Go Cipo!!

When all the teeth have been brushed, all the books have been read and everyone is falling asleep I get to finally stretch out my legs and watch the Tour of California. It has been nice to get back into the cycling season and what better way than the TOC. I don't have a favorite team to cheer for but I do favor the US teams specifically Slipstream/Chipotle, HighRoad and notably Rock Racing. Three years ago Mario Cipollini, The Lion King, retired from professional cycling but has recently hit the road by storm riding for the Rock Racing team. What's PRO about Super Mario is that not only is he putting up respectable times, taking third in stage 2 against the likes of Tom Boonen, the guy is 41 years old! I for one am inspired by his physical health, performance and his passion for cycling.


(Quickstep's Big Tom Boonen out front, Gerolsteiner’s Heinrich Haussler and The Lion King - right side in black/green kit)

Toddlerhood

Saturday my 15 month old got a haircut. He had long curly brown hair that I wanted to let grow out so that I could pull back into a ponytail like Antonio Banderas. It was also my way of prolonging his transition from babyness into toddlerhood. Unfortunately my wife didn't see the humor in have a little mariachi dancing around the house so she had it trimmed. At first I didn't like it, I'm losing my baby and all his "baby" hair. I had all day Saturday to acclimate to the new look and by Sunday I had fully embraced his new locks.