You never know when the big one will hit, so Earthquake scones

Now I've seen everything. I just received a call from a (800) number to my Verizon cell phone with a pre-recorded message telling me to claim my Verizon wireless reward by logging on to Verizon18.com. I had my doubts, but the website looked identical to the real Verizon website, and when I clicked on certain parts of the fake website such as "customer service," it brought up the reall verizon wireless customer service page, so the scam is designed well. What gave it away was it requiring you to type in the ID, password, then the last 4 of social security number. This now appears very dangerous, and I called Verizon, they confirmed this is not a Verizon website or offer. Verizon will alert its fraud department. Anyway, this is a warning for Verizon customers. A voice call to my cell phone is a new one on me, different from the usual and obvious "Bank of America" or "ebay" scam emails from foreign email addresses. It just seems like the world is faull of criminal sh%%Heads trying to scam or hurt you and getting worse. Still, shudder to think how they got a hold of my verizon cell number.

Thanks for the heads up. I treat all calls and emails from B of A,Verizon, and Chase like I do calls and emails from my in laws...ignore.

Celebrating one of life's small victories

For Dusty: heart attack, arm amputated, give me twelve hours to live. Thanks for looking out! (Seriously. I thought about a heart attack/stroke when the hand tingling came into play, but nothing else presented. It was a push to take the day and go to doctor though.) Everyone else: pinched nerve. Going with some icing and antiinflammatories and some range of motion exercises and a limited work release... And a follow up in a week. Thanks for the concern. It still sucks, and not sure what caused it, but we'll see if it gets better. Can do PT if it continues past next week. **BRENT**