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Last night wojsharr and I went to the Circle Ten Council of the Boy Scouts of America Friends of Scouting dinner. This is dinner is a major fund raising event for our council and as such, normally has a very high profile speaker. Last night we had the honor of hearing Robert Ballard speak. He told of his child hood dream of being Captain Nemo and how instead of laughing, his parents explored that with him and now, decades later, he commands a ship named the Nautilus that can travel to the bottom of the oceans of the world and transmit real time data to anywhere else in the world. That was a powerful message in and of itself. Listen to your children, explore their dreams and help translate that into reality. He then went onto to open our eyes to some amazing facts. Everest and The Grand Canyon are tiny in comparison to the mountains and canyons under the sea. Life exists down there that can produce food and energy without sunlight! There are vast fields of mineral deposits from undersea geysers that we are just learning how to mine. The search for the Titanic was actually funded by the US government as a cover-up so that Ballard could find two lost US nuclear subs without raising the suspicions of the Soviets. I imagine he could have talked for hours and we would all have sat in rapt, silent attention for the entire time. Mr. Ballard ended his speech with the note that he feels that his time in Scouting as a boy and young man helped shape him and his future. To this day, the crew on his research vessel, The Nautilus, wears uniforms, because he learned of the power that a uniform has to help build a team during scouting.

Women's roles in raising a child are completely different than a mans. They know we are irresponsible, and I suspect some resent u for that. It then bleeds over into the relationship you have with your spouse. I think this is funny and accurate.

This is why we can't have nice things. But I did laugh.

I do not discuss annoyance with my husband to others. It isn't their business or problem. That stuff is better left in a discussion with the spouse. It is not fair to embarrass your spouse, behind their back.

Another local ride. Got an early start this time so I got plenty of light, little bit of darkness but no rain! 15.6 miles, another 1,329 ft of gain. At one point I sensed a woman in a car checking me out like I was a piece of Man Meat. I saw her turn then realized it was Gina stalking me in her car. Almost to the top. 3 times up. No rain! Yippee !!! Stalker! I can tell by the look in her eyes, she wants me!

Ok I got to spend time with the little guys today. They are sweet. Their sister got peed on today when she got too close during a diaper change. I told her that will happen.

Had a meeting with a potential client. Afterwards we walked across Church Street and I saw the WTC memorials for the first time. (The last time I did Bike New York, in 2003, I think, they were still just holes in the ground). It was still emotional to look into those pools and remember that day. We drove to Jersey City and parked, then took the PATH train across the river - it was pretty painless (though it wasn't cheap). The new PATH WTC station is amazing. I couldn't help but think the kids would enjoy going up there - I'm not a "city guy" by any means but it was pretty cool to be there. Had a pretty good Reuben from a place around the corner. I would have tried to set something up with RG - if the #1 and #2 guys from my firm weren't along with me. I took a few photos - I'll load them up later.

I texted him that I hope he never comes back. reverse psychology.

My relationship is great. One week from today is my 44th anniversary.

You just described my sister, pleasurebot. He is very well rounded both in programming and outer skin contours. I can give you her IP address if you want. She as a great pair of APIs and one of the best UI's you will find this side of Hong Kong.

I see a pattern here. You are/were allergic to chicken. Perhaps you are allergic to chicks as well?

Today is a good day to decide 5 ways you are going to "deal" with her for the benefit of RO. She is going to annoy you for years but it always seems you are working on doing the right thing for RO. Keep on doing that!

Our relationship is 9.9 on a scale of 1 to 10. Coming up on 35 years of marriage and we went through some ruff times. We worked together on fixing the relationship and everything was just chugging for years and everything was just ok. Things took a big turn when I got sick and that when Wo46 finely realize that life isn't just about working and how much money you can make. You have to take time to play, have fun, take chances and not be afraid to fail. Now life couldn't be better P.S. Try to make your partner laugh and smile every day

I didn't mean to hit a nerve or anything. Really, you know that I am higher maintenance than you are, or many of us on this forum in regards to eating. My husband and I were watching this dumb show about the Simpson case and the sequestered jurors. They had a couple scenes showing the jurors eating breakfast, and it looked very distasteful. One of the jurors finally flipped out and ran for the door. My husband said "You would not have lasted a week." Then he put on his mock voice of mine, pretended to be me and said things like: This meat is not prepared right. Was it, <gasp> steamed? Hey, this pineapple is from a can. These eggs are overcooked. Where is the olive oil? Instant oats. Really? There aren't enough vegetables in our diet. I'M NOT POOPING RIGHT! I CAN'T EAT THIS WAY!

