Rocket fuel helps...

We had a lot of fun last night. Jamie and Barb came over and we hung around the basement bar having drinks and smoking cigars. Two Ironman smoking. I think we are the only home on the planet that still allows smoking, Alice is amazing at being able to get rid of the cigar smoke smell.

Jamie and I started to talk about guys that owed us money and how we hate people that don't pay their bills. He had a condo leasing guy who owed him over $50,000. The guy rented Jamie's condos in Naples but didn't pay him, or at least not all of it.

Being the Internet savvy guy I am, I was telling Jamie how a website could be set up, with a cleaver URL that has the guys name and company in it, as well as adding keywords, meta tags, site optimization and even google AdWords, so that when someone types in the guy's name, the site with Jamie's story of how he got ripped off would come up immediately. Needless to say, it would not be good for this guys business.

We even came up with a name, FryTheF##kers.com. As we were talking, I had the laptop on the bar and went to Go Daddy and registered the domain as a joke and within 5 minutes had a website set up using iWeb. I even added copy and a funny photo of our debt collector. Like I said, we were drinking and having a good time. We were all just "howling" with laughter. It's amazing how creative beer can make you. I think Jamie actually wants to use the service. lol.

I was supposed to go for an MRI this morning, as part of the research program I'm in. The alarm went off at 6:40 am and my appointment was for 8 am. First off, when it went off, I was in la la land. When I figured out why it went off, I hit the snooze a couple times. I was still feeling the effects from last night and I convinced myself I'd get a DUI if I drove. So I skipped it. It's no big deal, they'll just reschedule.

I slept till 10 am and then got up and puttered around the house for a couple hours before my long ride. The first thing I noticed was that my leg strength was returning. It was a much faster ride than the previous couple. I was actually starting to get worried that I was loosing my mojo.

Like I've posted before, the squirrels are nuts right now. Pun intended. I almost ran over one, it was less than two inches in front of my wheel and just escaped in time. Aside from that close call, I still had at least 3 more jut in front of me, but feet, not inches away.

The best purchase I've made this year is the $13 toe warmers. They work great. It was fairly cold outside and my feet were toasty warm for the entire ride. It was supposed to rain all day and I got lucky, I managed to make it out the door dry and just got back before it started raining again. You gotta love it when a plan comes together.

John Barclay was going to come over at 4 pm and we were going to create a video of us as part of our application to be on the TV show "Mantracker". We put it off a week, until my parents and my crazy brother Bob come from Winnipeg to visit for Thanksgiving.

The plan is for John and Heather to come over, I'll have the green screen set up and with a family audience in the back ground sitting at the bar, we'll start riffing. It should be funny, especially after loosening up with a few beers. Then I'll take that footage and edited it down to two minutes. John thinks we'll get in because they've never had two Ironman and with his Police surveillance and K-9 experience, he thinks that'll help the cause. I don't really care either way, I think it will just be fun to do the video and post it on YouTube.

Long Bike - 3:00:44 / 92.34 km / 30.6 kph / 138 avg hr / 2535 ft climbing

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I thought this was funny. Enjoy.