So obviously I have a new layout, and in answer to the obvious question, no, I did not design it while in Photoshop class for the past four days. I may misuse government resources, but not that blatently. (And, for anyone reading who might not realize it, the previous sentence was said with sarcasm.)
The purple color was really supposed to be more of a blue, so I need to fix that. And I’m not totally satisfied with the header. But we’ll see. So far I’ve gotten one “love it” vote, and three “liked the old one better” votes. I liked the old one a lot, but lately all the white was getting to me. Too much white.
Anyway. You can let me know what you think in the comments.
Softball got rained out again last night thanks to the freak afternoon 15-minute thunderstorm. Debbie and I had talked about going to the batting cages, but Jason (and his bat) weren’t available. So then I thought about going to REI, but didn’t. So finally I settled for a good bike ride.
When I dragged my bike out of the garage for the first time in a few weeks, I noticed that my front tire was flat. Upon closer inspection, the tube itself was messed up. When I popped the tire off in order to change the tube, I found a three-inch long gash in the tube. Huh?!? The tire itself was fine, so I am at a complete loss as to how my tube basically split in half. My only guess is that perhaps it got hot enough in my garage to cause the tire to burst (since when I put the bike away last time the tires were still fully inflated). Last night after I was done riding, I let air out of both tubes in an effort to prevent any future tire-splitting. In any case, it took me 15 minutes to change the stupid tube, so I had to cut my bike ride a bit short in order to make it home to watch Tour de France coverage. Summary: Lance Armstrong is awesome, and those guys ride really fast.
Last night on my ~9 mile bike ride on flat, flat ground, I averaged just over 16 mph. I think Lance averaged close to that speed going up l’Alpe d’Huez. Insane.
