View From the Bushes

Last night was my night to catch up on my sleep. Despite this, I ended up staying up till around 11:30 finishing one more thing for the "project." This would not have been that bad, but then right around 2 am I got a call from work telling me that the internet was down. They make this mistake all the time. If people can't get to our webservers then they should call me. If they can't get to any webserver (e.g., Google) then they need to call the network guys. This time it was the latter... I'm hoping I didn't yell at the computer room operator, but I honestly can't remember.

It was somewhat difficult to get back to sleep and the rest of the night was filled with bizarre dreams of demons and web servers, so I'm still dragging. Fortunately it's not as bad as it was yesterday, and hopefully nothing will keep me from getting to bed at a decent hour tonight. Of course there is one thing... On Saturday I decided I need to reward myself for all the work I was doing, so I ordered a game. It came today... The title is Space Rangers 2. It's got quite the buzz online. It's suppossed to be an open-ended space exploration style game with turn-based combat, real-time space combat, RTS, and a text-based game all rolled into one. Maybe I won't get to bed on time after all.

Now that things have quieted down a little bit, I'm hoping to get back on the bike. In fact, I have an annual ride scheduled for Labor Day -- the question is when between now and then do I want to ride. Getting in some kind of a warm-up ride would be a good idea, but too much too close to the ride and I'll just wear myself out. Speaking of cycling, the third and final grand tour, the Vuelta a Espana, is currently underway. So far there haven't been any huge surprises, but they haven't hit the mountains yet. A few Americans, including Landis, Danielson and Van de Velde have some decent prospects. It's not the tour, but it's still exciting.

Slowly recovering
Ross