Jonah recovers

Beth, Kyle and I saw Jonah this afternoon. He is struggling with concentration and memory. Looking at the truck this am it is amazing to me that he survived. There is still part of the tree he hit embedded in the engine block. The tree is about three feet into the engine compartment. Quess where the engine is? No wonder his leg was shattered. He now has a metal rod from his knee to his ankle. The bone is strapped and screwed to together.
His head trainer arrived as did the chief of the largest fire department in the area. They were both supportive and made the point that firefighters stick help each other out. The chief of his department will be by tonight to talk to him as well. We will see him tomorrow. Shawntea stays at the hospital with him and we have Brianna again.
thanks for your prayers.

update on Jonah and Beth

Jonah is in Sutter Roseville Hospital. He had surgery on his leg and will be in the hospital until atleast Sunday. Kyle and I will visit him this afternoon after getting his glasses from his truck. Not looking forward to seeing his truck, heard it is in much worse shape than he is. Thanks for air bags and seatbelts.
Beth returned to work this am. She had Brianna overnight. We got to wake up to a little girl calling out for her grandma. Not like a puppy sniffing your nose, but nice.

Jonah's Accident

Jonah was in an auto accident today. He was life-flighted to Sutter Hospital in Roseville. Kyle and I visited him tonight. He has a concussion and both bones in his right leg were fractured. He is supposed to have surgery to repair his leg sometime during the night. His girlfriend Shawntea is spending the night at the hospital. Kyle and I will try and find what is left of Jonah's truck tomorrow and also contact the fire academy. He will be in the hospital for about four days. Will post more as we know more.

Tornado Watch and email restrictions

Tonight in Chicagoland the lead news story is a tornado watch and flood warnings. One tornado has been sighted south of here. I am in the town of Boomingdale, Illinois. Just gentle rain out my window.

Regarding email. I have set up a new service on my email. In order to reduce the number of unsolicited emails (SPAM) that I receive, I am trying out a system that onlyl allows those who I proactively allow to send. I think I have allowed everyone who regularly read this blog. Thanks Steve for your patience, you are now allowed to send to my account. It is not uncommon that I have to hit the delete button 50 or more times in a day for emails that I do not want. Please let me know if I have inadvertantly not allowed your eagerly anticipated and appreciated emails.

Rare Event

Beth was to ill to go to work today. Sore throat, fever, and aches. Slept most of the day with Kyle keeping watch. Well when not focusing on his video game he did listen to guess whether she was asleep or not. She is hoping that she will feel better and be at work tomorrow.

Wednesday to Chicago

I will be in Chicago through next Tuesday.




The weather looks warm and humid tonight.

I will be at the IPGA conference and visiting my CCF clients.

Basketball Fan

Ask to see Beth's DFish tattoo next time you see her. I thought I got carried away by basketball. I am just glad the Lakers won tonight.

Hello to visitors from Urban Onramps

Today I visited Rudy Carrasco of the Harambee Christian Family Center. The first time I heard of a blog was from Rudy and I have been reading his blog with some regularity ever since. Today, in his office, he captured an image of the two of us and posted it on his blog. He included a link to us, so If you are visiting from Rudy's blog, say hello with the comment feature here.

i'll challenge lance

i too, have had to drop out of a lot of races this year due to lack of fitness. this year also holds a pretty important political race, one that ted kennedy has called the "most important" election of his lifetime. hopefully both candidates will get in better shape for that race. sad to hear about president reagan. jon stewart on "the daily show" wondered out loud if reagan's death was a conspiracy started by jennifer lopez to take focus off of her third (who cares?) marriage. peace to everyone.

Tour de France News

Will Joseba Beloki, Lance's greatest rival in last year's Tour until he crashed out, not even start this year's Tour? He has had problems of not being able to have as much fitness as he should for having the Tour start in just four weeks. He has had to drop out of a lot of races this year because of his lack of fitness.
Perhaps it will be Tyler Hamilton that will challenge Lance the most in this year's Tour. He won the Tour de Romandie and is showing a lot of fitness.

You can get the Official 2004 Tour de France Poster by clicking this line. It's only 10 dollars.

Another Book About Bicycles

In my last post I mentioned two books, but I forgot about another one that looks interesting. It's called The Noblest Invention, and has a forward by Lance Armstrong. It's about how the bicycle chaned from its weird beginnings to what it is now. There are over 250 pictures and essays about it. Read more by clicking on the link above.

New Book on Lance

There is a new book out called
Lance Armstrong--Images of a Champion .
It's about Lance's life and has 239 photos of him by Graham Watson and was started several years ago. It will probably be outdated by Christmas because I think you can get it now, so this year's Tour de France won't be in it, but it looks like something I'd put on my Christmas list.

There is also a new book out on the Tour de France by Bob Roll [You know, in the Tour de France days you a greeted by the commentators PhilLigget, the guy with one name and that TourDay France guy, Bob Roll (and Paul Sherwan)].
It's 192 pages at $11.

Here's what Bobchi's book looks like:


Happy shopping!