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From the title you might get the wrong idea but the thought behind it is actually pretty great. Buy a bunch and send me some.

I’m getting too old for this shit.

Tonight originally called for the usual Friday evening ritual followed by making an appearance at Carmen’s birthday party. When I finally got around to inquiring as to what time the kids would be gathering - and I do mean kids, it’s her 21st - the answer was 11:00. At night. PM.

No can do, Carm, baby girl. My regrets.

Despite my love of planning, I randomly display an ability to be spontaneous. I couldn’t stomach the idea of laundry night/date night, and I knew I’d never find the motivation, so I met Kim after work and had dinner with her instead. It’s 10:00, my eyes are watering, my back is burning and I’m crashing. Laundry undone, date night skipped, party unattended.

In other news, I upgraded my BlackBerry today, it’s a lot less top heavy than the last one.

Sweet, young, silly Jason (see blog). He’s like a little boy on the playground with a crush, yanking my pigtails and running away.

Aren’t his youthful tactics adorable?

Too bad I swiped a screenshot before he tore down the post having realized the error of his ways…or perhaps he’s penning a new post once someone pointed out that AK is for Alaska, not Arkansas. I have to admit though, the thought of me doing any kind of school spirit type call is mildly amusing.

Update 9:16 - The post is back up. Looks like J can’t decide if he really wants to commit suicide or not. Hm.

Update 2:59 - He’s taken it down and replaced it with something even weaker than the original. Who would have thought that was possible? Expect the unexpected, I say. Uh oh, I’m about to channel Sally Field…

There has been further debate recently with my friends on the Geneva Convention of Dating that I outlined a few weeks ago (and subsequent posting).

The most recent topic of contention is the opening of the car doors.

With the invent of keyless entry, it’s a moot point. It’s no longer a key juggling nightmare or a challenge of grace for a boy to let himself into his side of the car after opening the car door for his date. Am I right here ladies? I mean honestly, why should a pretty girl in a nice dress have to contort and stretch herself across the car when you’re perfectly capable of opening the door yourself?

I’ve talked about this in mixed groups and with some of my buddies mano y mano. Recently Kim and I had a conversation about it and when I did the lean/unlock for her 3 times in one day (she doesn’t have keyless entry) she voiced her conclusion that I really must like her. That girl cracks me up.

The bottom line is this: boys should continue to open the door for their female companions and the “bitch test” is obsolete, gone the way of Night Ranger and Sister Christian. A cheesy classic, and certainly not a mandatory single in the collection.

I love it when my random and otherwise stealth readers take the time to email me. (some information has been changed to protect the innocent)

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:35:06
From: “C.Z.”
Subject: Came across your blog…
To: maigh@maigh.com

You could be my girlfriend’s twin. Except she is from Scotland. And doesn’t run. And lives here in DC. And she looks nothing like you. But you two are almost identical in every other aspect.

Technically I’m taking “lunch” so I don’t feel too brutally guilty about quickly posting from the office…and if it hadn’t been for a swarm of planned and impromptu meetings, this would have been up hours ago. I was altered to the fab news by someone who would probably prefer to remain anonymous (or forgotten?), and got the full story from Kenneth (twice in one day, WUWT?)

UPDATE 1-Cycling-Armstrong to ride in 2005 Tour de France.

By Nick Mulvenney
433 words
16 February 2005
07:30
Reuters News
English
(c) 2005 Reuters Limited

LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Six-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong confirmed on Wednesday that he would take part in this year’s race.

The American’s 2005 racing schedule, announced by his Discovery Channel team, includes the Tour de France, next month’s Paris-Nice classic, the Tour of Flanders and the Tour of Georgia in the United States.

“I look forward to achieving my goal of a seventh Tour de France (victory),” Armstrong, who claimed an unprecedented sixth title last year, told the Discovery Channel website.

“I am excited to get back on the bike and start racing although my condition is far from perfect.

“(We) will evaluate my fitness later this spring and possibly add some races to the calendar.”

The chairman of the company which organises the Tour de France, Jean-Marie Leblanc, was pleased that Armstrong had decided to have another go at the world’s most gruelling cycling race.

“I knew that under the contract between Lance and his new sponsor Discovery Channel he would have to race in the Tour at least one more time, either in 2005 or in 2006,” Leblanc said.

“Lance has decided to take up the challenge now which is good.”

Armstrong won six stages, including the team time trial, on his way to last year’s triumph and was barely challenged, except by Italian Ivan Basso in the Alps stages.

“I love Tour de France events which are open, with no clear favourite, but having one again is going to be exciting,” Leblanc added.

Armstrong kept fans guessing about his plans for this season after Discovery Channel took over from US Postal as his team’s sponsors with an official presentation in January.

SPRING RACES

He had said that he wanted to focus on the spring races he had neglected so far, perhaps an attempt to prove he could have success in other races.

“I’ve had contacts with (Discovery Channel team manager) Johan Bruyneel a few days ago which led me think that things were changing in our favour,” Leblanc said.

“Johan said that Lance wanted to enter either the Criterium, the Dauphine Libere or the Tour of Switzerland to prepare for the Tour de France.”

Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer before his six victories, has won 23 stages in the Tour de France since first taking part in 1993.

(Additional reporting by Pierre Serisier in Paris. Editing by Tony Lawrence; Reuters messaging: nick.mulvenney.reuters.com@reuters.net; +44 207 542 7933)).