View From the Bushes

This entry will probably be a little shorter than usual; my blog had over 100 new spam comments when I logged on. What was particularly annoying was that as far as I could tell they came from 100 different IP addresses, so I couldn't even block a single IP and keep it from happening again. I have this hope that by the time my children are in high school and college (or at least by the time they're my age) that technology will have been implemented to block this sort of crap. (Of course, maybe it already has and I just need to get off my ass and upgrade my blogging software).

I talked to the cartographer again tonight. I try to be understanding, but when he hadn't gotten me the maps over the weekend I began to despair (moreso). He once again faulted his scanner and swore he would have me the maps by the end of the week. I guess at some point if this continues I have to figure something else out and I probably should have done something already, but the guy has been so reliable in the past that I have a hard time imagining that he won't eventually come through. I guess time will tell. (Nothing like a really lame cliche to kill an already mortally wounded blog entry).

Today the tour stage included some sections from the spring classic Paris-Roubaix, also affectionally known as "The Hell of the North." It would have been nice if I could link to the film footage they showed on OLN, but these pictures will have to do. The stage wasn't quite that bad, but there was so much competition to be on the cobblestones first that there was a big crash and one of the pre-race favorites, Iban Mayo, was caught behind the crash and ended up losing nearly four minutes on the day.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross