johnguinness's Diaryland Diary
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Please watch the video
Fun times. At 1:30 this morning I went out for a nice walk in four inches of fresh snow, with more coming down. I enjoyed making footprints, and the whole walk was good until the redneck bar closed and I had to step within a couple of feet of a couple of drunk guys. I was grateful to see that a cop car stopped there as I approached and the policeman was within shouting distance, because these guys were messed up.
I usually never walk until the places is shut down and cleared, but there were no cars parked on my side of the building, and I thought people could find better places to be drunk on a Thursday morning. Still, it was good to get out there, and I did enjoy all but the last block.
I've spent way too much time sharing articles at the bike forum, and writing a few comments on articles by guys who think Lance has a simple steroid case, and is probably innocent. I clued them in that possible charges could include racketeering, drug trafficking, distributing drugs without a license, wire fraud, bribery, perjury and ever so many more.
I've been doing natural comparisons between my life as a pro tennis fan compared to the pro cycling fan lifestyle. It really is a night and day difference. One popular story out of Australia had Lance asking a journalist, "Dude, are you stupid?" for trying to ask questions about the Sports Illustrated story after he'd said no comment.
By contrast, here's the pro tennis version of a confrontation between a star athlete and a problem member of the media, also in Australia. I really want you to click this one. If you're new (welcome, by the way), and don't trust links here yet, you can copy and paste.
Nice one Kim
http://media.theage.com.au/clijsters-big-boobs-jibe-2143061.html
My relationship (against my will, but there are loose threads to be resolved) with pro cycling has me disliking some of the stars, and journalists, and bureaucrats. I don't care about watching races or what the new uniforms and bikes look like. It's kind of like I'm addicted to watching Footballer's Wives but have no interest in watching a match.
I stayed up too late this morning, so I was short on sleep again when I got up just before the tennis. I couldn't get into the matches, so I caught up on some of the regular TV. I'm still behind, which is a good thing.
If you enjoy Seth Rogen movies, The Green Hornet is one. I tend to associate with the alter egos of super heroes that I like, and I couldn't do that here. Nice gadgets, though.
That's my life. We've already got more snow than predicted. I've got three days worth of mac and cheese just in case. The end.
3:06 a.m. - Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011
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