Yellowstone Bison go to Ted Turner

2,244 kms biked this year.

AM: Wind E 11km/hr, 13C, overcast no rain. 53 minutes: Slow, but I was tight from baseball.
PM:

Had client meeting Thu so no biking, but played softball. 3 for 5, caught a fly, slipped in the mud several times and got a few laughs from the guys.

AM, listened to On Point's discussion of the Yellowstone bison herd's problem with bruxellosis, which if transmitted to cows requires the entire herd to be slaughtered. Gov't is moving a # of animals to Ted Turner's Montana bison operation, for quarantine and observation, for 5 years. Clean animals will be returned to Yellowstone, and Turner gets 75% of the offspring during the time as payment. Lots of contraversy about the involvement of private business, but I think it's a fine idea. The opponents think private interests needn't be involved and the Montana gov't isn't trying hard enough to find a better solution.

Sarah Silverman - On bed wetting

KMs this year: 2,172 out of a potential 3,801 KMs had I biked to work 5 days a week.

AM: Wind SE 2, 13C, no rain.
PM: Wind N 4, 12C, light rain.

Didn't bike yesterday due to rain and laziness after the 3-day weekend. Jumped on this morning to find my son left a flat rear tire after he borrowed it. Thanks a lot, dude.

Listened to Sarah Silverman's interview on NPR. I've only watched her recently cancelled show a few times, but it worked for me. Probably her most famous bit was the "I'm F***ing Matt Daymon" bit she played to then boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel on his show. And his reply with "I'm F***ing Ben Affleck" was a classic, both on You Tube.

Victoria Day

No biking--Public holiday here in Canada. I replaced a chain on the Marin Bear Valley, but found it was actually sized correctly and the problem was the lousy rear derailleur cable installation I did last weekend. Repaired that as well as the front derailleur. I'm getting the hang of bike repair now after tearing about 3 used and abused mountain bikes recently.

Canadiens lost their semi-final series to Philadelphia so no Canadian team in the Stanley Cup again. I was really hoping for a Vancouver-Montreal Stanley Cup this year! So I'll root for Philly as Chicago knocked out the Canucks here.

Fri. May 21, 2010

KMs today: 18.1
This week: 79.4

AM: Got a drive to work.
PM: Wind W12km/h. Along Marine Drive and up 31st. Listened to Bill Maher, funniest podcast available. Long talk about religion and media; BM's point is that religious beliefs taken literally cause huge irreconciliable problems between people, groups, countries and of course between the religions themselves. Guests focused on faith and how religion helps, which BM doesn't see as an issue--His focus is on the what happens when faith + ill placed literal beliefs become more important than common sense and logic.