Busy weekend

Ok, so I was busy this weekend being a husband and daddy and didn’t ride.  Get off my back.  We have a brand new begonia in our front yard, some newly trimmed bushes (during which I made several off color jokes that made my wife simply groan before she sprayed me with the hose), and a baited yard and thoroughly poisoned ant-bed.  I count that as cross training.

 

Plus, we have a winner…

 

The trivia question was in what movie did Tom Petty quote his own song and say “It’s good to be king”?

 

The answer was, in fact, The Postman.  Despite its length it was a fantastic movie.  Maybe not one of the all time greats, but it was still pretty fantastic.

 

I’ll be bringing my bike to work starting tomorrow and start putting in an hour or so at the picnic loop to get in an extra 50 or 60 miles before the MS150.  That should just about polish off the training, then I can focus efforts on bringing a baby into the world.

 

Here’s something to think about.  I’m kicking back over the weekend listening to some Jewel (no snickering, guys, she’s a really good artist).  In fact, she’s a really, really good singer and songwriter.  Not only that, she’s got a good story and she broke into the industry the hard way—using talent to write good songs, living on dirt and pebbles, working hard.  Despite her snagglepuss and certifiable hippy hygiene, she’s even pretty hot.  So why isn’t she the pop icon that Brittany Spears or Christina Aguilera is?  Neither one of them can write or sing their way out of a wet paper bag, yet they’re huge compared to Jewel or even Alannis Morisset—also a damn good artist and writer.

My hunch is because neither Alannis nor Jewel were willing to strip down and writhe on stage or slobber on Madonna for screaming juvenile boys (and their fathers).  Guys don’t watch Brittany or Christina for their artistic talents—unless you consider their plastic enhanced bodies and thinly veiled porn reviews (that is, concerts) artistic talents.  Yet more evidence (as if it’s needed) that “society” is broken.

 

Oh yea, the Sport Junkie site is broken and I don’t know why.  90% of my posts there have vanished into thin cyber-air (cybair?).