Whats happening in Vegas today.

I am in Vegas at the Connect Marketplace convention. ( http://connectmarketplace.com/ )
I have 42 meetings over the course of 2 days. Its like speed dating for meeting planners.
I made several good connections today and look forward to booking the NAHBS location for 2011.
Just a few of the folks I met today were representatives from Providence, Milwaukee, Chattanooga and even San Diego.
Tonight, we have a dinner meeting with the wonderful folks from our next location, Richmond, Va.
I will keep you updated with our next day of meetings.

DW

Hey, check this out!

I was interviewed by Justin from the South Florida Fixed website a week or so ago. He posted the interview this morning. Check it out when you have a few minutes to kill. http://www.southfloridafixed.com/ DW

uhhhhh, owww!

In my quest to lose weight, I'm riding my bike much more these days.
Todays ride was a CIBA ride. ( http://cibaride.org ) Its my first experience on a CIBA group ride. I opted for the middle distance of 47 miles. Plus I rode to the location the ride starts from.
All in all, 65 miles and about 3.5 hours in the wind. Plus, it was unseasonably chilly this morning. Yuck!

I rode with a group to the rest stop and then it was just me and 1 guy leaving the stop at the same time, so we rode almost 20 miles on the way in together. We were caught by a group, getting close to home, and I had nothing, so I let him go and ride with the group. I soloed the last 8 miles in, by myself, in the wind (carrying my invalid brother on my back... but thats a different story for another time...) and then I had a nice tailwind all the way back to the shop.

So, how do I feel? My legs feel like lead, my lower back is screaming obscenities at me and I'd just love to lay down and take a nap.
Weather permitting, I'm going out for 2.5 hours alone tomorrow. Wish me luck!
DW

Even when I am sick I have a good time....

By a strange coincedence, I found myself with a nasty headcold while my daughter Tessa visited me here in Indy. What makes this odd is that I closed up the shop for the week while I blew yellow snot, coughed, sneezed and was miserable, just to spend time with my kiddo. So, whats the fun part you ask? We came across a book signing from a couple of cool dudes whom many folks might know.

Yep, Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes of Ghost Hunters on the scifi network. As nice a guys as could be, they were all smiles and very, very friendly. While I may not be a Ghost Hunter fanatic, I enjoy their show quite a bit and based on how down to earth they really are, I am quite pleased to pledge my support to their show only, and not of the ghost-come-lately type of shows.

The last pic is of an ice sculpture of a commode, since before their TV success, they were plumbers for Roto-Rooter. An ice toilet... HA!

Check out the pics!