Saturday

So we're giving Daughter and Son-in-Law of the Day to 1 and 1.1. Happy 6th anniversary!! Many good things have happened since that great day in St. Paul. Congratulations!!

And congrats to 1 for getting through her literature class. Always nice
to get a good report card, eh Kiddo?

The ride up to DeWitt today was imperfect, but not by far. The outward bound leg had just a tad of northerly breeze, but not awful. (There was no @bcbison pulling me...he was doing a 100-miler today.) Great breakfast at the Sunrise Cafe. Then there was a discernible tail wind on the return trip. 48+ miles was enough. It gave me 100+ for a week for the first time this Summer.

The British Open golf tournament is played on "links" courses that are not very similar to the tracks that we play here in the US. The courses do not have sophisticated watering systems, and it looks like they're playing in mowed grazing fields. Fields that are bone-hard. Balls will roll forever. One guy had a drive of over 400 yards yesterday! And they have these deep, sod-walled bunkers that you might have to chip out away from the hole. They say that this is "real" golf. Hmmm. I'm OK with the Americanized version.

And the TdF wraps up tomorrow with the guy who has been in the lead for the last two weeks taking the yellow jersey. These last three days in the Alps have been as hard as any I can remember. I'm sure that they have had equally tough stretches, but it's been relentless hill-climbing. I'm betting that the peloton is ready for Paris.

Froma Harrop, a liberal-speak independent national columnist who is published regularly in the local fish-wrap, had a piece this week taking a swipe at the weekend cyclists in Central Park, and some sharp criticism of the bike-share program recently started in the Big Apple. Seems she feels like the denizens of the city ought to act more refined and respectful of the great thinkers strolling along the streets of NYC. Cry me a freakin' river, Miss Priss!

Anybody who thinks The Big O's broadly published and extolled remarks on the outcome of the Zimmerman trial were anything but pandering to his political base has sipped way too much Kool-Aid. As his former Chief of Staff publicly stated, "Let no tragedy go to waste."

My pal Roy left this AM for a week in Hawaii. One of his car dealerships won an award from Toyota, and they present the recognition to him and other similarly honored dealers at a boondoggle in Hawaii. The auto industry is famous for giving out trips to dealers, salesmen, and service personnel for performance. Those trips are usually looked upon as big items, particularly to the lower-ranked employees who might qualify, since that's a trip they might not otherwise make. And the trips probably aren't that expensive for the factory to fund given the discounts they likely negotiate with the travel industry. Yeah, I know...Roy needs a trip to Hawaii.

On that topic of funding...and the auto industry...how long will it take for the White House to find a way to ease the pain in Detroit?

All for now. Again...Congrats to 1 and 1.1. Make it a great day.

BCOT
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