Over the last few weeks we have renamed some of our classic trail obstacles after the 08 political hopefuls. Some include:

• The Mike HUCKabee Rock, which would take a lot of faith to ride off of. It is always showered in rays of divine sunlight. Kinda creepy.

• The John McCANE CREEK rock / stream crossing. Very rigid and tough to handle. Set in its ways. It is located right below the glowing light of the huckabee rock.

• The HILLary is the massive climb on our Gypsy Moth trail that only a handful of us have ever successfully ascended in over a decade. A real bitch.

• The BaROCK Obama is new temporary name for the Chinese Wall at the Middlesex trails. A really inspirational trail feature.

I just placed an order for 3 sets of Nokian Extreme 294 studded mountain bike tires. Bikeman has them in stock @ $69/each. Good price. Good availability — these things can be a bitch to find locally. Shipping ground out of Maine puts them in your hand in about a day. Don’t hang your bike up this winter!!

BS in Computer Science.

My graduation ceremony was this past Sunday. I have a 3-month old beard in the works and I looked very Jewish. Actually classes won’t be done for another few weeks (so anticlimactic).

Stay in school kids or it could take you 7 1/2 years and 4 colleges just like me.