"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Imports from old blogs, Trek 800 on Nov 14th, 2005
So, Finslippy was talking about stinky Gingko fruits, the other day, and I was thinking, wow, I’m glad we don’t have Gingko trees here in Kansas City, because wow, that would suck to ride my bike through a pile of dead leaves and rotten puke-fruit and then have that shit stuck in my tires. Ahem. [...]
Posted in biking, Imports from old blogs, Trek 800 on Jun 30th, 2005
I was too tired to update last night. Here’s why: I ended up taking a three-and-a-half-hour bike ride. KCMO is surprisingly hilly, and Sam (the dude who leads the rides I’ve been going on) LOVES the hills. Mad-man! Riding with him, on top of not really feeling that great yesterday, wore my ass out. We [...]
Posted in biking, Burley, Imports from old blogs, Trek 800 on Jun 17th, 2005
I have a problem. I’m unable to buy myself non-essential stuff, especially not big-ticket items. I talked myself out of the exact pair of Doc. Marten maryjanes that fit like they were already broken in because I just couldn’t hork up $98 on the day I’d spent nearly $400 to get my glasses fixed. I [...]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Imports from old blogs, Trek 800 on May 22nd, 2005
Like most American children born in the 1970s, once I was able to pull myself up standing, I was plunked into a “walker” and allowed to cruise the house under supervision. This meant, apparently, that I importuned customers in the restaurant and attempted to stalk the dogs as they motored around, minding their own doggy [...]
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