Christmas Wish Lists

Christmas wish list, 4 and 1/2 year old girl:

• Hello Kitty stratocaster guitar
• Wind-up bee
• Hiccup machine
• Stuffed pine tree
• Door knob

Christmas wish list, 7 year old boy:

• Electric motor kit
• Physics solar workshop kit
• Smithsonian crystal growing kit
• Snap circuits JR.
• A maze and marbles
• Remote-control speed boat
• Erector special edition set
• Tag ball dual set with 2 refill kits
• Micro spy set
• Radio controlled shuttle
• HAMMER!
• Camera
• Go traffic light duel slot car set
• Remote-control amphibious hovercraft
• Remote-control mega-X morphibian
• Deluxe metal detector
• Star rocket kit
• Deluxe microscope
• Ultimate gum kit
• Mystery rock
• Khet game
• Boat buddy (This is a powerful squirter used on Colorado boat trips in Utah as you simply can't enjoy a nice float down the river without soaking a total stranger. This is what happens when the beer supply is artificially restricted. --Ed.)
• USB rocket launcher
• Palm size R/C helicoptor
• Forbidden lego
• Green laser pointer (more powerful than the red ones apparently. --Ed.)
• Leatherman wave
• Curiously strong magnets
• Hydrodynamic building set
• Sonic bomb alarm clock
• Air zooka

Another season in the bag

Another cross season is in the bag. The concluding race in Ogden was another epic, with snow and mud, and hard going the entire course. I was not happy with my ride, but it was still a good time.

This was an interesting season for me. In seasons past I've been consistently mediocre. This year I had some good results, and some bad results, and I think it's progress. There are some things to be shored up via training, but I think a big part of it is mental - having the mindset to get after a win.

I think the Utah Cyclocross Series has to be one of the best series around. Lots of great venues, the people involved and the associated vibe makes for a good time. It's also an excellent deal - for 180 bones I got 10 races, and won at least $200 in swag.

Utah Cyclocross #9

Race #9 was truely an epic. With the heavy snowfall packing down into slippery, rutted ice as the race wore on, the race turned into a crash fest. I was in a decent spot towards the front, but as I tried to pull closer to the action at the front, a multiple crash lap put me out of the action. Still, it was a great race, and my hat's off to those who stayed upright and up front.

To everyone I slid into, my apologies. To everyone who ran into me, no worries.