watch me think

..im going to try and ride the barriers and the run up at glouster this weekend. the way i see it, all the spectators will have already left that spot to follow the leaders. so there will be no one left to wittiness if (when*) i eat grass...maybe a bit nervous?. yup. dealing with it?.. yup.


This picture covers just about everything. A team mate of mine, so that takes care of getting the sponsors name in my post. It shows the run up and barriers that I plan I hopping/riding. And it also points out where ill be rock climbing Sunday afternoon, post race. : )

secret message much?

I think this guys must have skipped over the power to weight ratio chapter of his training book. This isn't professional wrestling for Christmas sake! I bet he has no trouble squeezing the water from his bottle as hes being dropped at kilometer 1 of a 20 K pass through the Alps.

man who lives down the road, who is in his car, on his way to work
me, who just woke up, and went for a walk; barefoot, PJ'ed and democratically in tune


Whats that your holding on your head?
oh, nothing.
taking your bunny for a walk, eh?
yes.
homeschool; what a life.

..Some things are just better left to the imagination.


getting back into the regular updating... heres the Random Song for today.. i picked a number between 1 and 7,500... what comes up, Adderondack Blue... what are the chances?.. sereouly.. what are they?

i seem to recall someone singing this at FCF 3rd ses 2002?

Mars rotates once ever 24 hours and 47 minutes? is this true?

P's me O... 99 cents. 99 dollars. evrytime people use 99 to make prices look cheaper. i drive by the car delerships and theres a Huge 29,999.99 painted on the window. think how P. O.ed youd be if you were the emplye there, and had to paint 2 extra HUGE numbers on the window. i know, it works. people are more likly to think of 29,000 than 30,000 at first impression. but still. come on alredy. atleast have some fun with it and make things 29,999.37... The 99 is getting old. show me something new., like the 99 is really fooling that many people 100 years after its invention.

Well, Sinead O'Rebellion. Shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behavior.

30-50 gallons of sap are evaporated to make one gallon of syrup. Is this true?

A gallon of pure Maple Syrup weighs 11 pounds.

High Heeled shoes where first invented In the Middle East to lift the foot from the burning sand.

Shoes all over the world were identical until the nineteenth century, when left- and right-footed shoes were first made in Philadelphia.

In Biblical times a sandal was given as a sign of an oath.

( see: Maigh.com )


"Is there a colored plastic bracelet for the flu? What about a non-profit funding research for a cure?

Why is it you can go into the ER with a broken ankle, but if you're a woman they'll ask you about your last cycle? Is it to determine how emotional you may be? Is there a male equivalent to this question?"

see: fatmarc.com

"So my brother and his wife have trained my niece Ciera on how to deal with
strangers.It's very heads up, and frankly if I was a parent I hope that I would
have these conversations with my children. Tim told me as they drive around in
their white 1979 Ford Bronco (just like OJ's), they would practice screaming, "
stranger! stranger! Help!" at the top of their lungs. This came as a great
surprise to Ciera's grandparents, who were having a nice discussion with her
over breakfast at Denny's, while babysitting one recent morning. Ciera calmly
commented to them, "Daddy and Mommy have told me how what to do if a stranger
comes up to me." Ciera's Grandmother asks, "how's that honey?" Ciera calmly sets
her piece of toast down on the plate, places her hands on her hips, shuts her
eyes, and begins to scream at the top of her lungs, still in Denny's mind you
"STRANGER, STRANGER, STRANGER, HELP, HELP" Of course everyone in the restaurant turned startled and horrified at what was going on. The Grandparents were a little embarrassed. Ceira said, "see!?" with a big smile, she picked up her
toast and very matter of the factly continued to eat."

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.

Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.

The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.

The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

Children grow faster in the springtime.

Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.



--Sven Van Thoranhout