Have you ever checked your statistics page to see where your traffic is coming from? I did today, and was surprised to see no less than 97 links back to threads in various bike forums. Represented forums were Bike Forums, at http://www.bikeforums.net , Mountainbike Review, http://www.mtbr.com/ and many more, like Team Sandbag, at http://teamsandbag.com/phpBB1/index.php .

Well, my 15 minutes of fame is about over, and I'd like to say thanks to all of you that came by this week, and to MSN for featuring me again. It's been a heck of a ride!

Events this week:

• I hit an all time high in hits on my blog
• I got permanently banned by my image host site for burning up 1.3 terabytes of bandwidth (That's right, 1.3 terabytes!), apparently causing quite a bit of stress on their servers! Not bad for a week, eh?
• I entered Tour de Cure, and started the journey to my goal of raising $1000.00 for the American Diabetes Association. My link to my personal Tour de Cure page is below.

Here is the link to my page with Tour de Cure.
http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=4373&px=3127592
Please do visit and donate! The money goes direct to the American Diabetes Association. It will support research toward a cure.
 and/or new treatments for diabetes.

For more information on the actual statistics of how diabetes potentially affects you, you can visit the statistics page of the ADA, at http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp

Here are just some of the topics they cover:
Based on death certificate data, diabetes contributed to 224,092 deaths in 2002. Studies indicate that diabetes in generally under-reported on death certificates, particularly in the cases of older persons with multiples chronic conditions such as heart disease and hypertension. Because of this, the toll of diabetes is believed to be much higher than officially reported.

The total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated to be $132 billion, or one out of every 10 health care dollars spent in the United States.

Diabetes is associated with an increased risk for a number of serious, sometimes life-threatening complications and certain populations experience an even greater threat. Good diabetes control can help reduce your risk, however many people are not even aware that they have diabetes until they develop one of its complications.

Quotes from the American Diabetes Statistics page.
Please go by and read up on this, the information will both help you make an informed choice on donating as well as help you just plain learn about diabetes.

Well, this morning I wake up to a rude awakenimg! It was snowing! Yep, it's that time of year! Yesterday it was in the high 60's and today it's 30 degrees and snow showers! Looks like Winter is arriving early this year!

This means soon, the road bike get's put away and I get out the snow bike! I get to ride the tank again!

I have several video clips for your enjoyment, all related to cycling one way or another

1) Enjoy this video clip, I sure did!

Click here for the video clip

2) This is quite funny! Potential Darwin Candidate here!

3) Here's another Darwin Candidate!

4) Ouch, can anyone say ROAD RASH?

5) Tempers flaring?

6) Magnetic Attraction!

Watch thenm in good health and let's hear which one you like the best!

Last but not least, I ran across this over at Cycle-liscious!  It's not a video link, but read the ARTICLE "Critical Mass Congests Our Streets", you will roll! You will have a password box open, Password AND user ID are ww. Put ww in both boxes

It's called Gizoogle! It translated my blog into Gangsta ne` Snoop Dogg
Here is the result!

Here's a video clip of the worst job ever! I got turned on to this by Carolyn over at the Ginger Quill! I have to warn you, there are language issues, so be advised! I absolutely rolled laughing when I saw this!

Started off by the Gateway Computer Company mascot cow(below) a large outbreak of cattle on bicycles and other wheeled items has been occuring. In interviews, the cow, who tried to maintain her anonymity, due to attempts on her life, refused to give her name. She did state, however that she learned to ride the bike when she saw the farmer approaching with the shotgun and a slaughterhouse manager, at which point she discovered that when your life is on the line, you can do amazing things! Since then she has been hiding out with friends and relatives until a legal resolution of her exact status can be determined in court. Lawyers from PETA are representing her cause and are currently funded by a coalition of professional acting cattle including the "California Cheese" cattle and the Chickfilet cows.