"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Family on Apr 30th, 2008
My folks were down for a visit this past weekend which was AWESOME. It’s been quite a while since they were able to get away and since the weather co-operated with them. They’d been planning to come a couple of weeks ago and got snowed in the day they meant to leave. April blizzards are […]
Posted in biking, dumb things I have done, Utter Silliness on Apr 25th, 2008
During a group ride, pointing out potholes is considered polite Bunny-hopping them might be considered a bit ostentatious * Hollerin’ “Yee-HAW” if you get good air when you hop is probably a tad uncouth. ** * Newly-developed skill – working hard to perfect it **I haven’t “Yee-HAW-ed” yet, but you’d better believe the thought has […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Apr 22nd, 2008
I’m updating from Joel’s computer. Not too long after I got my computer back from the shop, it punked out again. It turns out that at the time it croaked on account of a no-good hard-drive, the motherboard was on its way out, too. In a way it’s a mercy that my computer broke down […]
Posted in biking on Apr 16th, 2008
I’ve heard that it’s good to have goals. I have goals, though many of them are frankly ridiculous. For example, coming up in about a month and a half, I’ve taken it upon myself to ride a couple hundred miles via dirt roads in the Flint Hills of Kansas. This is called the Dirty Kanza, […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Apr 15th, 2008
Well, I guess events of today could be classified as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. 1. Good: I finally got my bank card. Woo! I probably won’t switch banks super-soon, since it would be an ENORMOUS pain in the ass. More so than going a month without a bank card. 2. Bad: I […]
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 grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake on Apr 11th, 2008
Oh yes, I am ever and ever so annoyed! Still no bank card. Once again, the fucking thing was returned without notice. I just happened to be so lucky as to get to the bank just before closing to learn this. Apparently, they are going to hold it at the office for me. The department […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Apr 7th, 2008
(I’m still working out a few snags with my cable modem, so the pics and write-up from Ouachita will have to wait) – In the meantime: I’ve had a couple of experiences just recently that have brought to my attention how much of customer-service is simply the application of good communication. It is now almost […]
Posted in Distractions, Lists, nostalgia, videos on Apr 3rd, 2008
The Internet Phenomenon of “rickrolling” has just come to my attention, which means the meme has probably been building for months and months now, and I’m the last person to know that “rickrolling” is misleading somebody to click a link which takes them to the music video of 1980s 1-hit-wonder Rick Astley “Never gonna give […]
Posted in Family on Apr 1st, 2008
My folks live way out in the outer boondocks of northwestern Nebraska and have been Neighbors of Note since about 1973, when they first bought the “new” Dunlap store. Back when my folks were newbies to the neighborhood, they were “those California hippies who bought Dunlap.” Â I think a lot of people were expecting […]