So obviously I missed the first meeting. I do, however, have an excuse: I was
out riding my mountain bike. On a trail.

This should be surprising for two reasons: one, there's still four feet of snow
in my yard; and two, seeing as I'm sporting a new pair of specially chromed
and polished hips with matching sockets, I probably shouldn't be allowed to
look at mountain bikes, much less ride one.

But I took off for Tucson for spring break, and have a handy local trail that has
a high penalty for failure (cacti) but is about as close to level as you can get
and hence no real fear factor.

It was fun, and so there's a real chance I might be back to almost keeping up
on rides by the end of the summer. :-)


Rolland