It's still a tropical forest out there. This has got to be one of the
mildest summers in Texas's history. The average high for this summer
is in the 80's. Wow. And it seems to rain all of the time. Now that
I'm on a new route I've discovered something about driving to work in
Dallas traffic. It doubles the time. Today it took me an hour whereas
normally it takes me 30-40 minutes. So what is one to do in the car
for an hour? Listen to the radio, turn the air off and on, adjust the
speed of the wipers, adjust the defroster and of course drive. Now in
Wichita Falls we should be coming up on our local "Hotter 'n Hell"
bicycle race. Usually its in the 100s and it is hot. I think this year
we should rename it. Call it "Wetter than Water" or "Slicker than
Willy". I remember working at the medical tent one year at the 50
mile marker. People would be all mangled like they hit a car or
something.
We put band-aids on them, gave them food and water, and then if their
bike was working they'd go back out. What I remember most though is
the Hardees Cookies they were giving out. I couldn't help but stare as
I was eating my cookies and offering them to the mangled riders. "Want
a cookie", I would say and they would look at me like I was crazy.
"Cookie?" I think Hardees had to find a way to promote with the rouse
of helping them. I wondered why they wouldn't take em. So while these
riders were racing the "Hotter than Hell" race, I was running my own
little race. I called it "Reducing Inventory". Really it should've
been "Fatter than Whale". Oh well, it was fun to watch others expend
energy, it just made me hungry.

Thought of the Day
Peetey: "They said - Oh look, he's very healthy. Yes, very healthy."
Me: "To me - or maybe he's just Hefty. Yup wears Hefty jeans."