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Soon as I know something, you'll know something. K?

Song of the Week #40, I'm Diggin' It!

Billie Holliday made it famous.
Frank Sinatra sang it too.
But I really like the Betty Carter Version of Moonlight in Vermont:

It is so beautiful here.

It's one of the states that I would consider after Ali graduates from TC. Pretty cool, when I was up there in 2005 I attended "Solarfest" a symposium on renewable energy. They also had live music. I saw the Duhks and Dar Williams, pretty good stuff.

But my favorite thing about Vermont was this bumper sticker, it was everywhere:

And this pamplet, suggesting Vermont scede from the union, was being handed out at the symposium:

They also fight Wallmart, Target and the other big box stores at every turn, and with only 500,000 people, our 14th State can talk about things like a living wage.

Besides, these guys

Are from there.

Only one big drawback.... this guy:

Howard Duck Dean is from there and when the Dems lose the election in 2008, it'll be his fault, the dumbunny!

But, hey, I guess Vermont didn't want him to be the guy that was unemployed. Course I got a job for him: Hey Duck, Drop and give me 20!

Who's Up for some Vermont?

These Ultra buddies, Andy B and Patrick are!

Calm down ladies, sadly they are taken.

She is going too!
I love June! You don't love June, you don't love people (or should I say the theory of people?)

The Good Doctor is, she rocks, she may just win!

Jon's a Vermont Veteran, he'll kill.

Roger, may Win, I'm cheering for him!

Tracy and Adam, together again!
Until Tracy passes him at 99.632. See how she has to stay a step ahead of him (he wants to know what she's doing at all times (except for the Summer that is :)

Me. They're only bring me because I get them a discount at the Skunk Hallow Tavern!

The Woodman and the Beckster.
They've been shunning the FU crowd as they do their "Secret Training."

My buddy Michelle. I predict a top 10, OVERALL finish from her.
Pictured here with the lovely Catra (on the left) at Western States Camp.

Star, sorry, pictures don't do her justice.

E and P :-) These are the original LunaChicks. They Rock hard!

We're having a blast! Where we going next?

Lance it!

Tail on the Scale #17

Ok, it was a good week. I ate well, I feel well, I didn't drink any real beer (I had a couple of O'Douls, now there's a concept, I want the beer belly but I really don't want the rich taste nor the pleasant effect of actual beer. Can you help me? I've discovered that having a beer near is much better than having a near-beer, what a concept!) and I had a couple of Mich Ultras (they were forced on me!) on Saturday, but is Mich Ultra really beer? No it isn't!

Look even our Pres is drinking Near Beer (A near beer for our near president!)

He says alcohol dulls the cocaine. (hey, I just report the facts, don't blame me!)

Any way let's see what our scale reads............. 172! Ok, I said last week, I'd be happy to get back down to that figure and I am. I hadn't been consistently in the 170's in 3 years, and I haven't had to give up potatoes (yet, for Leadville, First Watch may have to Weight! I spelt it wrong on purpose, It's one of them double Intrepids, or whatever they're called)

Badwater = Badwomen!

On the Left is our girl Alisa she was amazing! 20th overall in 37:21 (that's hours and minutes yall, not minutes and seconds!) On the right is Denver's own, Jamie Donaldson, she was 1st female of the opposite sex and 3rd OA in a blazing 26:51!

For the sake of my very good friends, E, P, Becky, Candi, Andrea, June, Tracy, Michelle and Chrissy, I hope the Badwater trend continues at Vermont. What trend? Well how about this 5 or the top 10 were females and 8 of the top 15! Impressive, very impressive!

Now, women rock and women rule, and they are my favorite and all that, but the men weren't invisible. The winner was California's Jorge Pacheco, in get this, 23:21. That less than one day to go 135 Miles from Death Valley 1/2 way up Mt. Whitney.

I've met Jorge several times, he's a buddy of my California friend Michelle Barton (who may win Vermont, you know I'm cheering for her) and a nicer guy you won't meet.

And the FU Runners were very well represented by Dr Jack Butterick. He finished another Badwater, in 33rd place in a stellar time of 41:36, that's another Buckle (you have to go under 48 to Buckle at Badwater) for the 57 year old (way to go Booooy!) Tampa Physician.

It's amazin' the stuff you can get by pluggin' the simple phrase, "Women Rule" in to google.

(geez, Roger, Jon, Prof, AndyB, Patrick any thoughts? I mean, this trend had me cheering for Dean to hang in there, Too late, he got chicked! He finished 4th)

Oh Alisa, you're so Bad...water

Hey, don't forget to follow my Key West 100 buddy, and Leadville 100 pacer/crew #85 Alisa Springman as she does the Journey on the Sun, the Badwater Ultra Marathon, 135 miles from Death Valley to Mr. Whitney. You could also check in on Dr. Jack Butterick. He's bib #57

http://dbase.adventurecorps.com/results.php?bw_eid=23&bwr=Go

Badwater starts this morning and cutoff's 60 hours later, sometime on Wednesday. OUCH!

Don't know why they do it, course some people don't understand why I put with that kind of pain either, yes, I mean..... teaching school!