For My In-Laws

Thanks for coming over and watching the final (real) stage of the Tour de France with us this year. It's been a race packed full of tensions between teammates on the Astana team this year. It's clear that the Hoodenpyles stand united on Lance's side of any unseen arguments that the media was not privy to. We are all so very happy and excited to see Lance and Johann start up a new American team with a Radio Shack sponsorship for next year. Applause. Applause.



And speaking of sponsorship.. that leaves a certain Alberto Contador up in the air, doesn't it? Does he need a new team? Yeah, maybe. Although I can't stand the guy after this year's shenanigans, I have been brainstorming on his behalf.

I think I've found him a new sponsor. I see lots of potential benefits for Alberto and Garanimals kidwear if these two join forces. Maybe the biggest benefit is that they won't even have to take a new picture! Alberto has already posed.

"For Little Boys", indeed. Good luck, Alberto.

Try This. I know, I know. But Just Try.

Tihs is inretestnig. Did you konw taht you shuold have asboluetly no tourble raednig tihs bolg entry dsepite the hrorible splelnig? Yuor brain is a smrat one. Yuor brian deosnt eevn need the lteters to be in the rhigt odrer. As lnog as all the lteters are there, it's okay. Yuor brain jsut nedes the frist and the lsat lteters to be in the aprporpirate palces. Waht a cool fact. Congarutltaitons! You hvae qutie a powreufl macihne in taht noggin of yuors!

Phobias

Do you know just how many weird phobias there are out there? "Lots" is a totally insufficient word to describe the amount. But there are lots. Jim is watching the Tour de France at the moment, and because I'm interested (but not as interested as he is), I've researched some weird phobias that make me laugh in between my occcasional glances at the mobs of bicyclists on the television screen.

Phobias that I think are strange:

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words
Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping
Hobophobia- Fear of bums, beggars, or homeless vagrants (This one's for Danavee.)
Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch

Phobias that I'm pretty sure I have (mildly or severely):

Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps
Aeroacrophobia -Fear of open high places (and specifically someone running up behind you and pushing you off of the open high place)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body (would be more applicable to me if it said "neck")
Anginophobia- Fear of choking or narrowness (I used to not let Jim eat while we were driving for fear that he would choke on his burger and, while trying to save him, I wouldn't be able to handle both the taking over control of the car AND the administering of the Heimlich maneuver.)

Phobias that I would rather have because they're so much cooler:

Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies
Lutraphobia- Fear of otters