Happy New Year!

Well, the new year isn't starting out so good. I arrived home last night to see the trash men left the trash cans in my driveway such that I could NOT pull in. So I pulled right up to them, blocking the road and got out to move them aside so I could pull in. I saw somebody coming the other way but stupid me I ASSUMED they would see a silver SUV blocking the road and they would have to stop.

You know what happens when you assume? That's right, you stand in your driveway and watch as a full size van hammers your car at 45 mph. He didn't even hit the brakes. The guy obviously wasn't paying attention. One of the first things he said was he never saw my car until the last second. He also said he lost his cell phone. Hmmmmm.

I got pretty irate over this and getting the whole situation solved will probably be hell but getting angry won't help. All I can do is look on the bright side. I've learned to be more careful on the roads and never give any driver the benefit of the doubt they're paying attention. I'll be more careful in my car, on my bike, and when I'm working on my yard out by the street. Perhaps the lesson I've learned will save my life someday.

What the heck is that?!?!?

Are you looking at:

A. Underwater images from a Jacques Cousteau special
B. Attic insulation
C. My shoulder

If you guessed C, you were right. That's what 21 years of racing BMX will do to you. That's a partial biceps tear and a SLAP tear, now held together with Kevlar sutures. My shoulder hasn't been right for years but nothing showed up on MRIs until the biceps tear showed up a year ago after another fall. When they went in, they also found the SLAP tear which is a bigger problem. That's probably what was bugging me all those years.

Now the list of foreign substances in my body include gold, titanium, and Kevlar(thank you DuPont). I'm back to work but I'm in arm sling. It's going to be a long winter.

But I am psyched. After getting soft for six years my problem is fixed. (Well one of my problems is fixed, that only leaves 3257 others) Perhaps 2008 will be the year I get back to the gym and get back to my buff self. Here's hoping.

A blog?

Why not? I'm as self-important as the next guy. I find myself fascinating and think you should too.

Actually, I never thought my feelings and my life were so important that I should publish them on the internet and you should read them but what the heck? Everybody's doing it.