Elivs and More...

I had the pleasure to accompany my fabulous girl friend to the gala of wine tasting to benefit Connections, which helps disabled people in Weld County. To my surprise the king was there, rhine stones and all. Apparently he has good taste, because he plucked Lova out of the crowd to dance with him. I'm sure you are asking yourself if I was jealous, maybe a little. We tasted some wines, although I didn't taste any that are worth reporting here. All in all, it was a fun evening, and for a good cause.

In true Brian fashion, here is my first self portrait taken whilst riding my bike earlier today with my new digital camera that I got from Lova-clause for Christmas. It was finally warm enough not only to ride my bike with some level of comfort, but I didn't even have to cover my ears.

Here is another tribute to the blogging skills of our white house staffer, the handle bar/ leg shot. If you maximise the picture you will notice that I am riding within the correct heart rate range at 143 beats per minute. Today was my first official day of "base" and I was constantly battling to keep my heart rate at an acceptable rate.

This is a picture of a very popular sport in the country, mail box baseball. In case you are wondering tampering with mailboxes is a federal offense and a felony to boot.

Since the majority of my faithful readers are no longer in the Greeley area, I thought that I would update you on the status of an intersection I'm sure you are familiar with. It is the intersection of CR 53 and HW 34 in Kersey. A 16 year old was killed at this intersection earlier this summer by a semi truck. I think it was the 3rd fatality and CDOT decided that they would put in a light even though the death toll is usually 4 to get a light at an intersection. Upon zooming you will also notice that the truck in the intersection is carrying sugar beets, big business in Northern Colorado.

The first meeting of the Biking team went well, we had 8 people show up. It seems like it will be a good group of guys that are excited to race this season. I have been playing the waiting game with the President of CU's team, trying to get the details figured out for the weekend of racing that we are sharing over Easter weekend. After waiting 4 days I was able to use the power of the World Wide Web to find his telephone number. I called and had a good talk, he even said that he was willing to give us Saturday, because the turn may be better than on Easter. The first team ride is tomorrow, check back for pictures. Until my next moment of genius...

First Ride of the NEW YEAR

Today was my first ride of the new year and probably would not have happened without the encouragement of the long lost Alex Lewis. It was a balmy 25 degrees above Fahrenheit. We slowly made our way to Eaton. This gave us the opportunity to have the first official officer meeting of the semi defunct UNC cycling team.


Since the first of the Year, I have been trying to make up for my 6 month hiatus from the working world by working myself to death with the overnight shifts. I thought that you my fellow readers would enjoy sharing in some of numerous sunrises that I have seen on my return home from work.

Here I am working very hard, notice a required tool of the night shift, the coffee cup.

As all of you know G-reality is know for it ability to fly a kite aka the wind blows always. Because of this constant wind, I have had a hell of a time keeping my pilot light lite, resulting in the temperature plummeting all the way below the range of the thermostat to display an accurate reading. I hope everyone is well and life is good.

PS I'm going to Las Vegas for the first time for my Birthday at the end of the month.

Back to Work

Life has been pretty busy since my last update (forever ago). I finished my 15th semester of school, with only one to go! I got the all clear from the orthopedic surgeon to go back to work on the first day of winter break. It feels pretty good to be making money again, after a 6 month hiatus.

I have yet to get back onto the bike since before finals at the beginning of December. Good news from the RMCC- UNC will be sharing the weekend March 22,23 with CU and hopefully hosting a race. I was hoping to share with CSU, but they won the bid to host nationals. I got a verbal agreement from the Mountain bikers from CU to share the weekend, but I have yet to confirm with the president of CU. Maybe the UNC team will survive another year, and hopefully a new and competent president will take the helm.

Well the holidays have come and gone, thank god. This was supposed to be the first Christmas in about 20 years that I was going to spend the day with my Mother and Father. Thanks to the snow, I didn't see either one of my parents. It was the best Christmas in years thanks to my wonderful girl friend, Lova. She got me a new digital camera, that is waterproof, shockproof, and freeze proof, so expect more pictures to come.

For New Years, Lova and I went to Cattleman's in Greeley for dinner, followed by a relatively quiet night off the dangerous roads. I had to work at 3 pm on New Years day, so I was glad to avoid the blackout that has occurred in past years.

As you can see above, my car has surpassed the 180,000 mile mark and is showing its age. I am having some trouble with my windshield whippers and washer spray, but who needs these superfluous extras, especially in the winter.

With tha advice from the boys at Roubaix, I finally made it over to Fat Albert's for a Moscow Mule (vodka and ginger ale in copper cup). The camera on the IPhone is meeker at best, and failed to capture the mule that is stamped on the side of the cup above. I am going to blame the inability to post pictures taken on the Iphone directly to this blog as my main impetus for my lack of updates. This has been the largest problem that I have had with the Iphone, otherwise it is super sweet! I guess thats all for know, I should probably make sure all of my patients are still breathing and not laying on the floor.