27 July 2006

Not Floyd!?!?! say it ain't so!

Well, we were all shocked to read today that Floyd Landis had some drug test results at the tour come back positive for out of whack testosterone level. As luck wouldn't have it it the positive test was right after he won big in stage 17, having the ride of his career, after one of the worst days of his career. Hopefully it get's sorted out, and it's not true. Otherwise you might see yours truly in the pro peloton after all the real pros are kicked out for various banned substance violations.

In other news, we're going to Portland this weekend. That should be a good time kicken it in the valley. Paradise that it is, I have to say it's always nice to get out of the bubble that is Bend Oregon. And I mean bubble in more than one way. I found a site called Bendoregonbubble that talks about the real estate bubble that may be causing havoc with the local economy. It's true, houses are expensive here, and it's also true that there is probably at least 1 if not 3 houses for sale on almost every block. So you could say it's a buyers market, but part of the reason so many houses are for sale is because people want more for their houses than buyers are willing to pay.

In more other news, I have begun donating my Hemochromatosis blood at the American Red Cross. There's alot of strict policies and procedures that they follow, so they haven't actually put any of my blood in the bank yet, but next Tuesday I should be good to go. So far I've had 7 pints extracted in 8 weeks (since June 5th).

oh yea, there's some forest fire activity around here, but we're not preparing to duck and cover just yet. They are a long ways away, but hopefully they don't burn down too much forest.

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