View From the Bushes

Overall, it was a reasonably productive weekend. The biggest disappointment is that despite copious amounts of water, vast patches of my lawn are still dead, but them's the breaks I suppose. In addition to lots of watering, I took my two oldest kids to buy bikes for their half-birthday. It somewhat spoils the surprise attached to the actual party this evening, but they were pretty surprised when I got them to the store and into the bike section, though it took several minutes to convince my son that he would prefer a bike to some Star Wars Legos.

I also took my oldest daughter to a dinner theater on Saturday. We saw "My Big Fat Utah Wedding," a satire based on "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." It was pretty good, though far too quick for anything resembling a plot to emerge, but the meal was decent and my daughter enjoyed it, so that's what counts, though I think a lot of the jokes required a cultural knowledge that she doesn't yet possess (like all the Utah MLM jokes).

The Tour is getting exciting. They had the first thing resembling a mountain on Saturday and Armstrong ended up without any teammates: a really bad sign for the rest of the tour if it continues. Today is a rest stage and I'm hoping to get someone to record the recap. It's a great way to get all the highlights.

Someone sent me an e-mail that contained the phrase, "enhancing communications amongst all of the stakeholders," and it reminded me how much I hate business, or as the author likes to call them, weasel words. Looks like an interesting book.

Back in the saddle
Ross