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a sat… doesn’t make any sense

Today, Saturday, has been one of… not a lot of sense.

First off, I woke up s-l-o-w-l-y, and was discouraged that the promised bad weather wasn’t happening just yet. I wasn’t really in a mood to go on a bike ride, and was hoping the weather would be a co-conspirator. Alas, it wasn’t, though I didn’t go for a ride because my stomach was of a mind that I should take it easy.

And I did – lovely. Got to see two FIS Alpine World Cup races on Universal Sports, which was a treat. Yes, the U.S. Ski Team sucked it up a bit. While Lindsey Vonn skied well in her weakest event (GS), the other women and all of the men were just a bit off their game. Ted Ligety had a corker of a second run, but came to a dead stop in run number one – not quite the big finish he wants. Bode Miller clipped his hand through a gate in the first run and pulled up and out of the course. I think he broke his already-ailing wrist – we’ll see.

But the other teams skied well, and it’s always good to see good skiing.

After that, we had soup (borscht from the big pot I cooked the other day) and watched It’s A Wonderful Life. Sure, it’s not totally in-season now, but our tree is still up, so… doesn’t make any sense, but it was good to finally see it before we stow the Christmas stuff for the season.

Now I’m cooking pasta for dinner – lazy, yes, but filling. The pantry is in serious need of revamp right now, so I didn’t really feel compelled to cook anything we had there. Perhaps latkes tomorrow.

Other randomness:

My friend Paul blew out his right knee yesterday while skiing at Vail. Not fun for a guy who loves to ski, especially in an epic snow year. But Paul is a trooper and has a good outlook on life, so he’ll bounce back, better than ever, for next season. I’ll see him in a few weeks to egg on his recovery.

And what’s the deal with UST bike rims? Seriously, these things are the king of suck when it comes to changing a tire. I think I’m going to break something – either me, the tire levers, the tire bead, or all of the above – when trying to get my road slicks off the rim! I want to put on my knobby tires for a planned off-road ride tomorrow, but it looks doubtful that I’ll be able to swap out the treads before morning. Whoever invented these UST tubeless setups had an admirable goal, but made life miserable for those of us who still use tubes and like to change our tires every so often. I’ll give it another crack before bed, but I’ve been cussing out the inventors of this “wonder technology” all evening.

Leave it to me to wait on trying the change until after all the local shops have closed. Bugger all.

Obama finally visited Ben’s Chili Bowl – lucky guy!

My wireless connection has been anything but reliable this week. Can’t say why, but it’s annoying.

Anywho…. video tonight, and hopefully I’ll be in a better mood soon.

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