Check it out. It doesn't mean much, but I'm in first in this catagory of recreational ski racing for now and for what it's worth...

I went to Barnes and Noble today and bought a book called Reading Lolita in Tehran And I also bought a CD by Regina Spektor I did listen to...

Some comments have lost links and became known as anonymous. I think that happened when I switched my blog to the beta. I'm not sure w...

I was on the mountain both days this weekend. Saturday was a bluebird day with not a cloud in the sky. I skied well and got my lowest time...

Now the US Figure Skating Chamionships is over for me. I got to see the pairs short and long programs. The pair I picked to win won. So t...

I have to take a short break from my coverage of figure skating to sort a few other things out. They are very important. Well at least they ...

Here are more photos from pairs short program. This guy's costume had a fishnet opening on his arm. I had to deduct a few style points ...

I went to the opening ceremony of the US Figure Skating Champoinships tonight that included the pairs short program. But before that, I had...

I joined Cub Scouts at a tender age, and it went well. I got the uniform and worked my way through the ranks. But women were "den mot...

It was one of those nights that when I put my head down on the pillow at night, the next time I opened my eyes it was morning and time to g...

Here I am crashing in the gates last year or the year before. I don't remember so I must have konked my head. :) First I fell and was s...

I can always tell when Super 1 Foods has a cereal sale. The parking lot is packed. People can save a buck on a box of cereal, and they come...

Every weekend morning when I go skiing I listen to Weekend Edition as I can get it all the way to the ski lift. I do have to change station...

I did recreational ski racing both days over the weekend. I was 4th fastest both days out of 40 on Saturday and 39 on Sunday. Still a lit...

I don't like to talk about work on bicycle log but this had more to do with my state of mind than work. I spent most of the day typsett...

Here is Miss January Cyber tree. There were several contenders, but she best expressed the high winds of January. She got bent over in the...

They are saying that we will have winds up to 60 mph again here tonight. We had them up to 67 mph the other night and it was windy all weeke...

First the bad news: My pellet insert that goes in the fireplace in my front room is dead, and they say they can't fix it. It's a d...

Here is the camera I'm using now. Nikon no longer makes it. Nikon Cool Pix 5700. They have seperated the "cool pix" line fr...

I watched a show on PBS last night about photographer. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ I didn't really know much about her except for what was in Time...