rain can't keep me down

so the watering and lake filling season continues: which is good; although I'd much prefer a balanced rain schedule every year rather than this monsoon / drought yearly trade-off.

i was able to frolic in the park yesterday along with throngs of other people: it is odd and refreshing how the middle of summer can approximate a northern spring when everyone goes outside at the earliest sign of allowable weather.

my lunch ride just concluded and it was quite enjoyable; especially considering the extreme side winds (with gusts!) and a mid-ride flat tire.

these rides accomplish several things: the allowing my mind to clear itself; physical release; and the almost free thinking that can occur as those two processes progress. usually i can consider matters of life; solutions for work projects and complicated designs; or nothing in general.

now to smoked chicken and a pond design.

good times

so some quick thoughts from a busy weekend of fun:

• somehow the rain last week was able to prevent futbol games on a 90-degree saturday.
  
• waiting until a front moves through to go cycling is both good and bad: ideal drop in temperature with a rise of wind.
  
• i was able to see both the last and first mystery sinus theater / master pancake show at the Alamo Drafthouse; how times have changed.
  
• between two bad chicago baseball teams; the cubs are clearly superior
• the Polyphonic Spree are an amazing live band
• U.S. futbol managed a good win against Mexico in a game that should have been lost. two open goal misses were offset by a goal of beauty by Feilhaber. also - the U.S. defense was quite deficient.
  
• it has already rained more in austin this year than the entirety of last year