Peach is a fruit, not a color. Same with pumpkin.

Steve sent me this pic. A shoemaker in France was emptying the till at the end of the day and noticed this one-Euro coin. The one on the left is what they're supposed to look like, with the image of King Juan Carlos on the reverse. On the left is the coin the shoemaker found in the cash drawer. Click to enlarge if you need to. Recognize him? Yep, that's Homer Simpson.

Am I the only one who thinks men's synchronized diving doesn't belong in the Olympics? And there's gotta be something more worth the TV coverage in primetime.

For the conspiracy theorists out there...
Go to the Google homepage and then click on the "Maps" link in the upper left corner. Make sure you're on the satellite view. Now click and drag to move due eastward, just past the Mediterranean. Just north of the eastern end of the Med. Sea is the Black Sea. See it? (sorry) And on the eastern edge of the Black Sea is Georgia, as in the Georgia where the fighting is taking place. Now zoom in on the country. Notice anything? Or rather, the total absence of anything, as compared to the surrounding countries?
Whassup wid dat?

There's no fool like an old fool.
Thanksgiving Day Sprint Triathlon
This is what S & M plan to do.
Can I do it? I think that's enough time to learn how to swim and breath at the same time; it's the run that concerns me. Will my hips hold up through the training and then the run portion?

Men over 70 should not wear Speedos, even at the Sun City pool where all manner of scary things can be seen.

I increased the mileage for my Monday ride by 60% but only fell four tenths of a MPH short of my sprint high speed. The stretching exercises have definitely helped.
But I'm ready for the monsoon season to end. I don't mind the heat, but the humidity is a killer. I'm on the bike by 6 a.m. and during this time of year the temp is near 90 and the dew point is at or near 70 degrees. Staying hydrated is difficult and everything feels heavy. But we've got another month of this to go. Uff-dah.

Tomorrow I'm going to check out one of the rentals I used to manage. Now I'm just the local hands and eyes of the owner in San Diego; the funds all go directly to him and I charge by the hour for anything I do for him. That includes property inspections.
The rent for this house is now 11 days past due and the phone has been turned off. We also got a notice that if they didn't take in certified funds the city was going to turn off the water.
I expect to find the house empty. Maybe trashed. Or will they still be there? And if they are, will there be a confrontation?
It's a good thing I'm an intimidating hunk.