I had a political rant I was going to write this morning, but it turns out I feel like doing this instead. Maybe I'll do the political rant later. On to the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is professional cycling.

Floyd Landis has finally decided to admit to doping, for some reason I can't figure out. And he's saying a bajillion other ( Read more... )

From VeloNews:On a disappointing note, the peloton will have one less rider today, as Barloworld's Moises Duenas has been pulled from the Tour de France after a urine sample provided after stage 4 showed signs of (what else?) EPO.
Would you all please STOP TAKING DRUGS!? I don't even care about Moises Duenas, whom I'd never heard of before this ( Read more... )

I've decided to register for two classes this fall, probably Library Automation and a special topic on Genealogy in public libraries. I've spent the last couple weeks deciding if I was ready to do this or not, and I can finally say that I feel really confident about it. So, ideally, I can take two classes in the fall and two in the spring and be ( Read more... )

He said it right! I've been yelling at Al Troutwig all month for saying "backslash" all the time when he's reading off URLs. "Go to OLN dot com backslash TDF." GRRRR. It is a FORWARD SLASH OH MY GOD SAY IT RIGHT. But! He just said SLASH!!!1!!ONE! He HEARD me! *savors ( Read more... )

I've been extremely irritable for a few weeks now. I don't know what it is, but practically every night I get to a point where everything people say, to me or to each other, and everything they do annoys me ( Read more... )

One of the many reasons I love the Tour de France:
13:43:12 - Bike Problems For Dumoulin

The two riders at the front of the stage stopped momentarily. Dumoulin had a problem with his bike and it was tended to by a team mechanic. As this happened, Bjorn Schroder took the opportunity to answer the call of nature.
One of the riders in the breakaway ( Read more... )