Cool Quote

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”

More Bikes

These are some of the bikes I a checking right now. Hoping for a new ride in the spring of 2010.

Ridge Ride

Saturday morning we hit the ridge. We parked near Timpanooke and rode up through Salamander Flat and up to the summit, across the ridge and down Pine Hollow and back. The uphill from Salamander to the Summit was punishing to say the least but the downhill on Pine Hollow is way worth it. Afterward we were all supposed to go to Betos (Tom's idea) but it ended up just me and Joe. I think Sean was going to be grounded, (hope his wife does not read this). The Betos was soooo good by the way for those who missed out.

Corner Canyon

Last week on Wed we hit up corner canyon trail in Draper. Tucker had new clip in pedals and took a nice fall. The climb felt good. I like the uphill on Clarks a lot. It has a nice mellow pitch to it. We went down Ghost Falls. It was super fast. I can feel my legs starting to come back a little bit.

Fisher

This is the bike I have been recently looking at. It's a 29er. I will have to jump on one and ride it. If anyone has ridden a 29er feed back is welcome.

Running

So I started running a couple months back to try and get into some kind of physically fit condition. I have been running in some Nike's that were way too small. Guy who sold them to me from Foot Locker said they will pack out. WRONG. I was running about 3 miles and when I was done it felt like my toes were going to fall off. So I went to 26.2 in American Fork and got some new shoes. I ran in them last night and it was amazing! It was like running on clouds.

GAME RAGE

Found this on KSL.com. SO AMAZING!!! This is a must read. The second incident is my favorite. The guy probably got dealt a draw four and then got skipped and then a reverse all in a row. The lady he slapped must have called out UNO!! and sent him over the top!

2 men arrested following separate game incidents
August 18th, 2009 @ 9:24am
SALT LAKE CITY -- Two people who may have taken games too seriously are now in jail. They were arrested in separate incidents.

One of the suspects, Zachery Frank King of Cedar City, appeared in 5th District Court for a preliminary hearing Monday.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, police say King was playing "Dungeons and Dragons" with two friends -- Logan Bryson and Daniel Shokrian -- at Shokrian's home on May 30. Investigators claim King left, returned in the middle of the night with a hammer and attacked both friends. Shokrian lost his ability to read and write.

A Cedar City detective says one of the victims had acted cocky as the Dungeon Master. There also may have been some jealousy over a girl who King and Bryson both knew.

King pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated murder and a count of aggravated burglary. He remains in the Iron County Jail.

In a separate incident, an Orem man is accused of threatening his nephew and slapping a woman after losing a game of UNO Saturday night.

Orem police say the 58-year-old man had been drinking and playing cards with his nephew and the nephew's wife in his home near 400 East and 1800 South.

The Tribune reports that around 10:30 p.m. the suspect became agitated and smacked the woman in the head. As the woman and the suspect's nephew were leaving, the man allegedly threatened them with a large kitchen knife.

Police arrested the suspect on suspicion of aggravated assault, as well as for three outstanding warrants of aggravated assault, simple assault and driving under the influence.