Long time listener, first time caller

I've been pretty bad about keeping in touch lately. Thankfully, Web 2.0 is here to help. This is a work in progress, so focus on the content and not the crappy layout template. That will come in due time, along with the t-shirts and other merch.

First, some level setting, so we're all operating from the same basis:

• Finally finished editing Chapter 5 of the book my Dad and I are writing. The Preface and Chapter 1, Rev 2 are next. 2 weeks to go until the final draft is due to the publisher - woohoo!


• Work is the same. We're moving this weekend to our new office. See exclamation from above bullet.


• Just sold my Colnago CT1 on eBay. The IF ti Crown Jewel and Titus ti Motolite are next.


• Thinking about entering the Bandera 25k and Gruene team time trial.


• House is the same.


• Ditto the landscaping.


• Despite my best efforts, the fennel keeps coming back.


• Some squirrel stole the avocado plant I've been growing for 2 years. Damn - just 8 years shy of bearing fruit.


• Lilly the parrot lives. Sadly, Bob the beagle and Brando the basset died.


• Alison Krauss and Robert Plant were the highlight of my ACL this year.


• Riding to work a couple of times a week.


• Chipotle and Whataburger continue to feed me.


• The mold count is finally going down.


• I can't wait for cooler weather.

Surely, from the above data, one could divine n variables to apply to n equations. Solving these equations simultaneously, it's pretty easy to see how I'm doing. You could argue that this is an NP-complete problem. I would argue to the contrary. The proof is left as an exercise for the reader. Remember to filter out extraneous external variables. Empirical data may be helpful in deriving coefficients. Answer at the back of the blog.