"So, can you eat? I know they don't serve meals on planes anymore..."
"I dunno. Those six crushed crackers and hard salami were so filling. Oh. And there was applesauce. Sooo much applesauce!"
"Heh. I remember the last time I flew out and I got that same 'snack pack.' The dude next to me said, 'Ooh, that salami looks good.' And it was."
"Well, sure, easily the best thing in that package. Too bad I had to spread my crackers and cheese onto the salami..."
The End. Looking good, Cisco!
So, what do you do when the heat climbs into the hundreds, but you still want to ride? Ride earlier and harder! Two hour ride, 1800 feet of climbing, one stretch at a 22 percent grade, 28.7 miles, done by 10:30.
Here's where just a little more research could have helped this comic strip:
You see the kanji (Japanese characters) up there? They are for the word "bonsai" (盆栽), which are examples of the art of making miniatures out of trees or bushes. I'm sure the artist meant the little shogun to say 万歳!, which is spelled in English: "banzai," which means "hurray!", but has been popularized in cinema as what Japanese kamikaze pilots yelled as they crashed their planes into Allied warships. If only Mark Tatulli had googled what bonsai meant before taking the computer translation. Whoops （しまった）!
After Hillary Clinton made a big deal to support the only filly in the Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles finished second behind Big Brown, and then broke both front ankles on the cooldown lap, and had to be euthanized on the track. With how Democrats are usually treated after losing to Republicans in the presidential race, I hope this is not some kind of metaphorical prediction if Hillary gets the nomination, but then loses to McCain in the general, or even how the Democrats will treat her if Obama finally gets the nomination. The latter might be the more apt metaphor since it was "Big Brown" who won, or does just mentioning that make me racist?
While the French still don't want Johan Bruyneel's team to win any of their events, the Italians woke up and realized they need some bigger names in the peloton. Team High Road was eventually invited, after having been left out of the initial invitations with Astana, but the Vuelta a España decided to leave them out, when they made a big show of including Contador's team. Perhaps ASO will feel the pressure to allow Astana in, with last year's winner and 2nd runner-up (Contador and Leipheimer), through the wildcard selection. Interesting times for the major Grand Tours, indeed.
