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| Marshall Butler 10:01 AM | | (0)

Leroy makes an appearance on the Brown Dog Creative website. He's the second one down on the far right column.

| Marshall Butler 2:18 PM | | (0)

E-mail from Mike:

Oh man...I saw a gator, not Tebow so stop making the sign of the helmet, on the left around the 6-7 mile area. Maybe 3-4 feet with his little bony head and bubble eyes out of the watery muck. That's a new one there.

Word of warning: be careful if you have to stop on the side of the trail for a mechanical. Watch out for the beady eyes.

| Marshall Butler 10:58 AM | | (0)

The Jacksonville Daily Record quoted Angela Corey saying:

"We ran a positive campaign," she said. "The public is ready for a change."

Based on the margin of victory, the public is ready for a change. However, her campaign was anything but positive.

| Marshall Butler 10:50 AM | | (0)

TS Fay forced us to clean out the garage. We had a few items damaged, no surprise given it was a 9-inch wading pool most of Friday. We purged some junk, and made sure anything that could be damaged by water was at least a foot off of the floor.

We also checked all of the storage bins to make sure the ones on the floor didn't have holes in the bottom. We had some things damaged in one bin because it had a tiny little hole in the bottom. Who knew?

Our next project is cleaning up the yard. We have most of the big limbs out for the debris pick-up, but there is still much to do.

| Marshall Butler 4:27 PM | | (0)

Name	Artist
Here I Stand And Face The Rain	a-Ha
Rainin' In My Heart	Al Green
Rain When I Die	Alice In Chains
Come Rain Or Come Shine	Alison Eastwood
Rain Please Go Away	Alison Krauss & Union Station
Rain	Allman Brothers Band
Here's That Rainy Day	Anthony Wilson
Raining Revolution	Arrested Development
Summer Rain [138 BPM Mix]	ATB
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head	B.J.Thomas
Summer Rain	Belinda Carlisle
Ray Ray Rain	Bettie Serveert
Sweet Rain	Bill Douglas
Kiss the Rain	Billie Myers
I Sure Can Smell the Rain	BlackHawk
No Rain	Blind Melon
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	Bob Dylan
Buckets of Rain	Bob Dylan
Rainy Night in Georgia [Boozoo Bajou's Georgia Dub]	Boozoo Bajou/Tony Joe White
Mandolin Rain	Bruce Hornsby
Raining in my Heart	Buddy Holly
Come In From The Rain	Captain & Tennille
Another Rainy Day In New York	Chicago
Like The Rain	Clint Black
Heart Full Of Rain	Collin Raye
Rain King	Counting Crows
Raining In Baltimore	Counting Crows
God Makes The Rain	Cowboy Mouth
Who'll Stop the Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?	Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Beauty of the Rain	Dar Williams
Singin' In The Rain	Dave Brubeck Trio
January Rain	David Gray
Gutters Full of Rain	David Gray
A Pale Rain	David Huntsinger
The Sun & The Rainfall	Depeche Mode
I Love A Rainy Night	Eddie Rabbitt
Rain Man	Eminem
A Day Without Rain	Enya
Walk Out in the Rain	Eric Clapton
Let It Rain	Eric Clapton
Black Summer Rain	Eric Clapton
Fall Like Rain	Eric Clapton
Here Comes The Rain Again	Eurythmics
September in the Rain	Frank Sinatra
Rain, Rain, Rain	Frankie Laine
Early Morning Rain	Gordon Lightfoot
Rainy Day People	Gordon Lightfoot
Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)	Guided by Voices
still rain fell	Hood
Tears & Rain	James Blunt
Fire And Rain	James Taylor
It Can't Rain All the Time	Jane Siberry
Lake Erie Rainfall	Jim Brickman
Still Raining, Still Dreaming	Jimi Hendrix
I Can Stand a Little Rain	Joe Cocker
I Think It's Going to Rain Today	Joe Cocker
Come Rain or Come Shine	Judy Garland
Listen to the Rain	Kenny Rogers
It Ain't Gonna Rain No More	Larry Groce & the Disneyland Children's Sing Along Chorus
The Rain Song	Led Zeppelin
Fool in the Rain	Led Zeppelin
Blame It On The Rain	Milli Vanilli
You Look Like Rain	Morphine
Be The Rain	Neil Young
See the Sky About to Rain	Neil Young
After The Rain	Nelson
A Little Fall of Rain	Original Broadway Cast Recording
I Can't Stand the Rain	Original Soundtrack
Like Water 4 The Desert (Rain	Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra XL
Rain	Patty Griffin
Red rain	Peter Gabriel
Mercy Rain	Peter Murphy
Purple Rain	Prince
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)	R.E.M.
I'll Take the Rain	R.E.M.
Rainy Night In Georgia	Ray Charles
Naked in the Rain	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Smokey Mountain Rain	Ronnie Milsap
The Rain	Roxette
Queen of Rain	Roxette
Rain	Rusted Root
City Rain, City Streets	Ryan Adams
Raining On Our Love	Shania Twain
Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and David Steele / Wind and Rain	Songcatcher
Rain King	Sonic Youth
Rain On Tin	Sonic Youth
Have You Ever Seen The Rain?	Spin Doctors
Rainin'	Sponge
The Rain Came Down	Steve Earle
Outside The Rain	Stevie Nicks
Shadows in the Rain	Sting
Parade on My Rain	Sunset Valley
It's Raining Again	Supertramp
Mother Of Rain	Tangerine Dream
In the City in the Rain	The 6th's
Rain	The Beatles
Dry the Rain	The Beta Band
Rainy Days And Mondays	The Carpenters
Rainy Days And Mondays	The Carpenters
Rain and Snow	The Chieftains
Jane Siberry / It Cant Rain All The Time	The Crow
Rain	The Cult
(Here Comes The) Rain	The Cult
Box of Rain	The Grateful Dead
Settled Down Like Rain	The Jayhawks
Save It For A Rainy Day	The Jayhawks
Make It Rain	The KLF
Shadows in the Rain	The Police
I Wish It Would Rain	The Temptations
Kingdom of Rain	The The
Red Rain	The White Stripes
When It Rains It Snows	They Might Be Giants
Pencil Rain	They Might Be Giants
She's My Kind Of Rain	Tim McGraw
Louisiana Rain	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Raining Blood	Tori Amos
Rainmaker	Traffic
Why Does It Always Rain on Me?	Travis
Summer Rain	U2
View of the Rain	Urge Overkill
It's Raining On Prom Night	Various Artists
Hothouse Flowers - Hard Rain	Various Artists
I'm No Stranger To The Rain	Various Artists
It's Raining Men	Various Artists
It Never Rains in Southern California	Various Artists
Come Rain Or Come Shine	Various Artists
Here's That Rainy Day (Koop Remix)	Various Artists
Here's That Rainy Day	Verve
Over the Rainbow	Willie Nelson
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Willie Nelson
The Rain Must Fall	Yanni

