I'm really looking forward to the new Depeche Mode album, Sounds of the Universe, which releases on April 20th. The early single Wrong is classic but modern, and the video is perfectly dark.
March 2009 Archives
My ride got truncated a little, but was still a blast. Full write-up is on the TCFJR site here.
I've been losing vacation time at work, which I hate - a lot - so I'm taking Friday off to go riding. I'd like to get in a good, long ride.
The current plan is to take the 101 to San Luis Obispo, then the 58, 229, 41, and 46 over to the 99. South on the 99 to the 58, east to Barstow and the 15, south to Escondido, west to Oceanside, then up the 5 back home. A little over 700 miles, and a good test run to see if the bike and I are ready for a BBG attempt.
I'll post more after the ride.
I was reminded tonight that I shouldn't tell stories, no matter how short. People just don't want to hear them.
From chapter 94, Deconstruction at the Sorbonne in the book Love Over Scotland:
Bertie turned to Jean-Phillipe and said: "But would Mr. François say that Bernoulli's principle was rubbish when he was in a plane, up in the air?"
I got up at 3:45am this morning to drop Carole off at LAX. She's flying to Spokane to stay with Cindy for the weekend, and most importantly to see Barry Manilow in concert.
Cindy and her husband Ernie heard about the concert on a call-in-and-win segment on the radio. When they didn't win, Ernie called the arena to ask if they had floor seats, since Cindy's vision isn't too good right now. They said there were no floor seats available, and Ernie said he was asking because his wife uses a wheelchair, and that made all the difference — they hold back floor seats for that.
Cindy has been calling Carole every day for the past two weeks to count down the number of days before the concert. They should have a great time. Carole flies back on Monday night.
I had some fun over the last few days being a witness for my friend Doug's 100CCC ride. The details are on this tcfjr post.
