So over this summer, I’ve slowly re-dedicated myself to getting fit, and trying more seriously to shed the extra 45 pounds or so that have accumulated since graduate school.
Yeah, that’s right: 45 pounds. 70 if you count the change from college days.
It all started, really, with heading back to another favorite activity, reading Metafilter. I [...]
(Tuesday)
(oh, and Bowl)
Will be interesting to see what happens tonight, and how the endorsements roll over the next week or so. Republicans look more locked up than the Dems, but that could easily change as well.
As for the Super-Duper Bowl, well, it was odd: for the first time in 27 Super Bowls, a team I [...]
What. A. Mess.
The latest hit is best described by Deadspin: “Rasmussen told to leave Tour de France, which is kind of like suspending Bonds for steroids while he’s rounding the bases.” Latest? Oh yeah, all this junk happened already.
It’s difficult to maintain an interest in the sport, after the last two Tours du Scandal.
Being sick at home has one or two advantages, among them being able to catch up, at long last, on the hours and hours of cycling I had stored on the DVR so far this year.
In quick succession, I’ve worked my way through the Tour of California, Milan-San Remo (and Tirreno-Adriatico as a bonus), and [...]
I’ve been only vaguely paying attention to pro cycling this year, still getting over the scandal garbage from last season. But this news snippet caught my eye this morning (via Cyclingnews):
VDB hoping for the Giro d’Italia
By Susan Westemeyer
[...]
Yep, Super Bowl time. This year, I’ll be seeing it on a big-screen HDTV, courtesy of a friend. I’m guessing that my pitch to save for HDTV will start approximately 48 seconds after I get home from this.
So in preparation, here are a few things to read so you’re fully prepared:
Actual Analysis: Courtesy of [...]
Um, not so awesome. Do I even need to link the past week’s news? Didn’t think so.
I’ll reserve the euphoria of the Tour itself to a nice crystalline time capsule of pure fun.
Awesome.
Linkage:
A New American in Paris
Cyclingnews.com Profile
Floydsite
So 2-3 days before the Tour de France began, I started writing a giddy anticipation post. In the middle of editing that one, the news broke about Operacion Puerto claiming Ullrich and Basso (and by way of teammates, Vinokourov) among others. That was so rattling that I opted not to post at all, and [...]
In a former life, I worked for Northwestern University, after picking up an unexpected advanced degree. During my time there, I became a somewhat fanatical college football fan, due to Big 10(11) proximity and the presence of large numbers of football players in the program that employed me … I knew the guys on the [...]
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