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Violet

One of the main reasons I've neglected the blog here is that I just can't seem to find enough time during normal hours. Another now is Miss Violet (pictured right in case you weren't sure).  
It was two weeks ago last Sunday that the wife gave 3 pushes inside of 5 minutes and it was done. Pretty amazing even though on some level I'm still in denial mostly because I'm not getting my head around all of the things that go along with having a newborn around again.

The standard late night up times apply. My wife is doing most of it right now, but I'm still missing the beauty sleep right along with the rest of them. The toddler (London) seems to be the one that has been the most inconvenienced with Violet showing up on the scene.... and rightfully so. His mother was just stolen out from under him.

She's just enough. 40 years, the nights up...Bends the hell out of my theory.

IOC retesting means only one thing....

With the IOC announcement to retest Beijing Olympiads... this can mean only one thing despite their statement that "There is no evidence that Beijing athletes were using either substance". The banned substances they are retesting for are EPO CERA (a new version of the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO that was discovered in use on this years Tour De France) and the well known diabetic drug Insulin (substance is not new but, it wasn't until recently that a WADA lab developed an effective urine test for it).

"When we have a test available which is fully validated, we use it and we don't hesitate to test retroactively," Moreau said.

Suffice to say that the IOC believes retesting will turn up some findings maybe none of us want to hear about. I was on a phone call just today talking with a Pro Mountain Biker about doping and his efforts to help get the sport(s) CLEAN. It's like you can't get away from it and everyone is always talking about it. Worse, the cheats are continually finding new ways to keep beating the system. So maybe there will always be doping with the kinds of sports that pushes an athlete beyond their capacity. I've seen very little to suggest reasons why there wouldn't be. Read the full story here