3 months on

Wow, I haven't posted for 3 months. I wonder if that's some sort of record.

Some discoveries:

1) I LOVE the new bike. It is so fast and rolls so smooth... When I'd put the hammer down on the old Fuji, it would twist and heave itself foward like the Soul Train. While this was a fine vibe for cruising, at some point you just gotta get there and the Fuji wasn't fast enough. Conversely, the Tricross is MUCH faster to translate pedal effort into forward motion. It just snaps into action. The upgraded shifters are so silent! Instead of the Fuji's clunk and rattle with the Tiagra shifters, the Triross changes gears without any noise at all. Just a push on the lever, and the Ultegra drivetrain just flicks over to the next gear...

2) Winter sucks. From mid-October to late April is 6 months. That's how long we've been cooped up with winter weather. Thus, I have to pick up X-country skiing so I don't go insane like I did this past winter.

3) The GMAT is a tricky mutha. If you're thinking of taking it, you can't study too much - but make sure you study smart. Half the battle is knowing the tricks.

4) The Interweb is getting cluttered. There is no need for half the graphics & ads out there, and planned obsolesence is the result. My PC can do everything I need it to except browse the Web, which used to be the simplest application.