"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, biking, Playing With Weather, Utter Silliness on Dec 31st, 2007
1. On Friday night, the usual chaos that is Critical Mass ensued. It was a much smaller and more subdued group than usual…because it was butt-freezingly cold. Actually, it’s been worse at various points recently – it was darn near reasonable Friday night, but reasonable for December in Kansas City is still plenty stinkin’ cold. […]
Posted in Adventures, bike commuting, Distractions, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Dec 27th, 2007
And today I come bearing photographic evidence of the unexpected urban ungulates: Behold! The zoomed-in pictures kind of suck because I had to use my digital zoom which means the image quality suffers. But. Goats! I created a set and called it Goatography. I hope to get some better shots another day.
Posted in Adventures, bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Dec 26th, 2007
This morning was shaping up to suck outrageously. I was about halfway to work, and my back tire blew out. 2″ long rip in one sidewall; you could see daylight all the way through. I tried to boot it with one of those extra-big patches from one of my patch kits, but no dice. In […]
Posted in Lists, Photo entries, Sewing on Dec 22nd, 2007
1. Do not put on red lipstick, don a balaclava, and ride your bicycle to work. You will end up with lipstick from mid-nose to mid-neck. This has been a public service announcement. 2. The Federal Courthouse is two blocks away from my workplace, and there is a park between the two buildings. Yesterday morning […]
Posted in bike commuting, Photo entries, Utter Silliness, videos on Dec 20th, 2007
This week has been gorgeous in the weather department. Gorgeous for December anyhow. I’ve ridden on my lunch break or extra after work every day so far, and I plan to do the same tomorrow. Being as it has been basically cold and shitty the previous couple of weeks, I had been racking up a […]
Posted in Photo entries on Dec 19th, 2007
The Big Purple Kale, before and after a snowstorm (about two weeks between shots) I’m pretty sure this is the same cluster of roses, before and after snow. The buckets! My favorite shot of the frozen-over roses. I love the ice-crystals cupped inside the topmost blossoms. Best viewed large (click for full-size)
Posted in biking, Distractions, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, videos on Dec 18th, 2007
But before I get on with the recaps from Sunday, I’d like to draw your attention to a new blog in town – Team Sexypants, authored by none other than Big Grin himself, joEL! His header image is a picture I took of him one of the nights we were camping out during our weekend […]
Posted in biking, Cats, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Shopping on Dec 15th, 2007
I had no big hairy plans today, honestly. Maybe go for a bike ride and take some pictures, weather permitting, probably sit around in front of the fireplace reading and occasionally shoving a cat’s butt off my book. I didn’t expect to actually get anything accomplished. It all started out with me waking up early. […]
Posted in Recommendations on Dec 14th, 2007
I have two pesty little neighbor girls who have been a constant source of minor annoyance since their family moved to my neighborhood two years ago. They are nearly-feral, free-range children who know neither boundaries nor mores of acceptable socialized behavior. They’ve been known to let themselves into my house unless I lock up both […]
Posted in bike commuting, Recommendations on Dec 13th, 2007
I read this post of Gwadzilla’s today, and it really resonated with me, because he describes almost exactly my philosophy and methodology of commuter-riding and road-sharing. I’m going to post it in its entirety and then encourage you again to go and read more of his blog. If you’re a cyclist, especially if biking is […]