It's my birthday!

Since it's my birthday, you'll have to excuse my lack of an in-depth review of Nantucket last weekend. I apologize that it has taken so long to get here, but this week has been nuts. I taught Kaplan both Monday and Wednesday. Had to fit in a long, hard ride on Tuesday. Paul kicked my ass as usual on Eastman and Methodist, but I dished out the pain pretty well on Trescott coming out of town. So, here we are. Last night was my last Kaplan class! Hooray! Freedom to train in the afternoons/evenings!

Before I make a few notes on Nantucket, I want to clear up a few misconceptions. There appears to be a generational gap when it comes to understanding my magic emails from basementbooking@gmail.com. So, here are some FAQ's:

Who is basementbooking? They really seem to like you.

I don't know. All I know is that basementbooking is no one. Its a robot on a computer, likely somewhere in Asia

You really don't know who it is?

No, seriously I don't.

That seems like kind of a weird thing to put on your blog.

Well first of all, that's not a question. Second, do you take no pleasure in the little things, sir? Sometimes you have to take some time to appreciate the absurdity of the world that we live in. A robot in Asia sent me an email that was so poignant, so perfect, so utterly applicable, it was nothing less than art.

So, who's this Carl guy?

Again, I don't know. He's a robot.

Yeah, but don't you have a roommate named Carl? Doesn't that seem a little suspicious to you.

No, his name is Karl, and he's not a robot that lives in Asia nor is his last name "Chucklesworth."

What are you planning on doing for your birthday?

I have to lead a Family Medicine Interest Group Skills night on taking blood pressure. It should be interesting seeing as how its looking more and more like I'm hypertensive myself. Seriously...


Nantucket was amazing. I can't thank the Eklunds enough. We ate so well. We relaxed like pros. We played games. Wow. It was so wonderful to see my New England pseudofam, especially during such a special time. Andy was headed back for the long-awaited long term reunion with Allegra. And Susie was about to start med school this week. These are events that were years in the making. And aside from Thursday when I arrived, the weather was perfect. I even got in a couple of solid rides on the cyclocross bike. Nantucket would be the proverbial pot of gold for BikeSnobNYC. There was bike salmoning (and apparently even car salmoning) galore. Below you'll find a slideshow of the pics.