I get to see my wife tomorrow, first time since last weekend.

20 windy but flat miles.

20 miles @ 18.4 rolling ave

I cured myself of chicken syndrome by standing up to the asshole bully that had been tormenting me. I discovered that a bloody lip hurt less than the shame of running. He must have discovered something, cause he never bothered me again.

Not good enough

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE GOOD WEATHER BEHIND THE CURTAIN!

I texted @AirwickWithCheese hand drawn pictures of a turtle and of an ice cream sandwich. I crafted them using a sharpie and a post it notes. In the past, he has been unable to resist my hand drawn notes of pandas and such not. I hope that this works to lure him back in. This is our last chance

Our washer has been acting up for a couple of years. It's a Whirlpool Duet, 10 years old. We get an F20 code, it's a death sentence for these. We had a new one delivered (almost) today. The area the are in, they must be stacked. We were assured by the sales guy that our old one would stack on our new one with a new stacking kit. The delivery guys said no way, and if we put the old one on the new one, warranty is void. So, now I need to throw away a perfectly good dryer and get a new one. Both the repair guy and sales guy said 10 years would be all we should expect from a washer, the dryer might go 10 more years. I hate when companies build in planned failures / obsolescence into products so that I have to buy a new one.

Nana and I are headed over to watch the granddaughters while their brothers get borned.

How could he resist this?

20 miles on the fixed gear this morning. High 50s to low 60s for the ride.

Koko was not a reference here. Parsley was what that one Jack-wagon called me and I am still not sure why? Koko was from a thread about nicknames. The thread asked what your nickname was. I said most of my friends called me T-Bone, or just Bone. Someone (FY or Pebs) referenced the Senfield episode where George tried to nickname himself Tbone and the rest of the office started calling him Koko instead since there was already a T-Bone in the office.

I just sent him a text telling him about a documentary.

Feb 24 is our anniversary too

So, today is my wedding anniversary. I'm updating the roster here and I realize that I'm not sure I have the players straight. You refer to "quarrelsome-ex" (very clever nickname, btw). Is that a former wife, soon to be ex-wife, or just some hussy chick you banged along the way? And then you have feRG. I assume that she is the subject of the unfortunate divorce you are going thru now? And, of course the beautiful child...as she is beautiful,(and painted fingernails do nothing to distract from that..so ease up on worrying about the girly stuff). I can tell you all about raising girls, I have a PHD in that. BTW, she is so beautiful that I'm questioning paternity. Have you considered a DNA work up?

Restraining order.

Very interesting! And thanks for the link, Kzoo. I'm going to look it over later; I'm at work now.

I feel very lucky. We didn't have kids together, that adds a lot of stress to a relationship. My marriage is perfect.

Work half a day Saturday -- I am trying tog et my desk cleaned off. Errands. Clean the basement. I know you are all jealous of my wild life.

If this does not work, nothing will.

Maybe you should have baled out on posting this one?

Not too bad here yet. This was pretty much bare last night. 9:38 this morning...

yesterday was my last day for jury duty. now I am off the hook for it for 18 months

They are probably fasting. It's a drag to wait until noon if you're fasting.

Wife just made spiced apple and raisin crumble and the smell wafting round the house is divine.

Foggy upon our arrival Cleared up an hour later 9/11 memorial and this train station...

I would have opted for the Vienna sausages.

I think the guy in the lower pic is the one we saw on the ultrasound image. Very nice of pic of Grandpa and the boys. awwwww....!!

I think it is okay to eat some of that stuff from our childhood now and then...there are the memories...and then the realization why we don't eat like that anymore

Was there a light for "a little hot"?

Why? What's the worst that could have happened?

Hopefully a bit less stressful too.

I would bet he is salty.