"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, Playing With Weather, videos on Dec 24th, 2009
Man, I had the BEST ride home from work today. It was snowing like all get-out and I have this crazy powerful headlight (a Niterider Tri-Newt) which was illuminating the swirling flakes. The streetlights were doing a pretty good job of it, too. It was snowing pretty heavily and was also windy, and with all […]
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 bike commuting, Fashion on Oct 27th, 2009
Forgive me this horrible pun, but two different holdups have influenced my day. The first was a bank robbery which I apparently only just missed. Today’s my day off, so I decided to run a few errands this morning. I went downtown to take a few books back to the library, pick up a few […]
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 Art Projects & Making Things, bike commuting, Distractions, Lists, Ruby the Dog, Well I'll Be Darned on Jun 13th, 2009
Just some little bits and pieces of thoughts of late: The other night when I was coming home from work, I had one of those absolutely glorious and magical rides that just makes you happy to be alive and pedalling. It has been surprisingly cool and rainy lately and there’s quite a lot of marshy […]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Feb 24th, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wgaWAHo2Q] So, as I mentioned over on Twitter earlier, I got caught singing Spice Girls tunes publicly this afternoon. I was out riding around, running some errands and enjoying the unseasonably pleasant weather, and for some odd reason, “Wannabe” was in my head. And soon, I was singing it, which was, of course, ridiculous and […]
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 bike commuting, Fashion, Playing With Weather on Jan 15th, 2009
typical cold-weather gear, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. My cold-weather biking gear has gotten a little more sophisticated since my early days of year-round riding, though it is still quite a hodge-podge of thrifted clothing, cycling-specific clothing, and whatever the heck else I can pile on. At least I no longer wear the goggles or the […]
Posted in bike commuting, Home Improvements, Playing With Weather on Jan 15th, 2009
I went back over to my old house today to do some more cleaning and work. It was darnstupidfreezingasscold out there. Like a high today of 10F or similar. Whatever it was, it was ridiculously cold out. Like tears freezing on my eyelashes cold. Nonetheless, by the time I hit 12th & Paseo (a little […]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Hair issues on Jan 5th, 2009
My hair continues to be a source of humor and vexation to me. I gave myself an Epic Fail haircut last year at about this time. It was seriously about the worst I’ve ever looked. Since then, I’ve showed considerable, chastened restraint in keeping my hands off the scissors and the scissors away from my […]