So, now it’s just three days until I’m off onto my epic charity bike ride. The MassRedRibbonRide should be fun, I think I’l be able to do it without much problem. I have convinced myself of this fact without any real semblence of logical thought.

My obtuse reasoning is that I am not really going to think about physical stamina and focus on happy thoughts, like the end.

I mean, I’m in decent biking shape & I have all the gear now, so good stuff. The most motivational aspect of this whole ride and the reason I wouldn’t fail or at least never admit to failure is the fact that I have been able to raise so much money for this event from my friends and family. I’m currently at $1,900, only $200 from my goal! That’s pretty awesome, I’m humbled by the generousity of my peeps. And, if you haven’t already, you should check out my fancy-pants web site . This puppy has garnered phone calls from a number of other agencies involved in the raise, it’s the sauciest donor page out there.

Here is an obligatory shot of me and my bikey, look how angry I am, that’s positive anger!

My brother, Eli, came up with the brilliant idea of creating a new dog house for Chewie, our legendary Rottweiler who’s beautiful mug graces this site’s intro (& her lil’ feet are at the bottom as well). Judging from the photos I have here, he used some standard plywood, a couple novelty stencils (sadly, he did not use real dog paws) & some white and green paint (incidently, those are our LAHS colors). The results speak for themselves:

This is clutch:

That’s pure genius