Must be the time of year...

First, sorry no pictures yet, I'm working on vacation and Kylie pictures.

Secondly, It's really starting to suck that I can't do the one thing I love to do so much this time of year: mountain biking. It also feels like I'm sort of cut off from a number of my friends that I done so much biking with in the past. I really hope I can get this knee sorted out soon (surgery's still scheduled for June 12th, but I may have to move that because of work). I've hidden my bike in the dark recesses of my basement, but I swear I can actually feel it there, being sad. Reading my friend's blogs, like Chris Plesko's (http://slipangles.blogpsot.com) as he prepares for some truly insane ultra-endurance races just makes it worse.

On a fairly random note, we bought a third car. Sort of. It was $400. But at least I can put the baby in it (the 2-seater Eclipse and motorcycle are noticeably lacking in child carrying provisions). Oh yeah, the new one's a '94 Nissan Pathfinder (190,000 miles!)...runs great believe it or not.

Last, I recently sort of rediscovered the world of solo fingerstyle acoustic guitar (well, not entirely, since I no longer own a guitar to play myself, besides I couldn't do 1/4 of what some of the artists out there are capable of). Anyway, I'll leave it up to the reader to decide if it's for you, too. Check out www.candyrat.com, and search YouTube for Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, and Craig D'Andrea. The amount of sound these dudes can produce from a single 6-string guitar is beyond mind-boggling. That ought to get you started, and remember all these guys are in their 20's...