Yep. She’s out. Going to stretch her wings for a serious run in 2012?
Random collection of headlines as follows…
- In Big Shocker, Palin Resigns As Governor: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
- Palin to Resign as Alaska Governor on July 26: washingtonpost.com
- Palin Quits as Alaska Governor: foxnews.com
- Palin’s Foolish Resignation: [...]

Make of it what you will, but have a safe and happy 4th of July.  Me? Taking the wife and dogs camping. So, what better way to check the msr stove than in the kitchen this morning. After a quick safety check I had no qualms about setting ‘er up on the kitchen floor. Meh. [...]

BGR should receive a lifetime ban from the forest for being such a meanie course marker destructivist…
from: BGR
subject: I moved your course markers.
I also threw some logs in the trail. I know that this was wrong, I felt bad about it very shortly after the fact.  I let my anger get the best of me, [...]

I’ll not be in attendance at this Friday’s summit in Flagstaff as we’re taking the kids to Sea World over the weekend. It will be interesting to see what transpires. I am hoping that cooler heads will prevail and kick ass bike racing will continue to prosper in and around Flagstaff. [...]

Joe didn’t participate in the sabotage. Read BGR’s point of view here.
The thing that nobody understands is how this situation was simply a spontaneous clash and how insignificant it actually was. The fervor has been impressive nonetheless. How the removal of some tape on ONE corner of the course caused so much death and destruction [...]

Second day off from school. And I still don’t know what to do with myself. Spend yesterday morning in the garage moving around boxes. Thought about building up another bike. I’ve got a Voodoo frameset just waiting for parts to be hung on ‘er. Read the site over lunch. [...]

File this under more lame.
from: gooch
Subject: How’s your Karma?
Now that the local-racing communitee knows who the individuals are, that put so much effort in to derailing the efforts of MBAA holding a local sanctioned race, persons that basically just directed their h8tr-hurt toward people they don’t even know, I would like to ask of them…, [...]

I just got turned on to a real gem. I’m talking ’bout Van Halen, son. VAN HALEN! Ever hear of an old ass demo they put out back in 1976 produced by Gene Simmons? It’s rough. It’s unpolished. It’s awesome. Like most things in this world, you [...]

I stumbled across this story this morning, and thought that I would share it with you guys. It appears as though we are heading right back to the 1950’s where a lot of republicans would like to take us. Yes, Spencer Bachus representative of Alabama has a “list” of his colleagues, who are, “GASP!” SOCIALISTS!! [...]

School is as school does. Man, I simply cannot wait for this semester to end. Bring on the summer. I man even, gasp, ride a bike. Little bit. Kinda.
Random link bullshit, aka Link Dump:
Mr. Clean
Greg Lemond
The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (That Don’t Work)
Guess her muff
I might have already linked [...]