pro cycling sucks and i'm a twins fan.

sooo, the 5 riders from the astana team that were on the dope list have been cleared. nice fucking work. so, one of the biggest tour contendors (vinokorouv) couldn't race because half his team were on some list and now they clear them, a week out from the tour. if i were a potential sponsor, i'd stop being a potential sponsor right now because without due process, you stand to lose all the bang your buck may have. and this probably means that ully and basso will be eventually cleared of this cloud...nothing like guily until proven innocent. the money lost is ridiculous. i'm against doping...yes. but being proactive at the expense of reason and scientific evidence hurts the sport more that doping does.

a twins fan? well, i have always been a fringe twins fan since i lived in msp...but now there is more riding on it. that being, keeping the white sox out of the playoffs. if lee has to leave milwaukee, the only place i want to see him go is to left field in the metrodome. and heck, if the twins make the playoffs, they could win it all with santana and liriano hurling ever 3-4 days.

i bailed a touch early from work yesterday to get a jump on the distribution of our bark mulch to the beds. i tell you what, this could be the best 100 bones we've spent on the house...it looks great. although the labor was a little bit more arduous than i was thinking it would be...damn raised beds. tonight is full on 'get ready for nine-mile' night. grocery store, rei, pack, maybe spin a little to make sure the bike still works. then it's go time.