Skiing is pretty great for a lot of reasons, but after two awesome days tearing up Searchmont, I'd be hard pressed to pick one. Saturday's mild temps allowed an afternoon in just my fleece vest - a Midwest first - and Robin and I won a weekend getaway in the Valentine's Slalom. The snow and grooming were perfect for the T-Power Vipers X and with new drive plates I think a new gear is available with that setup. Robin and I essentially played cat and mouse for two days, hitting some big jumps, taking a whack at the terrain park, arcing out the steepest runs we could find and invariably finding the dropoff between the bottom of "Slalom" and "Champs."
Reading the Wall Street Journal could create plenty of fodder for blogging (blodder, if you will) but today had an especially juicy tidbit: General Motors has agreed to pay USD 1.99bn not to buy the remainder of Fiat. Is there any way I can get in that line? If anybody wants to pay me not to buy something, click the "comments" link below.
Monday, February 14, 2005