As the one or two of you who actually read my entries may have noticed I took a bit of a hiatus from the wild world of blogging. Sure, I’ve got the usual excuses for my absence (the fame, the fortune, the gallivanting, the prison term...), but I’m not a big fan of excuses—so I’ll leave it at this: I’m left-handed.

It’s a busy time of year around these parts. Ever since Nancy got eaten by that lion we’ve been slammed in Team Clif Bar land. And this morning I’m off to Providence, RI to

No, not our final entry. The Natural Energy Tour.

You know, the Biodiesel Tour? That magnificently mobile display of Clif Bar glory we set out on the road a few months back, in order to spread the Clif Bar love and some 411 on the benefits of using alternative fuels...yah that.

Well, it’s done. Finished. Finito. No more. Completado. Tennessee to New York, Boston to Berkeley. Wicked Pissah - it’s over! You get the idea.

To say it was a great success would be an understatement. And

Here’s some neat Team Clif Bar news to end your Tuesday with. Apparently, if your name is McCormack odds are you’re on fire this month.
At Ironman Hawaii on October 15th, TCB triathlete Chris McCormack had a rough start in the swim but remarkably still finished in sixth place thanks to a fantastic run – the best finish at Hawaii that Chris has seen to date, putting him on the map as a true contender for the IM Hawaii crown in the years to come.

Here’s what Scott Fairchild (Chris’

It never fails that on the day before leaving on vacation, today, the work world takes the gloves off and gives me a good ol’ fashioned, bare-knuckled beat-down. I’m sure my nose is bleeding, and I’m developing some sort of butt rash from not leaving my chair in the past eight hours.

That reminds me of the fun we had competing in Backpacker Magazine’s Dodgeball tourney. We thought we brought our "A-Game," but we actually brought "A-Pretty-Lame-Game."

We lost the first match, won

One may wonder why I am oh, SO looking forward to this year’s Summer Outdoor Retailer show—more than ever before.
One weird word: Dodgeball.

Uh-huh. Thanks to someone’s obvious error in judgment, we’ve been invited to compete in Backpacker’s Outdoor Retailer Dodgeball Challenge.

In the past, we’ve staffed our OR booth with folks who know the Clif goods inside and out. This year, there are a few more requirements on the staffing list.

• Can’t catch to save your life?