Howdy. I know it’s been a long time since we talked, but I’m pretty lazy when it comes to writing. You see, I write for a living and I don’t particularly like to write. So, after writing propaganda all day about mindless happy snappy nothing in particular, I really don’t feel like writing. However, I feel like it right now (there’s a long explanation that I don’t want to waste this motivation on). The whole racing deal never materialized. The diamondback was way too big so I bought a Cannondale (a nos Terra) frame off eBay and the sorry a$$ bike shop in Texas that listed it as a large when it was a medium … I built it anyway. I rode this one for a while and it was good. Around Christmas I started thinking I wanted to try road bike so I picked up a Specialized Allez (more on this later) and it was good until I got buzzed a few times. The next big step was tax return time, so I bought myself a Giant Trance 2, which I ride very much and it is good. This bike along with high gas prices has led me to start commuting by bike to work. I am the only commuter I see skirting the chaos that passes for traffic around here. It may also piss off those bicycle advocates who loudly proclaim that “bicycles have the same rights as autos” to know that I stay off of the road as much as possible. Not that I don’t think bicycles have the right to ride on the road, but I’m not willing to die for that belief! In conclusion, I will try to write more, I’ve only a little more time to suffer under the iron hand of my employer, so let the multitudes rejoice … or not.