Beer.

I drink something like 6 or 7 beers a year. Since I am on vacation and I was out of beer, I splurged on a 6 pack of Troegs...........

Mmmmm yum.

I spent Saturday night in front of the TV watching the Richmond night race and had me a couple. Now I'm not a beer expert by any means but this is one smooooth beer and 2 of them pretty much put me out of commission.

Good stuff and they have bike jerseys as well. Any beer that sells bike jerseys is A-OK in my book.

Going for a ride in a couple hours-nothing like having a couple beers the night before in preparation................ I'm gonna get my ass kicked.

At least I'll be riding in style on my Surly.

This has nothing to do with anything. Pretty cool though, huh?

Somebody sent the following e-mail to my "junk" e mail addy........

FROM:DR.RICHARD DANDI.
THE DIRECTOR AUDIT
AND ACCOUNTS UNIT
IN I/B/A INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA.
20 REU DE COMMERCE
LOME REPUBLIC OF TOGO.


ATTN,

WITH DUE HONOUR AND RESPECT,I AM DR.RICHARD DANDI,THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT DEPT OF INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA, LOME-TOGO IN WEST AFRICA.I GOT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS RECOMMENDED BY A FRIEND WORKING WITH TOGOLAISE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU FOR BENEFICIAL AND A 100% RISK FREE BUSINESS TRANSACTION.DURING OUR AUDITING AND INVESTIGATIONS IN THIS BANK,MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS THE SUM OF ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$11,500,000)ONLY BELONGING TO OUR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MAN WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY(NEXT OF KIN)IN THE 5TH NOVEMBER,1997 AEROPLANE CRASH IN ABIDJAN. BEFORE OUR DISCOVERY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT,THERE WAS NO
TRACE OF CLAIM FROM ANY PERSON AS THE FUND REMAINS DORMANT IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK. ALTHOUGH,I KEEP THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN MY JURISDICTION TO ENABLE US PUT CLAIMS AND TRANSFER THE SAID AMOUNT
THROUGH A TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND OVERSEAS WHOM WE SHALL PRESENT TO THE BANK AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED FOR A PROFITABLE AND SUCCESSFUL DEAL.

MEANWHILE,ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS TO PUT CLAIMS AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED,TO GET THE REQUIRED APPROVAL AND TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE.THE DIRECTIVES AND THE NEEDED INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO BENEFIT YOURSELF FROM THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.INFACT,WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE
AS WE ARE CIVIL SERVANTS WE ARE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND IT WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE AN EYEBROWS ON OUR SIDE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER BECAUSE WE ARE STAFFS IN THE BANK.

THESE ARE THE ACTUAL REASONS WHY IT REQUIRES A SECOND-FELLOW WHO WILL FORWARD APPLICATION OF CLAIMS TO THE BANK AND ALSO PRESENT A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY ON HIS/HER REQUEST WILL BE
RE-TRANSFERED INTO. ON CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION,YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION.5% OF THE TOTAL SUM WILL BE USED TO REINBURSE EXPENSES THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM TELEPHONE BILLS AND OTHER EXPENSES DURING THE TRANSACTION,WHILE 70% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY PARTNERS HERE.PLEASE YOU HAVE BEEN ADVICED TO KEEP TOP SECRET AS WE ARE STILL IN SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH YOU. I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THIS BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT.WE
THEN COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES PREVIOUSLY INDICATED AND FOR INVESTMENT IN ANY COUNTRY YOU MAY ADVICE US TOO.

ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. I SUGGEST YOU GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,STATING YOUR WISH IN THIS DEAL

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR.RICHARD DANDI.

Gee, ya think I oughta help this poor guy?

I was checking the weather for my week of unalderated week of cycling bliss and it's gonna be hotter then hell later in the week. This might have changed by the time you read this but our local TV station is calling for some very hot weather later in the week. Like 999 degrees.

Okay, here's a radical idea...........let's pull out of Iraq and maybe that will save us a little money. Why are the guys in Washington suddenly concerned about the budget?

This is funny ......................but it's also true so it's not really funny.

Here's a blog from a guy that lives in Alaska and rides. So no complaining from anyone that thinks it's too cold to ride.

Till later.