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Early Mornin’ Tour
Kei and I have figured out you need to wake up at 5:30 am to get the best tour coverage. No Al FishHead, very little Bobke. Just pure Phil and Paul goodness. I am not alone. The tour will now ruin my nightlife. Oh, wait, what nightlife?
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Last night’s tour
I was quite impressed with the performance last night of Michael Rasmussen. Of course, Lance destroyed the field and has proven he isn’t riding this tour just for more Nike endorsements. But after Sunday’s performance by Rasmussen and yesterday, I wonder if Rasmussen will end up in a spot in the podium in Paris.
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Music Map
Hey, try this out: www.music-map.com. Just type in the name of a band and it will show you bands that are similar in a floaty dynamic graphical way.
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Floyd Landis
OK. I know what you’re thinking. He left lance during his farewell tour like the drummer of an arena rock band at the height of their career. From Discovery to Phonak, Landis has discouraged many folks I’ve talked to. But he’s got to start at some point building his career. And besides, even though he…
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Rest Day
After an unrelenting first week of the tour, the boys are taking a day off. I wonder what they are doing? I wonder if Rasmusson can even walk after yesterday’s performance. All I can say is I need a rest day after this long week. Three hour coverage of the tour every night really takes…
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Escape from Ballard Pizza
We had Zagis Pizza today for lunch and, boy, I haven’t had pizza this good since Escape from New York Pizza! The Roni was tasty, the pieces enormous, flat and sauce nicely sweet and spicy. Wow!
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Rainy Saturday
I’m in Prince George today, cleaning the snails out of my camper shell and spreading tarps out in the truck bed. Yes, I drove the 12 hour journey in Blue Job, and yes, I made it. Actually, I was really impressed at Blue’s performance, only having to slow down to 55 up the steep passes,…
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The Office
We had our office summer picnic today. The rain was coming down pretty hard, so we had it indoors. I rented a couple dvd’s and we watched them over the projector. I rented the best of Will Ferrel and The Office (the original bbc miniseries). It was a little odd watching a show about work…
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But do they know how to tack?
Cosmos 1, the first solar sail-boat, launches today from a Russian Submarine. (Their website is flooded today, so you may have some trouble with the first link). In other celestial news, the moon tonight is supposed to be extra big seeming to folks in the pacific northwest. That is, if these clouds clear up.
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Boy in a housing bubble
Maybe it’s sour grapes for me, but doom and gloom says the Economist on housing prices. After the Fall and Global Housing Boom.