Recent content by Dude17

In the middle of "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson about the US ambassador to Germany in 1933/1934. Very interesting.

For those without a TV handy, how bad and where?

Considered doing that. Glad I didn't.

The scenario: Froome get isolated after the pace is driven up by Saxo, Movistar and others. He then bonks hard at the start of the last climb. He's isolated with no teammates who are 5-6 minutes behind him. He struggles up the climb and a teammate catchs up and helps pull him up to the top. He...

I'd love to talk about the race for yellow, but that is the most boring part of the race right now.

Completely agree. If it wasn't for the positive sponsorship aspects, it would be even harder for the "smaller" teams to get sponsors. They love the TV time for their lone rider in a breakway even if he comes up short and doesn't win the stage.

I like the idea of the clown suit. Either that or make him start five minutes later than everyone else tomorrow with no team support to get back to the front. :p Reality? Meh, the 20 second penalty is fine. The quote I saw attributed to him though doesn't sit well (paraphrase), "Well, I...

Completely agree. I remember Armstrong's "advanced traing methods" argument as well. I would like to believe that Froome is riding clean, but I can't bring myself to do it until I see him actually have a really bad day on the bike. We've seen Contador crack as well as Schleck. First thing...

Two other films I forgot to mention. Both tear jerkers: -Life is Beautiful -Hotel Rawanda (the true story isn't quite a "noble" and uplifting, but the movie will make you cry)

[Homer Simpson voice]mmmmm.....wine[/Homer Simpson voice] Beer just rips up my guts, so wine only for me. Okay, vodka works as well... or a good scotch... basically, anything but beer.

Fun movies to watch: -The Ref (Dennis Leary is great and Kevin Spacey does a great job as well) -The Usual Suspects -Dogma ("Know him? The dude still owes me money.") I'm not the target audience for this movie, but still think it is a blast after a few (or more than a few) drinks...

Middle manager in a professional services firm. Sigh.

What is extremely frustrating to me is that the oversight that was supposed to be there wasn't. Look at the whole Madoff mess. Warnings were given to the SEC years in advance of the final blow up, but they did nothing. Bank regulators didn't do their job. Basically, the limited oversight...

I have an eighteen month old... I'll take as much caffeine as I can get, basically.

"In Cold Blood" is partly dedicated to her as well. I loved "In Cold Blood," which Capote called a non-fiction novel.