Back in Texas (and Other Blatherings)

I'm back in good old Texas where the men are men and the sheep are scared.  It's a lot hotter than Oregon, but that's OK - I'm ready for some warm weather.

The problem with blogs is Twitter.  Supposedly, blog postings have gone down in count significantly since you can post most of what you want on Twitter.  But, I don't think that people are surfing the web and looking for something interesting to read any less than before.  That makes the blog postings that do get done a heck of a lot more visible, eh? 

Some news:

• I got an email from Mevio saying that GoDaddy.com is offering a sponsorship.  I've bought domains through them and I have to say their customer service rocks.  I forget passwords and crap like that all the time and they've always fixed my screw-ups.  Good customer service is what sets you apart from competition nowdays.
• My right shoulder is a mess.  If I tweak it really good, I can't lift my arm above my head.  My swim coach says I should go get an MRI.  Then he went into detail about how they rip things apart and weld them back somehow.  Thanks?
• Speaking of swimming, I'm rockin' like Dokken in the pool.  I swam 200 yards in 2:19 today, after swimming 2000 yards of other stuff.  The high school kid in the next lane got me by a second or two.  It was a good race.
• Don't use orange juice mixed with water as an energy drink.  I did that at swim practice this AM and nearly puked.  It's the wrong kind of sugar and can go wild like Ricky Martin in your gut.
• During that 200, things went kinda like this:

1. First 25 yds - "Hmm, too fast.  Slow down."
2. Next 75 yds - "Pace it... Pace it..." 
3. Next 50 yds - "Keep up! You're doing it!"
4. Next 25 yds - "Am I about to puke? Stupid orange juice!"
5. Last 25 yds - "IF I DIE RIGHT NOW, WHAT A GLORIOUS WAY TO GO OUT!!! AAARRRHGHGHGHG!!!"

• My nervous system and whatever else absolutely lit up on that last 25 yards.  I hadn't felt like that in a long time.  It was like fire pumping through my entire body.  It was probably supercharged adrenaline and it felt amazing.  Hells yeah.