Saturday night and I find myself at my home away from home: Corner Coffee. With out an internet connection at home I stop in here in the morning before heading to work to check up on things. A quick look at the fantasy baseball team is followed by an update on the house. Then I move to a skim reading of my favorite writers: Simmons, Barcelona, Savage, and others and then finish up with a look at the Tour de France.
I am amazed at how dominate Lance Armstrong is at what he does. I am not a cycling fan and not jumping on any band wagon now but I appreciate a good sports story and Lance provides that. Take today as an example. Contrary to popular belief cycling is very much a team sport. Lance could not win the race with out a huge effort from his Discovery Channel team and they have been doing fairly well for him. But today about 5 Km before a wicked 9 mile climb into the mountains another team took off on a sprint. The goal was to separate Lance from his team and take him on one on one. The goal was accomplished as the discovery team fell off and Lance stayed with the attacking group. The problem was Lance continued to charge up the hill while these gamblers started to drop off one by one. By the end Lance ended up separating himself from his closest rivals even more. It is just phenomenal how he answers the challenge and then makes you feel like a fool for challenging him. These riders have to do it though or they have no chance of winning. Barring a crash or injury though they really do have no chance of winning.
For our book club we are reading this beautiful book called The Kite Runner. I would recommend it so far though I am only 1/3 of the way done.
I have to go pick up Kate now so I better end this. More house pics to come, including but not limited to:
The bedrooms
The Attic
The basement
The Gnome family across the street
The best looking house in the neighborhood
and Kate trying to change a light bulb!
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Thoughts about nothing in particular
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Dear James and Kate,
Your little craftman style home is beautiful! I love the color on the walls, the fireplace detail, the transome windows and the balance of the exterior. what a wonderful first home. Our house in Diamond Springs had lino over wood florring with a wierd gray glue that had to be desolved with warm soapy water (sander would hardly move it). because we painted first and the glue removal was so messy, we had to repaint the walls. Hope yours will be much easier - they will look lovely. 'Can't wait to see the floors the pictures when you are finished. Aloha, Cindy
the family across the street is really named "gnome"? or are they little hobbits with crimson dunce hats? do they have a little round hobbit door too? i think it would be fun to live next door to little people. and if one ever steps on your lawn, you could yell out, "hey, you stupid midget, get off my grass before i kick your little hobbit anus across the street."
i'd have to agree with you about lance. he's a machine. i get tired riding my bike up santa barbara street and he bicycles up mountains like it's nothing. but i think he should let one of his teammates win for a change. lance is a selfish skinny trophy hog.
What do you mean, "SKIM READING"????
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