Well hello again.

In flipping through my hubby’s blog (a daily necessity for my really since I learn more about him by reading his blogs than living in the same house with him ….. call him the strong silent type …) I found this interersting story about a recent bike ride taken by Sen. John Kerry. Check it out.

I find it interesting on two levels …. on the more serious level it is sad that we so rarely get a glimpse into the everyday life of folks in public office that a story like this elicits ‘oh how neat’ comments from more people than just me. I mean, I am a sucker for seeing the high ranked politican hang out at their kid’s peewee games or running into the movie star celebrity in the cereal isle at the grocery store (not that those things never ever happen in Vermont … just saying.)

The other reason this story is interesting? I have to laugh when I think that even a smart man like Sen. Kerry drinks the Kool Aid (as my husband would say) when it comes to the ‘REAL serious bikers shave their legs …..

COME ON!!!! The one and only explanation I ever got from my husband is that it makes it so much easier to get a massage after a hard race …. Really? You get a massage after a race? Aren’t you mixing reality with wishful thinking here? Because I had yet to see anyone get a massage at a bike race at this level … and I have been to a few races in my life as the biker wife. Never seen him get a massage. And Kerry? Does he get a massage? Really?

I mean, when it comes down to it, I don’t really care whether they shave their legs or not. I just don’t understand why they would want to. As a member of the female portion of the population that seems to be under legal obligation to shave their legs and suffers the stubbles, nicks and embarrassingly dangerous moments of careful one legged balancing in the shower I would have to say “Why the hell would you want to do this?????”

But that’s just me.