I stopped in at Blue Wheel on Monday to pick up tha P-Hen's b-day gift- a Thule roofrack adapter kit. While I was there, I learned that the Rog got 6th at the Master's Nat'l TT. Good on ya, Rog. Also while I was there, Spaisley told me that CBS news would be at the shop early Tues morning to do a LIVE piece about how local fans take to the Tour de France. Scott invited me to show up at 4:30am to get ready for a couple of live segments. I was happy to be invited. I was on the air before the coffee had really soaked in. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can watch the interview. You need to click the title of the article to see video. (there's no plugin for Firefox)

The interviewer, Audrey Pernik, was a bit of a cycling fan herself. I told her about Happy Rickshaw, and she was interested in hopping on a rickshaw during Good Morning Charlottesville sometime this fall. Now that's cool. Rickshaws on TV. Cool.

But wait, there's more exiting news. Christoph sent me an email this morning instructing me to do a Google image search for "floyd landis." OK. Check out the third row result. It's Happy Halloween all over again.


Thank you everyone for kind comments re: going to grad school, and also supportive comments while I'm struggling to reverse my undeserved slide in fitness.

This particular comment was pretty great:
So this means you suck as a bike rider right? What is "Darden"? It's a Harvard "wannabe". And not a good one. Look at the rankings, "Mr. Pump Yourself Up".Get real.

Completely ignoring the acerbic nature of this loser's comment... I'd like to respond. I think that Darden and Harvard Business School are the only two MBA programs in the top-20 that solely use the Case Method for teaching. There are no lectures at Darden. Everyday, every student must prepare a case in each class for a classroom-led discussion. The professor cleverly orchestrates/steers the discussion, and you learn by being part of the exchange. This is pretty friggin' cool- mostly because I couldn't stay awake in any of my undergrad courses that were lectures. There was no way I was going to pay for an MBA and then sleep through it. Like Harvard, Darden publishes a ton of cases that many other highly-ranked business schools use as part of their curricula. So- check that out... I didn't only Pump Myself Up, I also pumped up Darden.

Pumped-up.