Giro d’Italia – May 2004

You are all familiar with le Tour de France but, il Giro d’Italia is the second most important race on the international calendar. This three week race starts today and is sponsored by La Gazzetta dello Sport – Giro d’Italia daily coverage and the leaders pink jersey, just like the yellow jersery of Tour de France sponsor, Le Equipe. Both sports newspapers are the same color as their respective leaders jerseys, pink and yellow. You’ll be seeing on this blog some notes and results and, maybe some images from the race here. Live audio coverage is on Eurosport.com. Video coverage is also offered by Eurosport by through a Czech site. [The above pic was taken last fall in W. Palm Beach, the final race of the U.S. Pro calendar.]

eBay can change your life…


DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Larry Star slips out of his wedding dress and into something a little more comfortable — certainly something that fit better than his ex-wife’s bridal gown. He’s been interviewed by TV and newspapers and even had six marriage proposals based only on his eBay ad. [He sold it for $3850.00]

Cop Incidents…

I don’t live far from city hall and the police dept. I see some cops on a regular basis. The cop in these pics seems to stop people near my studio an awful lot. He is rather handsome.