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September 13, 2006 |
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“What’s to think about on a bike ride?” is an oft asked question, “that’s a lot of time to just sit and pedal.” So it was decided to keep track of random brain encounters on an early morning, out K return on J, Fruita pedal. --Recent poll results published in the Wall Street Journal placed President Bush’s approval level at 35% while the approval rating for Congress was 25%. Why are the numbers that high? --Does anyone ever buy a mattress not on sale? --For the taste buds to experience the full flavor of a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich the summertime delight must be consumed while standing at the kitchen counter next to the toaster. The time taken to move the three-decker feast to the dining area allows both the toast and bacon to cool while the tomato warms, reducing a BLT’S “yummy” factor by 50%. Why don’t wives understand this basic fact of food consumption and stop insisting husbands dine sitting down? --Why does the Colorado State Patrol demand Smokey Bear hats be a part of officers’ uniforms? The U S Army gave up the style somewhere around 1918. Wyoming state troopers wear Stetsons. Very cool. But Colorado’s finest appear to be fresh out of an “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires” commercial. The only other person always wearing a Smokey Bear hat is an afternoon disc jockey in Los Angeles called “Shotgun Kelley”. In a position demanding respect, do Colorado officials really want their state troopers looking like a disc jockey? --Is there a reason folks only serve potato salad during the summer? January and February are always at the bottom of the monthly popularity list. Maybe an occasional serving of potato salad would improve their standing. --The Bronco’s carry a heavy load in Colorado. CU is abysmal, CSU only 4 points better, the Avalanche in decline, the Nuggets responded to last years first round playoff elimination by basically re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic and is there a single person alive honestly believing the Rockies will ever amount to anything more than sad-ass. In our Centennial State, only the Denver footballers give hope of a team from the Rocky Mountains contending on a national stage. Let’s hope last Sunday’s St. Louis experience was just a stumble. Should it signal a trend our entire Centennial State will be on suicide watch. --Poets have long waxed ecstatic over the smell of flowers, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, new mown hay and summer rain storms. Why not an ode to the most delightful of odors, waking to the smell of bacon cooking. Hot grease doesn’t deserve a poem of its own? --Early voting is a good idea. Why not open the General Election polls the day after the primary? We’re over six weeks out from the first Tuesday in November and I’m already in danger of breaking out in a rash if forced to endure another “Bothways Bob” or “Not Bill Ritter” commercial. Those keenly interested in politics, both of them, continually decry the low number of voting Americans. Did they ever consider people skip the polls out of electioneering boredom? So goes the wool gathering on a 25-mile pedal. Tomorrow we’re mulling a fifty miler. Wanna ride along? |