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YRUU

6:45pm Sunday 14 October 2001

So briefly:

1) Talked to Meg and Colleen at Subway before the meeting. They hollered HI to me as I was walking toward the church. Added some silliness to the Aaron tape.

2) Rally planning meeting confirms Houston Rally will be the best so far. I won't give any secrets away. We'll have registration forms at San An.

3) Kudos to Katherine for speaking up for youth empowerment! I felt quite proud of her.

bicycle

6:50pm Sunday 14 October 2001

I just visited several places downtown on my bike. Cool things:

1. I rode *slowly* down a 45 degree steep set of steps (only 2 feet tall). I didn't know if I'd be successful before I attempted.
2. Rode up to the top of the Rice Lofts parking garage. Had to sneak in behind a car to get in. (Didn't know how I'd get out.) I ascended to determine why a bunch of guys were up on the top hollering down at some people on the street.
   Turns out, they were a running club: www.h4.org that runs random trails on a frequent basis. Trails are marked with chalk or flour or some non-permanent thing. Interesting stuff.
3. When I rode down, I built up a great amount of speed relatively quickly. Without using my brakes, I could successfully turn the 180 degree turns about 4 times without wiping out. I'm thankful for my knobby tires with knobbies way out on the sides.
4. The funniest cow I saw as part of the Cows On Parade was called Steering Committee. The picture doesn't quite capture the funniness; go check it out by the Houston Chronicle building.

Now, time for laugh-at-Rob: Newsflash!

• We have a federal prison downtown. It's been there 2 years.
• The Texaco Grand Prix races are over. The stands are being dismantled now.

See ya!