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They took our neighbor off in handcuffs yesterday. CSI raided the house for about 6 hours.

Definitely global warming…

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/skinput-because-touchscreens-never-felt-right-anyway-video/ - I can’t wait for the next version of the iPod… wait, this a microsoft development.

I will be participating in 24 Hours of Booty, a fundraising event for national and local cancer initiatives. 24 Hours of Booty is The Official 24 Hour Cycling Event of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. 24 Hours of Booty is proud to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation as its national recipient. I hope to put in 200+ miles over the 24 hour event. Join me if you can. The more the better. Even if riding a bike really “isn’t your thing”, it’s for a good cause and will be a lot of fun. Or, if you can, please help support me. I know times are hard for everyone right now but even a little bit helps bring us closer to a cure.

My donation page is here:
http://www.24hoursofbooty.org/site/TR/Bike/General?px=1229221&pg=personal&fr_id=1111

My parents made it into town twice over the past few weeks. Has some food and caught up. Got to see my Aunt for the first time in 10 years. That was nice. Hope you guys made the trip back home in the rain safe!

Take a moment to remember what happened 8 years ago. Perhaps put a USA flag out if you have one.

Thank GOD! In a hissy about the price Comcast (owner of Versus) wanted to charge Direct TV to broadcast the channel, DTV stopped broadcasting this month when the contract expired… SUX – one of the only channels I watch, the only channel that had cycling. Tour de France and most of the classics are now gone – BUT, they picked up Universal Sports which has MORE coverage as of now. I watched the Giro on my laptop wired to the TV on there. They are also broadcasting La Vuelta (tour of Spain) the last grand tour of the year. So far, awesome! Haven’t watched Stage 12 (today) yet but now I can TIVO it! and not watching LOW res versions. It’s on 604 if you have Direct TV. (plus lots of other sports all day long)

Aaron’s Cycling Team p/b New England Financial is holding our annual race on August 23rd in Grant Park. I will be racing and volunteering for the day. This is a great opportunity for local businesses to advertise at any price level to get exposure to large audience. Please contact me if you’re interested in helping. You can sign up for the race here – https://new.sportsbaseonline.com/events/index.xhtml?categoryId=8295

Spectators can visit Zoo Atlanta or just take in the scenery while watching the race on the hillside.  Proceeds of the race will be donated to the Grant Park Conservancy and Grant Park Neighborhood Association.

Parents are invited to bring their children out to the Grant Park event, as there will be plenty to do and see including a race just for the kids.

Great time in the mountains with the family and some friends for the 4th. Ate too much food. Aidan found a girlfriend and she already hurt him… as in a face plant climbing out of a hammock. He survived.

Transfered to new servers and have had some issues with the blog ever since. Haven’t been able to make any updates. Not much to talk about anyway.

Recap: Giro’s over, I’m sad. Watched every day, great race. Parents came for a visit. I raced stage 5 of the Tour of Atlanta, 15th place. They took the GC category out so no point in doing 7 races. Went and saw a local MMA fight with Reger. Took Aidan to see UP yesterday because he’s a super duper pooper! Non scheduled recovery week this week. Thinking about riding the Cartersville Century on the 27th. Lots of work to do, just need to find time to do it… IE 6 causing me some headaches… who uses it now anyway? Family night at the neighborhood pool and then off to Jeff B’s party.

http://gigzee.com - put in your zip code and move the map around town to see who’s playing tonight. Links to the artists website, venue, cost and start time. Great tool!

Monday to Saturday. We drove. Stayed with the in-laws. Saw Michael’s house (sweet). Good food. 2 solid days on the bike in the wind. Aidan was great on both drives.

Took Aidan to the movies on Saturday. I liked the it. Leslie didn’t. Aidan said,”Naa”.

Health update: He seems to be over his ear infections and pink eye. Now if I can just stop coughing and stop my head from draining maybe things can get back to normal for at least a few days.

Very light now and starting to melt but man it was dumping all day. Very cool. Doesn’t happen here very often.

37… Thanks to everyone who send me cards, messages and notes. I really appreciate it. My parents are in town for the weekend to celebrate. Aidan made me a card, with stickers… awesome.

Went to the Jewish film festival last night and watched “Bart got a room”. An indy film someone from Leslie’s high school made. Based on parts of the writer / directors life (Brian Hecker). High school in south Florida. Going to selected theaters in April. Stared William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines. Brian was around for Q&A after the movie for some interesting insight into the making of the film. Great movie.

Was a pretty good year for us. Sufferfest 2.0, went snowboarding, road in snow storm, go a TT bike, joined Colavita, raced from a Cat 5 to a Cat 3, raced a 5 day stage race, Georgia Road Race Champion, moved over to Aaron’s team, Aidan moved to 5 days of school, played soccer in 2 leagues, went to Chattanooga for the first time, ran another Peachtree, watched the Olympics, landscaped the yard, ran 2 successful businesses, economy went into the toilet and we elected a new president… well maybe not everything was good.

Notable deaths of 2008 – Heath Ledger, Charlton Heston, Harvey Korman, George Carlin, Bo Diddley, Isaac Hayes, Bernie Mac, Paul Newman, Bettie Page.

See you next year.