So it looks like we'll be going through the center of the state this year (the smart money was on it being a southern route, which is really hilly). We've got a couple big cities to avoid. We'll probably duck Ames like the plague unless Ian knows some hookups that get us away from the masses (larger towns are a clusterfuck of the worst order).
I must say even the jersey looks pretty cool this year. I may have to scare me up one of those before the ride (even though it'll be half off afterwards).
I had a sprint workout tonight (swimming) and split a 24.5 for a 50 Fly. In layman's terms, that's pretty fucking fast for an old guy. I was pleasantly suprised. It certainly gives me some confidence. I don't have any meets on the horizon that would require me to swim fly fast, but I guess when the situation arises, I'll be ready. All that liftin' as of late seems to be payin off.
Also, for those interested (and I'm guessin very little), I'm one of the appointed authors over on the Resolution Media Blog. And my first post went over the wire today (an admittedly tertiary and somewhat naive observation of Ruby on Rails). Go check it out if you are into that sorta thing...otherwise you'll find the regularly scheduled programming of phenominally stupid shit on the web and random ramblings here.
Speaking of, my favorite sweaty neo-con pundit wannabe, the Ultimate Warrior shot his mouth off about Heath Ledger yesterday and summarily got his site hacked the fuck out for a good few hours earlier today. Way to go champ. Even TMZ caught wind of it. I guess any publicity is good publicity when you're a down and out latently homosexual (c'mon who can't see that closet case a mile away?) ex-pro wrestler who likes to push buttons. Thanks Mike.
Finally...if you had any sort of notion that the music industry has just recently gotten fucked up, check out this vid the Turtles (those people who wrote "So Happy Together") made circa 1990: