Critical SectionOle Eichhorn's weblog - computer software, medical science, politics, philosophy, and notes on book writing!Wednesday, 061808 11:52 PM- June 19, 2008 Are you sitting down Holding any sharp objects The LATimes (!) publishes James Kirchick: Bush never lied to us about Iraq. This feels like an Onion parody, it is so unexpected. via LGF, who didn't give it a flying pig for some reason But I did :) John McCain has called for building 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030. "McCain said the 104 nuclear reactors currently operating around the country produce about 20 percent of the nation's annual...http://w-uh.com/posts/080618a.html China's olympic gardens- June 19, 2008 In China, even the gardeners are getting ready for the Olympics... wow!http://w-uh.com/posts/080618-China_olympic_gard.html Tuesday, 061708 10:42 PM- June 18, 2008 Today was a funky day; first there was the fact that I wore a tie to work... then after work I hope you're sitting down I went to a Hooters to watch the Lakers. Wow what a scene that was; the bar at Mos Eisley comes to mind :) Anyway I had a wonderful greasy cheeseburger with a couple of beers while watching the Lakers get blown out. So be it. Later I went for a night ride past Lake Hodges on the Dos Dios highway; that was really cool because there was a full moon..http://w-uh.com/posts/080617a.html ties can be a good thing- June 18, 2008 So today, I hope you are sitting down I wore a tie. Im one of those people nobody can ever buy gifts for, so for Fathers Day my kids bought me a tie, kind of as a joke, but it was a really nice Nicole Miller tie with bikes on it (!) so I thought Id wear it to my office. I'm pretty sure this was the first time I've ever worn a tie at Aperio. What a great thing; so flattering everyone noticed and commented. (I am always surprised to find how visible I am :) Some...http://w-uh.com/posts/080617-ties_can_be_a_good.html Monday, 061608 10:38 PM- June 17, 2008 Hi all - still basking the in glow of Father's Day here... and enjoying "summer" (yeah I know not yet but it feels like it). You know what's cool So I posted these old cycling trip reports from Granada and Asturias, when I visited (and rode) Vuelta de Espana stages, and somehow the web found them and now I'm getting a bunch of links and hits from people in Spain! Hola! I think this might work; John McCain tries positioning Barack Obama as having a Sept 10 mindset. ..http://w-uh.com/posts/080616a.html Xobni- June 16, 2008 Dear lazyweb, good morning... Have any of y'all used Xobni, and if so what did you think of it Thanks! (A lot of people seem to like it...)http://w-uh.com/posts/080616-Xobni.html happy Fathers Day!- June 16, 2008 Happy Father's Day to y'all; and yes, I did have a very nice one, thank you for asking. We went out to brunch (pigged out rather seriously - all you could eat ice cream!), hung out by the pool, and otherwise did very little. I managed to do some fatherly things like fix pool rafts and inflate them (!), and gave a respectable account of myself in a few squirt gun fights. The less said about the bird nest I found in the pool toy storage chest, the better. TigerHawk on Iowa's...http://w-uh.com/posts/080615-happy_Fathers_Day.html happy Flag Day!- June 15, 2008 Happy Flag Day! This is an auspicious day for me; in addition to celebrating our Flag, it was my father's birthday (he would have been 85 today) and the anniversary of my first date with Shirley (17 years ago). Wow. I celebrated with a nice mountain bike ride today - Sycamore Canyon, up Backbone, down Guadalasca - and by doing quite a bit of nothing. Well, looks like the Vuelta is over; Levi Leipheimer gave it his best shot today, attacking on today's four-climb 233km stage to.http://w-uh.com/posts/080614a-happy_Flag_Day.html A perfectly incredible day: La Vuelta eTapa 17e- June 14, 2008 Back in September, 2006, I was in Granada, Spain, and went to watch stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana, which finished one street over from my hotel. I wanted to see the last climb of the stage, a Cat 1 climb up Alto de Monachil, a legendary black hole for cyclists, and ended up riding it myself. I was not blogging at that time, but I did write a long email with embedded pictures for friends. I've decided to retroactively post the email report, here it is, for your reading and.http://w-uh.com/posts/080614-La_Vuelta_eTapa_17.html |