(This is merely a short statement of my personal views. This isn't campaigning or proselytizing. I have no intention for this dusty corner of cyberspace to fill with the political rhetoric of anybody but my own.)
Massachusetts, you're scaring the hell out of us right now. You're one of my favorite states. You've been like a neighbor to me. At times the relationship has been love-hate, but we have to admit it's usually just love. We've spent countless hours together, and it's almost always been very pleasant.
But still - what the hell? Seriously. You're really freaking everybody out with this Senate special election. Yes, this Scott Brown guy looks like the Romney of old on paper (the physical semblance is there, too). Yes, you all are pissed off because the world sucks, but it isn't like everyone else doesn't have it tough these days too (have you even seen Rhode Island recently?!?) and it's pretty darn immature to be throwing such a prima donna childish fit. You're old enough to know better, Massachusetts.
Grow up. If you really don't want the Kennedy Senate seat anymore, don't throw it away. At least give it to somebody more responsible, like Vermont (I was about to say New Hampshire, but, ya, that's probably not actually a good idea). Heck, even Rhode Island will take it if you're not responsible enough to handle it anymore - but we will corrupt it a bit before giving it back to you. Rhode Island may poop where it eats quite a lot, but we keep it inside our borders and do our duty by sending the right people to Washington D.C. Every ballot I've ever casted in my life has included a vote for a Kennedy.
I can't vote in your little special election, but this is fair warning: don't screw it up, Massachusetts. Rhode Island has already been talking with New Hampshire, and we're totally prepared to kick your ass. I think Connecticut would be in on that ass-kicking, too, and they have a lot of people.
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This blog has been silent recently. I essentially quit the Brown cycling team in late November. On one hand it's been good. I was still the head honcho president guy, and it had been painfully obvious to everyone that I shouldn't have been since I could barely scrape through normal everyday academic life with enough energy to be slightly more alive than a vegetable. I wish it had been so obvious to me sooner, but they've got the right leaders and organization now and my observation from afar has been that they're doing a very fine job. I haven't had much of any desire at all since then to be involved in the sport. I've been on the bike a bit recently, and doing some actual serious things in the past few weeks. I think I've turned a corner now. The pain and fatigue is physical, but I'm increasingly discovering that it's been just as mental as well. A lot of positive things seem to be brewing in the ECCC recently, and I'll try to add my little voice here about some of the things in the near future. A week or two of somewhat 'real' training will show if it demolishes or strengthens me, hopefully the latter, and if so I sincerely hope that the Brown team will let me rejoin its ranks so I can tailgun the A field for yet another time.
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