Peer pressure again on the steak ride….damn them……didn’t quite get anything done afterwards….or the number of miles in I had hoped….and much more Fat Tire than I needed…..and yes that tire isn’t flat.

Those balloon pics from a couple days ago I posted via my phone on FB. Rich went in and tagged the one as McConnell . Forgot that was his balloon.

Sam and Gabe’s is overpriced even for the ambiance, especially when the ambiance is blown out.

People need to stop jumping to conclusions . Sad way to go through life.

Some cars should just be a little bigger…..

This weekend probably some cleaning, bike riding, some weed killing, and finally hopefully some sleep….. I had set aside this weekend for Mustang weekend.....we'll see how much time I have for that.



Bedford Whaling is done….still not done with ARAG.

Micheal Irvin, from the Chicago Tribune:

"I remember when I was inducted into the Hall of Fame and they gave me my Hall of Fame yellow blazer. I wore it for two straight days. Finally my wife was in bed and said she wanted to make love but that I had to take the coat off. I refused and kept the blazer on because I wanted to perform like a Hall of Famer on the field and off."

Deep Thought of the Day: Once, I wept for I had no shoes. Then I came upon a man who had no feet. So I took his shoes. I mean, it's not like he really needed them.

Saw The Sorcerer's Apprentice last night, cool and very enjoyable movie. They didn't leave much opportunity for a sequel, but it was well worth seeing.



Austin will actually have a scrimmage for football next Thursday, damn things are happening fast. Week after that, first game.

5 Reasons Facebook Has Us More Out of Touch Than Ever Imagine...others with the same opinion, but hey.

Actually took shortcut throught Hy-Vee parking lot today(how often do you here that?), not electricity around here and lack of stop lights this morning.

Stephanie K. is engaged, she's extremly excited. Drove by her parents on Saturday in Dyersville shortly bwefore the question was popped .

Back on the bike tonight...just to get some steak? Will be the first time I actually made that trail this year. Thats sad, use to be my training trail of choice. No less that 20-50 times on it before RAGBRAI every year. Of course back then, there wasn't very many people riding on it either. Funny how things change.

JD AMS is done.
Lets see....
For Sale sign up, House cleaner, more stuff moved out, new job, found a house, new roof on barn, electrical work done, sponsor to repaint bus...busy couple weeks....

Deep Thought of the Day: Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you.

1st woman: Hi! Wanda.

2nd woman: Hi! Sylvia. How'd you die?

1st woman: I froze to death.

2nd woman: How horrible!

1st woman: It wasn't so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm & sleepy, and finally died a peaceful death. What about you?

2nd woman: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was cheating, so I came home early to catch him in the act. But instead, I found him all by himself in the den watching TV.

1st woman: So, what happened?

2nd woman: I was so sure there was another woman somewhere that I started running all over the house looking. I ran up into the attic and searched, and down into the basement.. Then I went through every closet and checked under all the beds. I kept this up until I had looked everywhere, and finally I became so exhausted that I just keeled over with a heart attack and died.

1st woman: Too bad you didn't look in the freezer---we'd both still be alive.

Well not quite like the old days where there were hundreds of them all over....but they did get in the way this morning. We had one land in our hay field and I had to drag Blaise away to daycare....he wasn't too happy about it, but I had a call I had to take at 7:30 . Nailed it.

Now I had to fight through this to get Blaise to daycare this morning. Usually beautiful when the wind is out of the right direction. Can I still use my phone to take pictures while I'm driving?


Flash back to approximately 79', 80', or 81'ish. My birthday, I woke up in the morning hearing the burners of two balloons over the top of our house.

I'm not 100% percent sure this is the same Uncle Sam balloon that flew over that morning.

Lack of sleep due to the storm and mind racing, but this morning and yesterday afternoon went extremely well...

I just watched some video of me being totally obliterated on the ride back from RAGBRAI , I was actually giving the ability to destroy it. I'm going to keep it for a while, just to remember how stupid I acted and looked. Of course the entire team thought it was hilarious! I guess almost one liter of rum and me = baddddd.....

Iowa DOT and the motor vehicle registration system has some total issues! Luckily I was far-warned by Jen on the ride in Dubuque about the sting operation. This was after I spent an hour earlier in the week to find out how the bus completely disappeared out of the DOT system.....everything license number everything.....and I have to go back in with the title to get the damn thing recreated. They wouldn't even give me something to make it thought the week.....but we made it nonetheless.

The Kamikazes were by far a great group this year, one semi-bad apple(the only one texting people the entire trip back from Dubuque) only because he alienated everyone on the team. We are getting together already this Wednesday because we don't want the party to stop. Looks like we lost one driver...Rich decided he wants to ride next year...good for him!

Austin, Keegan, and Aaron won the DMACC 3on3 competion last week for their age group. AWESOME!!!

Blaise was excited to see me Sunday morning when I finally woke up, Austin awww.... We spent most of yesterday resting and cleaning the bus out, It smells much better today!

Practices are in full swing for Austin ....

Why does Stacy always have to be the sound of reason when I get hurt?? I think she just likes to be right and with me it's too easy.

Balloons this week!!