It's official.

My finances haven't been ideal for the last year-and-a-half or so, thanks in part to me and in part to USBank's abusive practices, attempting to fleece me after they made an error on my account. I'm making progress on that front, and have now booked my first bicycle tour since summer 2006. Hooray!

I'll be riding from the Grand Canyon's North Rim to Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park in September. This isn't my first bike tour in the desert, so I know what I'm getting into, but a lot of people have reacted to my plans with skepticism--am I nuts to ride a few hundred miles in the desert? Judge the route for yourself here.

CDs listened to today:

• Deerhoof: The Runners Four
• Charles Ives: Sunrise
• The Odds: Bedbugs
• Paula Diehl: Right Of Way
• Benedict Mason: String Quartet No. 1
• Frank Black: Teenage Of The Year