headin' to sleep after a full day... thanks to everybody who came to ava's party! she had a great day!

ufc100. lesnar, hendo.

getting ready to have some family over for ava's birthday party

it's my daughter ava's fourth birthday today! happy birthday aves!

doc for poison ivy. prednisone pills. not quick enough w/zanfel (shoulda listened to jessica sooner.)

scheduled doc for poison ivy shot but canceled it. will try jessica's otc zanfel idea today. if still bad tomorrow will get shot.

poison ivy spreading like wild fire... all over legs now... and one arm. ugh. i mean, itch. no scratch.

on conference call... made it to second round of firm search... great teamwork b.a., sam, devon, jen, alex, steve, lauren & everybody else

30 mi ride from house... only 1.5 mi to comet... nice day for a ride.

bonus score from the off-trail run yesterday: four growing splotches of poison ivy hell

meeting downtown this afternoon with booz allen hamilton to talk social media

wth, ben stiller presenting the yellow jersey?!?! (ok, kinda spoiler but not race related)

oh man! tour de france team time trial! stuff just happened! (not posting spoilers for those of you who'll watch tonight)

alright phil & phil, the whole "i can't believe i'm watching lance in a tour again" stuff is officially tired.

new tour de france rule... every team car must have one dedicated twitterer and a smart phone in the back seat.

hate the new s-works tt bike. amazing to see how cervelo sets industry design direction.

bruyneel: "they won the most races last year. but does that make you the best team in the world?" well, yeah, it's a big component... lol.

no team time trial spoilers but bbox sux sux! lol! #tdf #tourdefrance http://ping.fm/vgkTi

a little scare last night when charter had an outage in our neighborhood. but all is well now and the team time trial is on!

team time trial in the tour de france today... woOT! #tdf #tourdefrance http://ping.fm/VMsBr

we're getting psyched about a food producing garden next year. as a lesson/warmup we planted three tomato plants tonight.

back at home, avoiding many forms of media until i can watch a little of le tour as tivoed

ride done, 50 mi, 4 gaps.

to top of hogpen in 40:45, turnoff to top, just like 6gap timing... ass handed to me by 16 y/o rider from colmbia

stopped by the ranger 2/3 up to the tippy top of brasstown bald... pic with him at http://joereger.com... he was mad

at vogel state park. it's 64, overcast and drizzling. upside: no heat stroke and less motorcycles on the road. downside: slow descending.

stopping in dawson to get some gas, eat a breakfast biscuit and see a man about a horse

panera bread fail. not open until 7am. seeking bagels.

heading up to ride the backside three gaps today with keith, danielle and others. car's packed and i'm warming up the coffee.