Are you kidding me???

I haven't missed a stage of the Tour de France since 2001 and have grown used to wasting my July in front of the TV listening to Paul and Phil call the race.
A couple of days ago, I was shocked to see that Alexander Vinokourov was expelled from the race for a blood transfusion prior to his time trial victory. So I am thinking, well, there's the one doper this year.
Then, this morning I wake up, turn on the tv and start watching the beginning of stage 17 and Versus leads with the report that Rasmussen has been expelled for not providing the sport with his whereabouts. Then, team Cofidis also pulls out because one of their riders failed a test.
I mean sure, if the NFL tested every linebacker that got a sack after the game, I am sure that there would be a lot fewer linebackers in the league. I know cycling gets a bad rap because they test their winners, but there should definitely be a way that they can stop this. Who are the doctors and directors allowing this to happen? Those guys should also be banned from their professions.
I do like how cycling bans dopers for 2 years though, I would like to see the same kind of punishment in all of our US sports.

Quizno's - I was fooled

So, I went to Quizno's for lunch today. I was going to go to Subway, but I passed a Quizno's so I stopped there. I got a turkey sub and came back to work to eat it and was surprised about how greasy it tasted. I asked the lady across the way, which she thought was worse, a Quizno's turkey sub, or a quarter pounder with cheese (a Royal with cheese if you will).
Here are the nutritional stats for the quizno's sandwich:

And this is from McDonalds

Who would have thought. I had a 6" sub, so it was 3/4 of the values, so the sub was basically 740 calories and 36g of fat, where as a quarter pounder with cheese would have been 510 calories and 26g of fat.
The cholesterol is basically a wash, but check out the sodium, the 1/4 pounder has only (only...) 1190mg.
Surprised???
G(no wonder Americans are fat)W

Traded in the G

That's right, I got rid of the G last night and got myself a new Nissan Xterra.
Nothing special, just something that will get me up into the mountains. I couldn't bring myself to put the G on anything other than a paved road so that prevented me from seeing a lot of the back country.
My next post will have pics of the new car.
On a positive note, this is the first time I have ever traded in a car or sold a car that wasn't totaled. I am so stoked that I was able to keep the original paint on a car for more than 18 months and there wasn't so much as a scratch on the G when I traded it in.
Oh, btw, if you are in the market for a G35, steer clear of my old 2006 G35 black manual transmission coupe. I definitely used up the best of that thing.
GW

Political tip of the week

I have been thinking, our representatives are jacked. Is it just me, or do they not have our interests in mind?
Well, one of my ideas is that we no longer vote for incumbents. The incumbents think that they can get away with anything and just get re-elected on name recognition and spending because they typically have more money than people running against them.
If we don't vote for incumbents, we will get all of those old guys out of congress that look like their 87. How in touch with reality can they possibly be. I personally think we should have a 2 term term limit for all offices and if they don't want to give themselves one (and why would they), then we should give them one.
So from here on out, don't vote for an incumbent. I don't care if you vote democratic, republican, independent, libertarian, green, or whatever, just don't vote incumbent.
G

I have problems

So, I don't hardly watch any tv because I just don't have time. I am not really sure why I don't have time but I don't.

At any rate, since I have so much free time, I thought I would put $500 towards a new PS3. I got the F1 racing game with it, so I should probably cancel my 400 channel direct tv subscription...

The car's still got it

So, much like I wanted to, I got the car above 100. As a matter of fact, I had it to 124 on that drive between Nebraska and Colorado.
I went to the stock car races last night for the 4th of July. It was a good time but I was exhausted from the hiking I did in the morning so I just hung out and didn't provide any help to the team this time.
I have been test driving SUVs lately to replace the Infiniti. It is tough when I bought my car for 37k and these SUVs are in the low 30s. I'm like, this thing sucks compared to my car. That is going to be hard to get past. So far, I have driven: Xterra, Explorer, Forester, Wrangler, Trail Blazer, Touareg, 4Runner, FJ Cruiser, X3, X5.
Based on what I get for the money, the Subarus look to be a pretty good deal. I could get one in the mid 20s. I don't really care for their styling though. Based on what I have driven so far, I am leaning towards the 4dr Wrangler. The Xterra and 4Runner are also on the list, but the 4Runner may be too expensive with the options I desire. I mean if I am going to get rid of my G, I am definitely going to lower my payment and the 4Runner would not be much of a lowering.
Let me know if there is some other 4WD I should drive.
GW

100 mph

I am starting to get an itch. I haven't got my car over 100 since I moved here. I am going to Nebraska this weekend, so I plan on getting it up to 120 just to get it out of my system for another month.
If any cops read this, I will be on HW71 between Ft. Morgan and Kimball, please give me the lane.
GW