Midday Sunday. Got the DeWitt ride in this AM. My pal Pete brought along a couple more guys so there were four of us. I was by far the slowest. But it was a very good ride. Little wind. Not too hot. Good company.
Domestic chores this afternoon. Maybe the park bench job.
The 24 and the 48 both failed pre-race inspection Friday for the California road race. They had tweaked the front wheel-wells in a manner that NASCAR didn't like. Both cars were later modified to comply, but they have to start from the rear of the field. A top-ten finish from there would be a good result. It ain't cheat'n if you don't get caught.
I think this is Aunt Martha's birthday and anniversary week. So Happy Days to her!
A distant cousin (who obviously has too much time on her hands) called Uncle Phil last week with the news that she had found Margret's (not misspelled...just code-speak) name on The Great Iowa Treasure Hunt, a website sponsored by the state, I think, that catalogs payments due to un-located persons. Why she might have been punching in Margret's name is a mystery. As are the refunds shown on the site. I have a task ahead to file the claims. Retired folks just don't have enough to do.
4 encountered an airport delay yesterday for her weekend visit to Barcelona, and the trip was scrubbed. She has certainly run into some travel issues this Summer.
My substitute Russian cleaning lady called and is back on schedule for this week. Life is good.
One of the guys who joined us for the ride this morning had a bike with a "custom" frame that was made specifically for him. The bike company is in Waterford, Wisconsin, a town just southwest of Milwaukee. He said that it took them two hours to measure him for the bike. Apparently, he had been having some shoulder problems, and the measuring process determined that the length of his arms required an adjustment to how high the handlebars/headset should be set on the front fork. Interesting. Even good bike shops don't always get the "fit" right for riders.
In another example of a small world, Waterford is the location where I bought Margret.
The business of "fitting" an athlete to his/her equipment applies to virtually all sports. "The shoes" is a big one, regardless of the sport. (If you have bad shoes, poor results and injury usually follow.) Bats and gloves in baseball. Clubs in golf. (I was amazed at the difference properly sized clubs made in my golf game.) Ski's. The list goes on.
Oregon State needs one more win to be champs at the CWS. I was glad to see North Carolina go to the black (or navy?) shirts yesterday with just hi-lites of "Carolina blue". I don't mind "Carolina blue" on their basketball uniforms, but it looks like the stuff of a softball beer league on a baseball uniform.
The cashier policy at the new Hy Vee is to "card" anyone who buys alcohol. You are required to show your ID so the cashier can input your birth month into the computer. I think that it's a great idea. It takes the element of choice/judgement out of the equation for the kids running the registers.
Relatedly, I don't even try to cash a check or make a deposit at our local Wells Fargo locations with out handing over my debit card and driver's license. It's not exactly their procedures, but the nitwits behind the glass can't remember my face or name from one day to the next. Every time they call me "Paul", it reinforces my opinion that they have no clue who I am.
Enough already. Have a great day.
Be careful out there.
Philosophy, History and Commentary from Lt. PC
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Not that this has anything to do with anything,
The Iowa Board of Regents finally selected a president for the university, after a year long search.
Mason is the Provost and a professor of biology at Purdue. She´ll make more than $560,000 a year at Iowa, if she stays through 2012, compared to the $309,250 Skorton earned. And he was good.
Provost is the second largest position, behind president, clearly. When a new president comes, they usually bring in a new provost, too.
Skorton´s provost, Michael Hogan, is also very good and stayed on through the interim year under the Gary Fethke, the interim president.
Through different projects at work, I´ve listened to Skorton and Hogan speak multiple times. Both were well spoken, witty, and passionate people who also seem liked and respected in the community by both faculty and students.
Suffice it to say, it will be interesting to see what approach Mason and her new provost take to running the school.
A side note, after learning the name of the new president, I e-mail Mike at work and told him I thought Sally would be a great name for our next new microphone (all of our mics are named after former presidents...(David, Mary Sue, Sandy, Hunter...). He replied that we must think alike and he also was thinking of our next wireless mic as they made the announcement.
So theres a boring comment if I ever read one. But she´s making a heck of a lot of money!
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