He said vagina.

“I don’t want to say it’s girly, but I promise you ladies, she knocked it right out of the vagina with this one.”

I mean, how do I follow that?

I was up until the wee hours of the night last night because Why Moms Are Weird wouldn’t let me put it down.

Pamie (screenwriter, television writer, Internet goddess and author of Why Girls are Weird)is like that. Her writing, it’s just so — fast and quick and funny and effortless to read. And next thing you know, it’s the middle of the night and you’re closing the book and it’s the middle of the night and you had no intention of staying up so late –

And do you know how great that is?

If you’re a writer, you do. You know that it gets harder to find books that sweep you in so quickly and make you forget everything else that’s going on. And there’s not a lot more you can say about it than that, and you hope that people will understand that this is a superb recommendation; this means, this is a freaking good book and you must read it.

Especially since Irwin has already given it the best blurb ever.

He said vagina.

I’m riding for Russell.

(fourth in a series)

Another grandfather …. You know, both my grandfathers died of cancer, as did my father. I’ll be writing about them another time, but for now, from an anonymous donor:

My grandfather was Russell - he died several years ago of prostate cancer that spread all over. Thanks for riding for him, and everyone else!

I’m honored to ride the LIVESTRONG for him.

By the way, I’ve started a separate site set aside for the Honor Roll. All entries here are also here, in case anyone wants to link to them without all the other stuff I ramble on about.

And in the meantime, I’m training.

Listen to ESPN

So my friend the gypsy was surprised I didn’t post about Floyd.

In case you’re unaware, he won the Tour de France Sunday. What makes this special? Floyd makes it special. His story, start to finish, is remarkable. He rode the Tour with an arthritic hip and is scheduled for hip replacement surgery now. And that’s the tip of the iceberg as far as his story goes.

But don’t stop with reading his story. Read what Jim Caple has to say about it on ESPN.com.

And we can’t ride to the grocery store? The Tour de France is over for another year; now, let’s make a Tour de America a 365-day-a-year event. Get out of the car and get on the bike.

Ride because you’re patriotic and you know it makes far more of a difference than just slapping a flag decal on your bumper. Ride because it will hurt Exxon’s profits. Ride to improve your health. Ride because it’s fun. Ride because it will piss off the French if we develop yet another Tour champion (America has won 11 titles since France last won one). Whatever your reason, ride.

But don’t worry about the lycra thing. I don’t care what you weigh, if Lycra makes it easier for you to ride, wear Lycra. We won’t look.

Promise!

Me, elsewhere.

I was asked to guest blog while Candace is in London which takes a lot of nerve, to go off to London without me and ask me to entertain the masses while you’re gone, right?

So that’s why it was perfectly okay for me to use the opportunity for shameless, self-serving advertising, right?

I’m glad you agree with me.

Worth every penny you aren’t paying!

Wow. You heard it here first. There is such a thing as a free lunch, and it’s us.

The blogosphere.

I like that. A lot.

Thanks, Bob. For everything.