New Wheels!

As several of you [read: parents] have noticed, we haven't been doing a very good service to our readers lately :) So we thought that we would drop some fun news on you as a special little treat.

The big news is that we've got new wheels! Working hard for cool companies has benefits. Now, although we both got new wheels, they are slightly different types of wheels. Although different, they share this one concept. They both use new technologies to improve upon the spirit of an old tradition. Of what wheels do we speak? Spinning wheels and bike wheels, of course!

Melissa just unveiled her brand new Schacht Matchless wheel, which could easily be mistaken for a piece of artwork. It was so new in fact, that you could still smell the danish oil from the finish. Melissa promptly spun a few yards and confirmed that it was truly matchless in performance as well as beauty.


And, just today Kevin got to assemble his new wheel(s). A brand spanking new Giant TCR Advanced Team road bike. This 16 pound piece of monocoque carbon bears more resemblance to a stealth bomber than a bicycle of old. Yet, it still coaxes a smile otherwise only found on small children riding a bike for the first time.

What's grosser than gross?

The other night Kevin and I went to see "There Will be Blood". Definitely a flick to see on the big screen - it is visually stunning. Well, if you have seen the movie, you know that there is no music for about the first fifteen minutes. The relative silence is disconcerting, but appropriately raw. Unfortunately for me, this meant that I heard the lady next to me when she decided it was a good time to whip out her nail clippers and take care of business. Yes. She clipped her nails in the movie theater. Clip. Clip. Clip. And she let her nail clippings fall on the floor. Should I be grateful it wasn't her toes?