View From the Bushes

It's pretty late, so I'm not sure how long this will end up being. Of course, I could be dead by tomorrow. My cholesterol is probably 400 or something like that. Okay, it's probably not that high, but I'm positive that it's above 200. I had it tested a few years ago and I think it was something like 280, plus the good cholesterol was pretty low to boot. At the time, a PA (physician's assistant) ripped me a new one, which surprisingly instead of changing my behavior just sort of made me zone out. So there you have it, dead by morning (I imagine it would be pretty freaky if I really did die tonight, but I'm joking, at least I think I am...)

I made my weekly call to the cartographer and told him that if he didn't have the maps to me by Saturday at noon I would have to use someone else. I should have done that already, but the problem is that my primary cartographer is completely slammed, which is why I went with this guy in the first place. The long and the short of this is that the adventure will be out by Saturday or I will die in the attempt. Actually, I basically said that with the last NPC and I didn't get them out until Tuesday, so it may not be out on Tuesday, depending on whether they guy gets me the maps, because if he doesn't it will take a minimum of the weekend to get someone else to do them.

The whole question of Armstrong and doping came up in the comments. The thing causing all the furor is the book L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong, which, for now, is only available in French, so of course I haven't actually read the book, though I've listened to people who have (i.e. Phil Liggett) and whom I trust, and from what they said, there are accusations and suppositions, but at the end of the book, even if you believe everything it says, it still doesn't add up to proof of doping. Of course, there is what Greg Lemond said, but that's a topic for another time.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross