Art O’Connor

I was gonna write about my little electrical fire that caused me to miss High Uintas but I just heard that Gerpge Carlin died. Shit.

Half way thorugh June and I have only raced my bike twice this season… Anyway I raced the state RR up in Logan on Saturday. Only like 7 guys signed up for the 35+ event so they combined us with another field. They just could not decide which one. First they line us up with the Cat 3 men and 2 miutes before the start change their mind. Now it is the Cat 4 men, we line up and agian they change their mind. Now we are doing one lass lap and racing with the other Masters fields. I was a bit bummed about the shorter race but in hindsight it was probably a good thing. The 3rd (and final time) up the climb I got shelled. Nothing worse then getting dropped on the only part of the course that had spectators. Doh! I chased my ass off and got back on with a K to go which meant my glacier like sprint was now continental drift sprint. The horror. Hats off to Scott Allen for the sweet solo win while wearing the points leader jersey.

Time to make the donuts…..

Last time I raced I wore arm warmers and knee warmers, that was in December. I raced this weekend in the same gear. Crazy. After months of one thing after another keeping me off the bike it felt really good to be out there “turning the pedals in anger” again. I told myself that I would just sit in and try to finish with the group. Yeah right. I just couldn’t help myself and attempted to bridge solo to the break. I dangled for a lap or 2 and almost dropped myself. So much for sitting in. I did manage to stay with the pack and not crash. A pretty good return to racing. GOnna try my hand at the State RR this weekend. Should be fun.

I rode home got a bite and came back to watch the fast guys play. When I got there T-Bird was driving a small break that had a pretty good gap with about an hour to go. 60 minutes later, all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t bring T-Bird back to the field again. That is what is called a clinic folks.

the witch is dead!!!!!!

A friend sent me the link below and I gotta admit this guys story got to me. As much as I hate this war I support the men and women who are over there putting their lives on the line for our country. Go to his site and make a donation via PayPal. Do it.

Daniel Bog Trip

How pathetic is Hillary Clinton? From CNN.

PRESTONSBURG, Kentucky (CNN) – Hillary Clinton defended her reasoning for staying in the presidential race Monday afternoon by pointing out that Karl Rove’s analysis shows her to be the strongest candidate against John McCain in November.

“Once we include Florida and Michigan, neither Sen. Obama nor I will have enough delegates to get the nomination so there is no way that this is going to end any time soon because we’re going to keep fighting for the nomination.”

That’s right America’s favorite traitor Karl Rove thinks that Hillary would be a better match up against McCain. By better I think Rove means easier for McCain to beat, but that is probably just me. Nice work Hillbilly Hillary that is a good star to hitch your wagon to.

How pathetic is Hillary Clinton? Fromm CNN.

PRESTONSBURG, Kentucky (CNN) – Hillary Clinton defended her reasoning for staying in the presidential race Monday afternoon by pointing out that Karl Rove’s analysis shows her to be the strongest candidate against John McCain in November.

“There has been a lot of analysis about which of us is stronger to win against Sen. McCain, and I believe I am the stronger candidate,” said Clinton, repeating a line from her stump speech.

Then she veered from her usual argument.

“Just today I found some curious support for that position when one of the TV networks released an analysis done by - of all people - Karl Rove, saying that I was the stronger candidate,” said Clinton. “Somebody go a hold of his analysis and there it is.”

Clinton was referring to electoral maps drawn up by Karl Rove’s consulting firm that were obtained by ABC and forecast her currently leading McCain in the electoral college by 53 votes (259-206), while Obama trails McCain by 17 (238-221)

270 electoral votes are needed to win November’s election.

Clinton continued to push for Florida and Michigan’s delegates to be seated but said that even if that happens, the race won’t be over.

“Once we include Florida and Michigan, neither Sen. Obama nor I will have enough delegates to get the nomination so there is no way that this is going to end any time soon because we’re going to keep fighting for the nomination.”

That’s right America’s favorite traitor Karl Rove thinks that Hillary would be a better match up against McCain. By better I think Rove means easier for McCain to beat, but that is probably just me. Nice work Hillbilly Hillary that is a good star to hitch your wagon to.

Pretty long video but if this does not inspire you then you are probably already dead. I have always been a guitar geek and I remember when he scored the David Lee Roth gig and I also remember when he left due to “an illness”. This was way before the interweb and it was only a few years ago that I learned the real story of Jason Becker

Making progress on the new casa. So much so that I actually rode 2 days in a row. Hit the Shoreline on Sat with Abby and up Big Mountain Sunday with Krafty. Hopefully this is the start of a trend.

I have a truck lined up for the weekend so I will sart moving all my junk over. Of course this means I will miss the Soldier Hollow race which is a bit of a bummer. I will be glad when I have all this house, grown up stuff done so I can get caught up on some much needed play and racing time.

Congrats to Turbo for winning the State Championships of Going Around and Around Real Fast Without Crashing (SCOGAAARFWC). You know I am jonesing to race when even a crit sounds like fun.

All future events will take place at a future date.