Bits

Hi there.

This blog truly is a meter of outdoor Blocksma activity.  There has not been much traction on this corner in the last three weeks, because we have been enjoying friends, food, some visits, football and not as much climbing of juggy, overhung routes.  It seems a shame, but, i won't lie; it has been nice to enjoy the seasons in Fort Collins as the early Colorado Autumn has now begun.

Last week we were home for two nights to the Vandermeedens, who were on their way from San Jose to the quad cities of Iowa.  They are in the middle of a large exodus from their NorCal existence, and we are excited to get them as neighbors this coming spring.  

We also got down to Denver this past weekend to take in the Michigan State - Notre Dame game at the Blake Street Tavern, which is the new alumni bar.  We met up with 10 of our friends who are also spartans, and cheered on the green and white with over 200 other crazy midwesterners.  (no pictures taken with our camera - so you'll just have to take my word.)

The things that have driven me to blogging, though, are a few interesting news stories:

Turns out that the McCain-Palin ticket have gotten the third party debate organizers to change the way the VP debates will be going this year:  there will be less "free-flow" exchanges between the candidates, and will be more straightforward question and answer time.  The reason that the McCain campaign cited for pursuin this?  Becuase Palin has little experience in debates.  So.  She gets a handicap.  (this is infuriating to me.  It just doesn't make any sense.  Isn't she running for a presidential office?)

The other fun story is regarding those new 'I'm a PC' ads that you may have seen running all of the time between any television show currently on the air.  Turns out that the large website tied to the campaign has been examined and found to have been made completely on a mac.  Once outed, Microsoft took the files that made up the site and rescrubbed them through the PC equivalent system, but it was too late.  Ha!

ok.  tis all.  We're alive, i promise.  Feel free to ask how my fantasy teams did this weekend.  (hint:  awful.)  Seacrest out.