Man, I can be lazy sometimes. Let's attribute that to the fact that I'm trying to get my stuff for graduate school stuff together and I'm attempting to study for the GRE for at least one uninterrupted hour.

That hasn't happened yet and I take the damn thing tomorrow. I know I'll excell on the sections that matter most - the grammar and essay sections. But I know that I'll bomb the math section - without a calculator I'm doomed.

Eh, at least I can take comfort in knowing that the most math I'll have to do in the future will be related to my taxes and monthly bill reconciliation. To any detractors, hah!

Onto other things, while I still have the time; here is the link to an article Steve Martin wrote for the NY Times Sunday magazine. In it, he writes of his acquisition of a beautiful and mad piece of artwork that could be a vision of a nightmare or of a dream. The small picture on the website does no justice, neither did the 4x4" picture of the piece that originally accompanied the article. I guess I'll have to become a better friend of Steve Martin if I'm ever to see what he's talking of.

http://sharingsteve.blogspot.com/2004/11/new-piece-by-steve-why-didnt-he-tell.html

But I suppose I should work on becoming a friend of Steve Martin if I'm to ever hope of looking upon that piece of Gray Foy. And to that I say, "good luck".

I'm at work again. And I'm here for another two hours with nothing really to do. Well, there are things I could be doing, but that doesn't meant that I need to do them now. Plus, I deserve a break. Whatever.

I got in some half-serious miles in the past two days. The cold spell in Cincinnati finally cracked a few days ago and the weather on 1/1 and 1/2 of 2006 were actually warm - mid 50's and 60's. Not too shabby for the heart of the dark winter. So I went out riding and put in about 26 miles on Sunday and 32 on Monday. All on my fixed-gear on hilly terrain. God, I love that bike. I do need to ride my geared bike a bit more, but I really need a true road-racer. I don't want to start the Spring series on my Redline cyclocross bike. Sure, it's fast enough, but it's heavy and put's me in too high of a position, regardless of how low I've set the handlebars.

I'm leaning towards the Felt F55 or maybe even the F2C. I don't particularly want a carbon bike, but those Felts are sweet...and cheap. We'll see if I can finagle some dough out of the dad, but I really should just wait until I get my tax refund and that unclaimed fund check.

But yeah, I want a new bike dammit.