Take the Time Needed

We were slow at the shop yesterday, and I had a lot of work that I needed to do at my home computer to get some beads scanned and up on my website for a customer.  So I pulled rank (something that usually doesn't work at all) and left the shop at 12:30 pm.  By 1:30 pm I was seated at the computer keyboard and finishing my work.  At 6:25 pm I was finally finished, the beads were scanned and added to the website and my customer was Emailed so that she can now begin to shop.  It was very intensive work, but I'm pleased that it is done.  I really need to continue this work - I have other beads that need to be put up, but right now I'll just be happy that I got this complete. 

But I was too tired to begin the outline work on my silk piece last night.  Because of the detail, and the fact that I have to be careful about exact placement of the resist material, I felt it was too dangerous and a possible serious waste of my time to attempt the outline last night. Any errors I might have could really mess things up.  I hope I'll be able to do it tonight, but certainly no later than Sunday. 

Floyd Landis is being an idiot again.  That he was taking performance enhancement drugs when he was cycling is not a surprise, nor is the fact that he wants to drag as many people into his personal cesspool as he can.  But really!  Blaming Armstrong, many other cyclists and Bruyneel as well as others who are tested regularly and extensively and who have never tested positive is beyond good manners.  Cycling has faced its' doping problem head-on for years and is doing a phenomenally good job of policing itself, unlike baseball, American football, and other sports where doping is often swept under the carpet.  Doping is annoying and not healthy, but at least cycling tests often and is not ashamed of pulling titles and banning perpetrators who get caught.  Landis got caught and still is upset about that. 

And Happy 30th Birthday to "The Empire Strikes Back" - usually acknowledged as the best of the six Star Wars movies.