"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, biking, Mountain Biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Apr 16th, 2009
So, the Dirty Kanza looms ahead. This year, I’m gonna be prepared! This year, I am planning to team up with some riders who ride around the same sort of pace I do, and NOT GET LOST THIS TIME! I fully understand my limitations, chief amongst which is a complete and utter lack of direction […]
Posted in "Greenie II", biking on Mar 17th, 2009
IMG_7699, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. Joel slipped down to the basement today and put Greenie II together! I thought he’d gone over to James’s to cut some glass for his workshop, but instead he was putting my bike together. I took it on a test ride this afternoon, and it is 100% satisfactory and completely […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Distractions, Photo entries on Feb 18th, 2009
I don’t know why I never published this back when I wrote it (in April of ’08) but here’s my writeup from the Ouachita Challenge weekend last spring. ————————————————————— Last weekend, Joel and I went down to Arkansas: he to participate in the Ouachita Challenge and me to ride around the countryside and really put […]
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 Adventures, beer and/or homebrewing, biking, Party, Utter Silliness on Feb 2nd, 2009
After Joel’s gonzo recap of Saturday’s pub crawl, there ain’t much I can say so instead I am going to let my pictures do most of the talkin’ What? You don’t park your bike this way? Wrong Right! Jill & Wade show us how it’s done. I think it’s a nice touch that Jill’s beer […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Party, Playing With Weather, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jan 23rd, 2009
Well, we’re back to winter again. Yesterday it was around 60, and I rode around town sans jacket, gloves, and hat. Today it is around 30, and I will be bundling up right and proper to head out to a job interview this afternoon. But yesterday was so gorgeous you could easily forget that we’re […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Utter Silliness on Jan 19th, 2009
CatTails 001, originally uploaded by Stellascorcher. You should definitely view this photo at original size to appreciate the colossally goofy face I was making at the time. Typical Saturday afternoon shenanigans. We had to re-visit one of our favorite inner-city swamps during the Saturday ride to see if the cattails were in good poofing condition. […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Well I'll Be Darned, Words I Like on Jan 12th, 2009
Once upon a time in Kansas City, there was a florist on about 31st & Gillham called Ed’s Dainty Corsages, and it was fabulous! Then the business name changed to the much less fabulous House of Flowers and to compensate for the lack of incongruity in their name, they acquired two lovely huge murals, a […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Jan 4th, 2009
Umm..so we found a lot of wine in a dumpster, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. Each of us nabbed two or three bottles, because it was there, basically. Now what the sam-hill am I supposed to do with it? I’m not much of a wine drinker (not much of a drinker, full stop) and I’d feel […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Schwinn World Sport Singlespeed on Dec 29th, 2008
Joel gave this to me for Christmas and it’s AWESOME, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. Of all the awesome things I forgot to write about, I can’t believe I forgot this one, so here it is: My new singlespeed! Yes, yes, Joel surprised all of the heck out of me on Christmas Eve, hooking me up […]