"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in "Greenie II", bike commuting, Burley, Cats, Playing With Weather on Nov 21st, 2009
Today started out a little frustrating. I took off from home to head to work, and heard a weird noise coming from my back wheel. Turns out a staple had made itself at home in the tread of my tire. I tried to pull it out, but one of the ends broke off in the […]
Posted in "Greenie II", bike commuting, Burley, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Trek 800 on Aug 22nd, 2009
Good grief, I had one of those days! Due to basic laziness, I got a kind of late start heading out the the bank, but I figured that it would be no biggie, since they’re open until noon on Saturdays. So I headed downtown with my paycheck in hand, ready to take care of some […]
Posted in "Greenie II", Art Projects & Making Things, bike commuting, biking, Burley, Other Bike Stuff, Party, Schwinn World Sport Singlespeed on Feb 17th, 2009
I had a pretty significant day on the bike today. I had a lot of errands to run, and I took the long route, so to speak, because I really needed to blow out the cobwebs. I think I got in the riding mode on Sunday night; Team Frank Stallone‘s Westport Roadie Douche Crit was […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Burley on Apr 14th, 2008
Joel’s been re-modeling the Burley for me, and yesterday we went out for a ride to Leavenworth which was the first trip out for me with this bike in its new configuration. Not so long ago, I was trying to sell this bike. Nobody wanted to buy it, however, and Joel convinced me that it […]
Posted in biking, Burley, Imports from old blogs, Trek 800, videos on Jun 16th, 2006
Last night, on my way back home from the Blue Moose ride, I had a hell of a stiff neck. I rode in the drops most of the way down to Prairie Village and most of the way through the group ride, because I can brake WAY better in that position, but in the interest […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Burley, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries on Jun 11th, 2006
I went riding on this organized around-town tour todaywith a couple of friends. Instead of tediously HTML-ing all of the pictures over here to LJ, I’m just going to point you to the photo gallery I created for this occasion. The photos are all pretty well narrarated, and anyone can leave comments either there or […]
Posted in biking, Burley, Imports from old blogs, Party, Utter Silliness on Oct 16th, 2005
Crossposted to . I had a VAST lot of fun Friday night. I went to my first ever Alleykat, and it was madness! This one wasn’t a distance pick-and-drop course, nor a scavenger hunt. This was drag racing. We had two-block one-on-one sprints. It was also drag races in the sense that men wore dresses/skirts/lots […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Burley, Costumes and disguises, Imports from old blogs, Party on Oct 14th, 2005
I’m going to go play tonight. Bicycle Drag Races, out by Acme and Grinder’s. 2-block sprints. All guys must wear dresses or skirts, all girls must sport facial hair of some description. I’ll be back tonight or early tomorrow with pictures and a write up. I’m excited. This is liable to be a pretty fun […]
Posted in bike commuting, Burley, Imports from old blogs on Sep 12th, 2005
I blew a tire and fucked up my tail light today. Unrelated incidents. I don’t know when I lost my taillight, but it was on the back of my bike this morning and the light part was gone when I got home tonight. The backing, mount, and clip are still attatched to the seatpost, but […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Burley, dumb things I have done, Imports from old blogs, wrecks on Sep 6th, 2005
I had a pretty lousy day today. I’ve been off kilter for about a week. Stressed. Depressed. Feeling horrible that all I can do at the moment for anyone suffering on account of the Katrina disaster is donate to the Red Cross, and I can’t donate much, at that, because I’m broke–feedback loop into stress, […]