Rambling Dave's blog

My lovely wife Heather and youngest son flipped to compost. As far as I can make out this consists of emptying everything out of the compost box and then putting it all back in. As a side note, I am still sort of amazed that corn husks, coffee grounds, orange peel, and lettuce cores eventually become dirt.

Sorry for talking abou this triathlon thing AGAIN but it's been a big part of things for me for a while now.

The Frank Dunn Waskesiu Triathlon was this weekend. One year ago I signed up for this race. I signed up to force myself to learn to swim. So, after a year, the day arrived.

At the Ex yesterday (again... I go everyday). Here are my new observations:

(1) The Chop Suey joint sold out of Green Onion Pancakes. If you had asked me what food item would sell out at the Ex I would not have guessed it would be Green Onion Pancakes.

(2) One food services woman has "SICK GIRL" tattooed on her knuckles. I did not find that appetizing.

I took my kids to the Ex yesterday. I didn't do much. Basically, I stood by while they rode rides for five hours. Sometimes while they were in line I would slip away to get food -- noodles, beer, beef on a bun, pizza, and doukhobor bread. Here are my observations:

For a year I have been preparing for the Frank Dunn triathlon at Waskesiu this weekend. For the record... I am not going to win. I am there to finish feeling strong. And, I am feeling as fit as I have ever felt in my life. So, I decided to ramp it up and feel like a real triathlete -- leg waxing!

Phew... I had an AWESOME week off. Started out camping at Cypress Hills with my two sons. Fantastic. I have never been in the south west part of the province (shame on me). What an interesting area. Fort Walsh and the Eastend T-Rex Centre are both great. Interesting stuff. We fished, didn't catch anything. We camped, I managed to prepare enough food to get us through the days.

Sunday morning saw the Saskatoon Roadrunners 10 K Classic. I had two goals for the race. First, run faster then 50:00 (a personal best) and second, dethrone Heather as the family record holder. Heather has run one and only one 10K. She ran in 49:50 so I was hoping to take over the family record.

I was at Taste of Saskatchewan yesterday with my friends Dan and Murray -- I felt quite unmanly as I was the only one without his man bag. I like Murray's definition: "If you keep your money in it it's a purse otherwise it's a man bag."

We developed the "Taste of Saskatchewan Theme Game." It's quite simple.

Madonna and A-Rod? Well, maybe. It makes for a great weapon to heckle A-Rod at baseball games. This photo is taken in Toronto at the recent Blue Jays/Yankees game. Funny.