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booked a 3 days riding camp in SC with a buddy at the end of the month. Hoping for 4/5 hrs a day. Should be a good time.

Did a 4 hour bike ride with over a mile of climbing sitting on my computrainer. I then went to the DC autoshow and looked at some cars I don't really want but were pretty cool. The new CTS-V wagon was very very nice but I just can't seem myself in one. Now I'm waiting to head out to dinner with my wife.

replacement saddle for my training bike and some tubes

I am weird I guess and as I said my mom is even worse.

I know how you feel (honestly) when I was about 13 I had my pinky finger crushed (like mince meat) between to large rocks. It also broke the nearby finger as well to give you an idea of the force. I then went into a reconstructive surgery where I did the first half or so with no real anesthetic because (through my mom) I have a natural immunity to anesthetic (took two more shots before it worked). That said my mom had major surgery without it ever working...

Doesn't matter if they get paid hourly or not. Salaried people have an hourly cost just like everyone else. That said you have a point and I appear to have overestimated the salary by a lot and the cost of an hour is more like $1000( http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Utah_House_of_Representatives)

Lets see: 3 hours of some flunky to draft resolution ($100) 1 hour of house floor debate $10000 (lets say 100 members * $100/hr per member of the house) + + + not saying they would not have found something else inane to do during those hours but just saying.

^ Those scare me and make me feel inadequate a the same time

I left work at 1:30 and got home before the suck got cranked up. One of the guys that works for me took 6+ hours from DC to Falls Church. The idiocy must have been awe inspiring. The only idiocy I saw on this morning's drive in was as I pulled into the parking lot for my building (ice everywhere) the guy in front of me slammed on his brakes to get out his parking pass and nearly caused a 3 car pileup.

Good luck Ken and Nate! I left work early to avoid the CF that is traffic around here when there is snow and got home before any of the bad stuff really started. I then went to the gym in the rain and walked home in the snow which was interesting. Now I'm catching up on missed work and trying to figure out if I should actually plan on doing this presentation at 10am tomorrow or if it's going to be cancelled. I'm guessing the latter but I think I'll keep working.

congrats reks that is great news!

If only such things were true. I'm not sure how intense the classes are but my guess is order 700 cal which is like 4 beers. It's so depressing that you can't exercise away diet unless you're a pro or doing 4+ hrs of exercise. Yay piracy.

got yelled at when presenting in front of a group of "pillars" of my field. Yay life.

congrats on the BA Al. Sad I will not be hearing it. I bought another set of winter riding gloves....

^ that sounds like a bad idea.... Good luck with whichever job want most. The job market sort of sucks right now but you're also awesome at your job so my guess is that you'll have your pick.

Damn that's a lot of car in a short time Almost makes me think about actually replacing one of mine... nah

3 new shirts and a new blazer to replace my ones that are falling apart at the seams. Also 2 tubes and new tires for my good bike. Too many flats with the old rubber (3 blown tubes in 2 weeks).

Why wait for summer.....

Apparently bitching somehow magically fixed it because it's now working...

Just tried that and tried in IE (I usually use firefox) and no luck. It could be something with my work "keeping me safe" somehow.

for me the forums are slower than tar. I'm talking 3+min to load up a topic. What's weird is the main page is working great.

Why not just buy a high power PS Audio (or similar) re-generator? Then you get clean power anywhere. It was way cheaper for me than running a dedicated line.

bike racing on Versus

Did a moderately fast group ride in windy conditions that were just above freezing and sweated like hell in my new riding jacket.... man it's sweet

I am very excited for the Motorola Atrix Motorola Atrix 4G, HD multimedia dock, and laptop dock hands-on -- Engadget A dual core phone that I can dock and use as a nettop... frigging sweet.