View From the Bushes

Sorry I didn't post yesterday; I'm posting today in an effort to make up for it. As I mentioned earlier, I had given the cartographer until today at noon. Once again he swore up and down that he would at a minimum call me if the maps weren't going to be done. Well, noon rolled around and no call, so I tried getting a hold of him and there wasn't even a place I could leave a message, so the long and the short is that I've found someone local who's going to take a stab at it, and he says he should be able to be done by Monday, so assuming not too much comes up, the next adventure in the "Chronicles of Anyaka" should be available early next week.

For all intents and purposes the Tour de France ended today. There's still technically one more day but no one expects any chance in the top 30 places. Today was the final time trial, and I had hoped that Ullrich might win it and achieve some kind of redemption, but as usual he came in second. Oh well. I don't know if I mentioned this previously, but I give the characters in my campaign Tour Trivia for XP every time we play while the TdF is taking place. Last night I tried to make it easy and I only asked them one question, "Name one other person riding in the Tour other than Lance Armstrong." Surprisingly, several people couldn't come up with a name...

Well, I have to run off and meet with the new cartographer and instill the Spirit of Ed Bourelle in him, which will be no easy task, so wish me luck. If at all possible, I'm planning on biking to work on Monday morning; forget about wishing me luck with the cartographer -- it's Monday where I'm really going to need angelic protection.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross