"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 26th, 2006
I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be wanting to write much for a little while. My life has gone a bit off the rails, and I refuse to have a trainwreck journal. Todd, my husband of 8 years and I are splitting up. It's reasonably amicable, though of course it sucks for all concerned. […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 21st, 2006
Floyd Landis's next career!
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 15th, 2006
Well, plus a new chain, seatpost, pedals, and brake cables, my hybrid Bianchi is ready for action. So, I rode it to work yesterday and used my lunch break as an excuse for a little test-piloting. I'd been eyeballing the stairs that ring Ilus Davis park, which sits directly north across 11th St. from City […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 11th, 2006
Well, I'm back! It was a heck of a ride, and I'm happy to say, that was a heck of a good ride. I woke up on Saturday at 4:00 a.m. That is disgustingly early, I'll have you know. On the other hand, I wanted to be sure to get there early, to get signed […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 8th, 2006
Well, well, well. Here I am, just about to get into bed, as I have to be up at the buttcrack of dawn to go get signed in at the start of the MS150 out in Lee's Summit. I'm not entirely sure where Longview Elementary is, so I need to get a head start to […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 7th, 2006
to determine what my vast enjoyment of these videos says about me…
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 6th, 2006
Me and my road bike ain't been gettin' along. We weren't seeing ass-to-saddle just recently. I'm not entirely sure what, but something about my setup isn't quite right, and by and large, it feels like my bike's trying to climb up my butthole while my ears are trying to become one with my shoulders. In […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 4th, 2006
1. Woah! Dude! I've got new glasses! 2. Hey, guess what?…I've got a BLOWTORCH!!! It was part of my haul of treasure from last weekend. The treasure was mostly found on Saturday, during the usual afternoon urban exploration ride, where we dumpster dove around many scrapyards and industrial sites in the West Bottoms. The blowtorch […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 3rd, 2006
I bought a secondhand bike today. A 1990-something Bianchi Advantage, which is going to be my cyclocross bike. It's hella lighter than my mountain bike, sturdier than my road bike, and has the all-important cantilever brakes. It's also got the shifter levers I like, which can be switched back and forth between indexed or friction, […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 2nd, 2006
I'd been planning to go as Cyndi Lauper for Halloween, then I cut my hair off again. I could mock up a wig of some sort, I'm sure, but I've got a “concept costume” idea that I'm really strongly tempted to craft. You've heard of Lares and Penates? The minor gods in patronage of mundane […]