Monthly Archives: July 2004

Get her done

Kurt and I joined Kristan & her family for a float trip on the Huzzah River, from Bass’ River Resort. Quite distinct from the tranquil Meramec rides of my youth, the river was packed with people.
As I put it last weekend at Six Flags, this was a different slice of the public than I […]

Tibetan Tea

Tibetian Tea is good stuff. Folsom Distributing, who also handle Bawls and Jones Soda around here, have brought it to St. Louis far ahead of most of the county.
It’s hard to describe, but somehow this is the first “energy drink” that seems to perk me up beyond a short-lived caffeine buzz.

Lone rider

Last night, watching the end of Stage 17, I thought: Would someone get Basso some teammates? I mean, really, he’s always alone out there.
Then, this morning, I read this:

Apparently, yesterday’s abandon by Michele Bartoli of CSC was a little more colorful than reported. Bartoli, who will ride for Italy in the Olympics, got in […]

Slate Red or Blue

Once again, I am declared average. This time, by Slate’s Red or Blue quiz. I guess this makes me an outraged moderate.

20 Questions to a Better Personality

2004-07-07

Wackiness
44/100

Rationality
70/100

Constructiveness
80/100

Leadership
88/100

You are an SRCL-Sober Rational Constructive Leader. This makes you an Ayn Rand ideal. Taggart? Roark? Galt? You are all of these. You were born to lead. You may not be particularly exciting, but you have a strange charisma-born of intellect and personal drive-that people begin to notice when they have been around you a […]

Fair St- Louis 2004