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This is the begining of the move. Eventually I will move my LiveJournal posts over to my Web site and I will have created a theme for this Web site.

-Brian

I have found out by word of mouth that the San Felasco ride is full. So that leaves the IDIDARIDE and maybe the 6 hr. Carter team race for January.

In February there is the 12 hrs. of Razorback team race. I don't know what is going on further down the road, but I'm keeping my ears open for what's happening.

In other news I'm thinking of starting my actual web site and using <a href="wordpress.org">WordPress</a> or something similar to handle my journaling needs.

While I wasn’t a huge fan of mountain bike racing, it could have been b/c Carter RD is one of the most challenging trails in the state and to be honest, I didn’t have the skills. Nonetheless I have not given up on mountain biking. Over the past few weeks I’ve decided to start preparing for, the 3rd Tour De Felasco, a 50 mile trail ride through the San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park. I saw this as a challenage. It’s not a race, so it’s just a matter of finishing. Recently, I found out about the IDIDARIDE, which is another 50 mile ride going down in the Suwannee River region (North FL where I-10 and I-75 intersect) put on by the Suwannee Bicycle Association.

I like the idea of these epic rides and am wondering if I could be physically prepared to do two of these rides in 2 weeks. Which then raises the question of whether or not I’d want to participate in a 12 hr team relay ride that normally happens in late February or early March. The team relay ride is different in that most teams have a one lap rotation.

Getting back to the subject of this entry. The question is whether or not I should go for riding the Suwannee IDIDARIDE in addition to the Tour De Felasco. I think it is possible to do both, I’m just not 100% sure I want to do both rides.

Machines lose power, votes

WEST PALM BEACH — Nine touch-screen voting machines ran out of battery power and nearly 40 votes may have been lost in Palm Beach County, the first major problem reported on Election Day in the state that was the epicenter of the election fiasco four years ago.

The machines at a Boynton Beach precinct weren't plugged in properly, and their batteries wore down about 9:30 a.m., said Marty Rogol, spokesman for Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore.

Poll clerk Joyce Gold said 37 votes appeared to be missing after she compared the computer records to the sign-in sheet. Elections officials won't know exactly how many votes were lost until after polls close. (From the Orlando Sentinel)

I have been saying for the past 4 years now that the electronic, touchscreen voting systems must print a receipt for it's votes. The article above is the prime reason why such a receipt is needed. It appears that 37 votes vanished into thin air b/c the machine lost power and had not saved the votes. How can one vote with such a system and be confident their vote counted? There's no paper to prove it.