It seems like forever since I last published a post. I’m still recovering from my surgery. I have a week and a half left in my sling but the muscles in my neck and shoulder are still pretty jacked. I still haven’t felt comfortable enough to climb on the trainer. I fully admit though that there’s little motivation at this time of year, laid up and heading into winter.

Work has been busy, and I should have more stuff to share on that front soon: a continuation of the authentication post and my latest obsession with Groovy and Grails.

Ephraim’s settling in well. He attended home coming last weekend and is off to Moab, UT next weekend for a trip with his coordinator.

And how about those Rockies? As I’m writing this Matt Holliday just put one over the fence to drive in three more runs putting the Rockies up by 5 in game for of the NLCS, all but sealing the deal.

Finally, congratulations to Chris, Bill, Truesdale, Dan, and Nicolette who raced the 24hrs of Money, err… that’s Moab last weekend. Also, Katie who continues to roll with two wins the previous weekend and a win in Cinci yesterday

Big props to Marc V. who won his first cross race at Charm City in Baltimore last weekend.

Meanwhile Plesko and Bill did the Tour de Front Range over the weekend, a 60+ mile mountain bike stomp connecting the main front range trails. Plesko put in his usual extra credit, 15 hours and 103 miles makes for a wicked profile:

I also got to see Katie C and Chopko when they used my house to temporarily exchange custody of “their dog” Reese. Chopko was headed up to Alaska on a hunting trip. I warned him to look out for Surviving the Game situation. Katie won her race at Bear Creek on Saturday but was disappointed by her performance. Ahhh, what a problem to have….

Better late than never, my bro’ Joe volunteered 24hrs continuous time to Create-A-Thon. Here’s his recap of that:
Anyway, last week was Create-A-Thon, that yearly benefit where a group of New Jersey and Philly based graphic designers donate a straight 24 hour block of time to create marketing materials for deserving non-profit organizations. This time out, I pulled Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, who recently worked out a deal with a group of Philly independent fair trade coffee houses (including one of my personal favorites, Mug Shots, (happen who make a great vegan whoopie pie, by the way)) where every time you buy a cup of java, proceeds go to build someone a home. And best of all, Habitat’s been going Green, which is an added plus. Anyone who knows me will tell you this is right up my alley. So please make sure you get your caffeine fix from participating shops this fall. Click here to peep the poster, one of seven pieces I designed for the campaign. And yes, the little house is made out of coffee beans. What a nice smell to come home to, ‘eh!

Congrats to Truesdale’s for his first week of quality blog posts. Much better quality than what I spew…

Myself, I’m still holding steady at 180 lbs, even as my body atrophies. But we’re right on the cusp of the dark period of time I call the Season of Glutiny: October 31st to January 1st. Damn I’ve got to get back on my bike…

I had my post op follow up today, and my shoulder is looking good. Check out the x-ray, it’s pretty gnarly… six screws and a plate. Just 4 more weeks left in a sling and then another month+ of laying low. I hope to be back on the trainer (w/ sling) next week.