Saturday

The holiday weekend is underway...in the rain.

Talked again with 4 yesterday. The saga with the luggage continues. Afterwards, Mom got on the phone with the airlines with some, but not all that much, success. They at least recognize that there is a problem.

They had an outdoor movie at Vanderveer Park in Davenport last night. The paper said that about 5,000 showed up. Great idea for a family event to start the holiday weekend, but naturally, the rain came and they had to shut down midway through the flick.

1 is in DM today for her friend Sarah's medical school graduation. Congrats to the new Dr. H.!

Lots of doping news in the cycling world these days. It was a front page story in today's NYT. Basically, guys admitting they took EPO and other stuff in the '90's. Even a TdF winner. This, and the Landis circus, makes the whole world of cycling a cesspool.

I heard an interesting interview on the radio this week that suggested that the strongest anti-doping policies were in soccer. There, you can't even take an antihistamine and pass a test. I guess there will always be cheats. I just wish that they could get to a uniform, total and unflawed testing protocol that would disclose the users. Ban them for life. These two year sanctions aren't getting it done.

One of 4's high school friends is on the softball roster of Northwestern which is a highly ranked team in the DI playoffs. She's used mostly as a pinch runner. They should be in the College World Series next week in Oklahoma City.

For those who may not have the link, 4's blog is www.trackingkch.blogspot.com. She is writing most weekdays, but does not have a computer on the weekends and will have to figure out whether there is a cheap internet cafe or other access for those days.

Have a great day.

Be careful out there.