| Marshall Butler 10:45 AM | | (0)

I bought a generator after the storms of 2004. Since then, I haven't had a need to use it. Looks like I might finally get a chance.

| Marshall Butler 7:45 AM | | (0)

Towards the end of yesterday's swim, I was ticked that I'm 4 years into swimming, and still not flip turning. Based on their progress, my 7-year-old and 5-year-old will be flip turning before me.

So I decided to do a 500 yard swim with the pull buoy and do flip turns the entire distance. Mission accomplished. Now that wasn't so bad. Admittedly, I probably was flailing my arms on a couple and ended up going too deep on some others, but I did it.

Next step, no pull buoy. I did 200 without my crutch and did pretty well. Towards the end I was really pushing off of the wall and getting some distance. Sweet!

Now to stay strong and not regress. I do worry about folks sharing a lane with me while I improve.

| Marshall Butler 4:59 PM | | (0)

After 8 gold medals in Beijing, huge sponsor deals likely for Michael Phelps

Howard Freeman, president and CEO of New Jersey-based marketing firm Promo 1, agreed: "Phelps will reap the biggest financial reward from water since 'Jaws.'"

| Marshall Butler 9:22 AM | | (0)

Good swim and run on Monday, miserable long run on Tuesday, and challenging ride with Mike on Wednesday evening at the Trail with high winds, pelting rain, and shrapnel all over the path. At least I kept the rubber side down. There was a pine tree that had fallen and blocked the entire trail. Glad I wasn't around when it came down.

Yesterday morning was an OK track work-out. I was just glad to get back on the track with Jay and John. I did the alternating speed workout, with a 400 at 5k pace, and then a 400 at marathon pace. Since my running has not been great of late, I did 800, 1600, 1600. Usually I do 2x5000 with this work out. Need to run more!

I'll swim today and do a long ride tomorrow. I'm still debating whether to do the Open Road group ride or a solo effort.

| Marshall Butler 9:43 AM | | (0)

The family loaded up the 4Runner on August 1st for a trip to the North Georgia mountains. We made a stop in Atlanta on the way up for a night at the Ritz Carlton and a trip to the Georgia Aquarium.

The girls enjoyed their stay at the hotel, and kept calling it "The Plaza," a reference to their favorite Disney TV show.

Downtown Atlanta was not cool. The panhandlers are pretty aggressive. I even had a clown ask me for my cup of coffee. He followed our group as we walked to the aquarium and bugged me for money so he could get his own coffee.

The aquarium is unbelieveable. Maggie is a huge shark fan. When she saw the whale shark swim through the big tank, her eyes got huge! And then the hammerhead swam by. We took a ton of pictures and thoroughly enjoyed our visit.

| Marshall Butler 8:37 AM | | (0)

With the recent vacation (recap coming soon), I've been neglecting the run. Yesterday morning I ran for the first time in 2 weeks after my swim. It was a short 3 mile run, but at least I was running. This morning I ran 10 miles. Coupled with the heat and humidity, it was pretty yucky.

Tomorrow morning I have a 40-mile bike ride on schedule. It is now pretty dark at 0600, so I need to put the light on the handlebars for tomorrow morning.

Still not sure about the HOT in 2 weeks.

| Marshall Butler 5:01 PM | | (0)

We hiked up to Fall River Falls

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Competitive Cyclist TDF Observations

The folks at Competitive Cyclist have posted a bunch of comments and links regarding the 2008 TDF.

| Marshall Butler 9:11 AM | | (0)

Next Level Running Club

| Marshall Butler 8:36 AM | | (0)