"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, Utter Silliness, videos on Dec 6th, 2007
When I go to Joel’s house, I frequently take this strange little bike/pedestrian bridge across the Kaw River. It’s a great little cut-across which eliminates a pretty nasty convergence of two interstate ramps and three surface streets. It’s also got some nifty artwork on it. Randy Niere, a friend and fellow photographing bike nut, has […]
Posted in Lists, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Dec 6th, 2007
1. Lore Sjöberg’s how-to article on having a Livejournal blog. You may remember Sjöberg from The Brunching Shuttlecocks, or from his current site, Bad Gods and/or Slumbering Lungfish. 2.  As you may know, I went and got a degree in Medieval Studies almost 8 years ago, and I’ve finally recovered enough from my MA […]
Posted in Distractions, nostalgia, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Nov 29th, 2007
I was going through my old photo album for an upcoming entry, and discovered a magazine clipping I had saved when I was a kid. The copyright is 1986, which means I was 9 when I cut this thing out. Back then I was entranced with anything that seemed “old-fashioned” so I really dug these […]
Posted in meta, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 26th, 2007
I will admit that I am a regular viewer of my own website’s statistics, ESPECIALLY the search engine terms. Most of them are either pervalicious or statistically improbably. In the past week, for instance, we have “cat kicking head,” “i like swirly in toilet sensual” and “why is the left sie (sic) of my head […]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness, videos on Nov 21st, 2007
The New Orleans writeups are going to be posted probably Friday or Saturday. Instead, why don’t we re-visit Halloween with a couple of videos from the costumed cyclocross race. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4R2fOcTiM&rel=1] Part one–the takeoff. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjAWsLmGSFI&rel=1] Part 2–Nearing the finish. You get a great view of the walker in this shot. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyPvsktMhos&rel=1] Part 3–Afterwards. Quote: “That was […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Home Improvements, Utter Silliness, videos on Nov 19th, 2007
I know I have touched upon how fond I am of performing feats of interior demolition (very). In “real life” I was regaling my friend Jared with a frenzied monologue on the team of tearin’ some shit up, and he got all wide-eyed and bouncy as he does when he has some really awesome info […]
Posted in Utter Silliness on Nov 9th, 2007
Since I like breakin’ shit so much, I should go into the business of “distressing” furniture. I’ve already got the name for my business in mind, “Pay me, and I’ll wreck your stuff.” I could damage pretty much anything: doors, tables, cars, chandeliers, tureens, whatever. So long as you paid me. Or if you commissioned […]
Posted in Fashion, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Nov 4th, 2007
This was the comment one of my highschool classmates made to me one day at school when I showed up wearing my Dr. Seuss Sweater (pictured below), a black miniskirt, mustard yellow leggings, and a yellow bandanna in my hair. It was an outfit carefully chosen to be as visually offensive as possible, so when […]
Posted in Family, Fashion, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 3rd, 2007
And his endearing goofiness is one of those many reasons. I was talking to my folks earlier today and my dad commented that he’s just about ready for Audrey and Matt’s wedding, he’s lacking only a tie. He admitted that mentioned his tie deficit to one of their neighbor ladies, a kind-hearted craftswoman who was […]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Fashion, Party, Photo entries, Recommendations, Utter Silliness on Oct 31st, 2007
torrid.com is the place to go. That is if you are an over 6′ size 12. As you will see, they work pretty darn well on the ectomorphic build. Photo Credit to Roger Harrison of Lanterne Rouge Cycling Joel and one of his co-workers, Dean, hit upon the notion of a team costume: “patient” and […]