Obama Afghanistan

Hmmmm, hope that this "surge" works out. What a frickin mess. Give the Afghans some hope to have real lives without the Taliban... then get the hell out of there. I agree with the President -- the only real "nation building" I want to see is right here in the U.S.A.

House passes Health Care bill. All my favorite college football teams win. I am healthy and happy. Something is obviously wrong, somewhere...

Puppy Love

Got a new Yorkie puppy -- her name is Porschea and she is a pain -- but also pretty loveable! And the little bugger can run fast -- although we haven't taken her for more than a 10 min jog.

Don't View These if You Are Squeamish

Red Dress Party slide show 2002: It just kept getting better. Snapfish:2002 Red Dress Party
Can't show the wild 2003 party -- I think some careers would be in jeopardy! :-)

Ahh The Good Old Days

Snapfish:2001 Red Dress Party

When will the global warming end?

OK, after next weekend I am officially declaring an end to the German winter season so we can all get outside and start biking and running! But remember on 28 Feb we are all going to Arlberg on the Outdoor Rec bus!

Lance is Becoming Quite the Spokesman

Holy Shit! If you don't think Lance Armstrong is ready for politics, check out this press conference reply: video Lance, you go boy. His composure is absolutely 4.0!
That poor Irish journalist is probably still drinking himself under the table...

Valentine's Day Update

Winter continues in Stuttgart -- good for skiers though. Makes training a bit problematic. What's up with the republicans? Let's get that stimulus bill passed and see if it can get any worse. I seriously doubt it. Meanwhile I'm going to get a little foot problem checked out next week.
Good luck to Lance this weekend at the Tour of California. Should be some good racing.

Everyone have a good V-Day and remember that life is fleeting -- give big to that Valentine of yours. and don't let the females forget about that follow-up holiday to Valentine's Day --14 March is Steak and BJ Day!!!

Alright, it's time to start thinking about your training program for this season's races. At this point, I'm going to tell 'ya to go the team training route rather than pay me the big bucks. So go to Rich and Patrick at Endurance Nation and join the team -- first 30 days are free. Tell them that I sent you!

Lance, Lance, Lance. He's a lion in the age of lambs. You got's to love him or hate his guts. Me, I'll always love him for his fight against cancer and his will to beat the living hell out of anybody who criticizes him or wants to finish in front of him. If you want to go see him in the Tour de France this year at the young age of 37 and 5/12'ths, I'll be there on 17 July. Join us in a caravan and bring your bike, cuz we're finding a hill to bike up to, break out the wine and cheese, and wait to cheer him on.

And I want to see if he's going to wear that black and yellow kit on the Tour, or go with that Astana kit. Of course, he'll probably just be wearing the Mellow Johnny jersey...

Facebook Link

Just checking to see if my Uberfit blog posts get put on my facebook notes. I've lost control of the Intertubes, me thinks.

The Hazards of Owning a Nice Red Parrot

Today was a milestone. After running hundreds of miles, a couple of thousand of miles bike riding, and swimming a few hundred yards in the past decade, I suffered my first notable knee injury this morning when I bent down to retrieve Hina our female parrot (when she flew off her perch to hide in her favorite hiding spot -- a clear violation of house rules). That was almost enough for me to fry her up for dinner.

But then shortly after I got home after a long day at the office, she proceed to bite both the spousal unit and me, hard enough to draw blood. We were simply trying to spray some moisturizer on her plucked areas. We are both now nursing our wounds and killing the pain with some nice Chimay Blue (that's real nice Belgium bier for you unfortunate statesiders). At least getting nailed by a parrot twice in one day has it's rewards. Cheers.

Well, life goes on as a defense contractor at EUCOM and it is proving to be very interesting and not a little challenging. I'm getting a handle on the acronyms and just have to get back up to speed on speaking the buzz phrases. Here is a little tutorial for those of you wishing to improve your Combantant Commander linguistic abilitities:

English 4 Star Staff

publish or post something on a portal "hang it on the portal"
objective "effect" "capability" or "who knows"
Be Prepared To "BPT"
staff something " form a B2C2WG and put it on the Battle Rhythm"
War Phase Zero to Phase Four

Helping out the new Prez

Well, we have a new Prez, so I can officially return to the States. But now that I am back in the official world of Defense machinations, I feel a certain responsibility to help out Barack and get our country back in front of the pack. So Mr. President, I'm here for you. If you want me to come to the White House and become your liaison with the Combatant Commanders (ie, your SecDef), I'm your man. If you want me to become your personal trainer (probably a much better option), I can do that too (as long as T gets to come and hang out with Michelle).

By the way, Mr. President, your white half has possession of your dance gene. You gotta get some brothers to help you out and have your soul side take over that gene so you can get your groove on before having your first White House State Dinner with some nice entertainment/dancing. Or maybe you just want us to think you can't dance! Anybody that can play basketball as well as you can has to have a better sense of rhythm than what you were showing at those Inaugural Balls...