Exit Bush 43

Finally the end of 8 years of Bush... hard to know what to say, but consider the 5.6 trillion dollar ten year surplus he inherited coming into office, and the 6 trillion dollar ten year deficit he left us with. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Mr. Bush.

Riding home, I spied the genius owner of this truck removing the wit and wisdom he had proudly displayed on the back of his truck. It was sweet watching him do this under cover of darkness on a sub 30 degree afternoon. 

MLK Day

UPS WTF?

I guess UPS uses a different calendar than the rest of us... this was not what I envisioned when forking over for the two-day shipping. At least the package got to visit Louisville KY before returning to California, where it took a breather before it embarked on a saunter to the Pacific Northwest.

Tracking Detail

Your package has been delivered.
 
Tracking Number:
1Z 64W 127 02 3991 819 9
Type:
Package
Status:
Delivered
Delivered On:
12/31/2008 3:32 P.M.
Location:
FRONT DOOR
Delivered To:
WEST LINN, OR, US 
 
Shipped/Billed On:
12/20/2008
Service:
2ND DAY AIR
Weight:
9.00 Lbs

Package Progress
Location
Date
Local Time
Description
TUALATIN,
OR, US
12/31/2008
3:32 P.M.
DELIVERY

12/31/2008
4:39 A.M.
OUT FOR DELIVERY

12/31/2008
3:44 A.M.
DESTINATION SCAN
TUALATIN,
OR, US
12/29/2008
8:00 A.M.
ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS

12/29/2008
1:26 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
PORTLAND,
OR, US
12/28/2008
8:08 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN
WEST SACRAMENTO,
CA, US
12/22/2008
6:30 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
MATHER,
CA, US
12/22/2008
6:00 A.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN
MATHER,
CA, US
12/21/2008
5:57 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
LOUISVILLE,
KY, US
12/21/2008
3:57 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN

12/21/2008
9:51 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
SALT LAKE CITY,
UT, US
12/21/2008
5:14 A.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN
SALT LAKE CITY,
UT, US
12/20/2008
9:58 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN

12/20/2008
8:55 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN

12/20/2008
7:16 P.M.
ORIGIN SCAN

12/20/2008
5:32 P.M.
PICKUP SCAN
US
12/20/2008
8:05 P.M.
BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Starting the New Year Right

First thing I did this morning was to get my sorry self out to my 25 degree garage to do a field test on the trainer. Given a lot of my workouts will be on the trainer in January and February, I wanted to establish a power baseline on the trainer, especially as I cannot seem to maintain the same power levels on the trainer as I can outside (must be a character flaw).

Anyway, the numbers ended up being a lot better than I'd anticipated, which is good as I've got some big goals for the year.