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2009 Tour de France Route revealed

Next year’s Tour de France is going to be an interesting one. Bypassing the Normandy and Brittany regions completely, the Tour will mostly be held in central, southern, and eastern France, departing from Monaco, and featuring sojourns into Spain, Andorra, Italy, and Switzerland.

The most interesting feature that I’ve been able to glean thus [...]

Drink more coffee!

One of the waitresses at the Bayou may have a mammoth rack (at least according to the Cunning Vulpine, and the 8th Avenue Express), but I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I have a preference for something a bit more petite.

So imagine my joy when I came across the following study, initially [...]

I’ve done my part …

… by going to Holladay City Hall after work today, and casting my ballot. Now the rest of y’all need to go do the same.

Voting is not just a right and a privilege, but also a duty.

Brilliance

Having a migraine is something I would never wish upon any other person … but when you get them as often as I do, you know that often the only thing that can be done is to write-off the day, pop a couple Maxalt or Relpax, crawl into bed and sleep.

After taking off from [...]

At last …

I’ve written in the past about how much I love David Sedaris’s essays on This American Life; and I remember a wonderful one-man show of The Santaland Diaries put on by one of the local theater companies a few years ago.

But tonight … tonight I get to see the man himself, giving [...]

Video Poetry (One World Edition)

BLACK EYED PEAS – WHERE IS THE LOVE?

What’s wrong with the world, mama People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas I think the whole world addicted to the drama Only attracted to things that’ll bring you trauma Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism But we still got terrorists here livin’ [...]

Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama

Colin Powell endorses Obama – CNN.com

(CNN) — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Sunday that he will be voting for Sen. Barack Obama, citing the Democrat’s “ability to inspire” and the “inclusive nature of his campaign.”

“I think he is a transformational figure, he is a new generation coming onto the world [...]

Three down

After the perfect cyclocross weather we had the past two weeks, today we simply had perfect weather. Sunny, clear, upper 60s (or low 70s), and yet another near-record turnout.

Everyone seemed to love the course, but it was definitely a roadie’s course … fast grass and hard pack most everywhere; even though the lap was [...]

Poetry Friday

POET’S WORK

Grandfather     advised me:         Learn a trade

I learned     to sit at desk         and condense

No layoffs     from this         condensery

  — Lorine Niedecker (1903 – 1970), American Poet

2008 Utah Cyclocross Series Race #3

2008 Utah Cyclocross Series Race #3 October 18th, 2008 Golden Spike Arena Weber County Fairgrounds 1000 North 1200 West Ogden, Utah

For race #3, the Utah Cyclocross Series will be heading to another brand-new venue for the Series.

Matt says that the venue will have a lot of interesting challenges, in and out of the [...]