Thanks for asking,

my computer broke for about a week, I finally found out last wednesday that I have the time off from my "real job" to come to Austin. I work in a hospital, and you have to find someone to take your place if you aren't going to be there.
A project i was working on with some local Eagle Scouts fell completly through . Now we are going to take some overgrown property and bush hog it and turn it into a camping area. I'm pushing for a mt bike trail too. And bicycle merit badge starts next month.
Two of the local framebuilders have folded. Well one for sure, one is just off the grid. The one that i can't contact has done my painting in the past, so all of a sudden I'm running around screaming and pulling out my hair looking for a painter. Found some redneck Harley ridin good ole boys that have just opened a shop. If the guy that does the paint does as good a job on my frame I won't need Viagra for a month. I told him i liked $250 to $300 for a price range, and he said he would do it for $225, I love the effect paint fumes has on the human brain.
Talked to Dale Brown at Cycles de Oro just today, the weekend of May 21, my birthday, is going to be the Classic Renezvous Weekend in Greensboro, check it out. Lots of good stuff going on, and I know where Nattie Green Brewery is.
Talked to another guy trying to start building down in Charlotte. in fact two guys, I just haven't talked to one of them. They have a Bringheli jig, and are working on the main tubes of thier first frame. I'll see them this week, and one wants a ride to austin. I run into these guys all the time, maybe i should start a school, them that can't do teach.
Now, for the first time this year, I have nothing to do. The frame is gone to the painter, so that is out of my hands. I have time off from work. Parts are ordered. Gosh, maybe I'll go get a pizza. Actually a pizza and an Alamo beer would be great. One of my ancestors died at the Alamo, William Mills. He had moved from Tennessee to Austin's colony, then went to the Alamo where he failed to duck. He was argumentative.

later
dave