paid

every pause was just right and every example was perfectly tailored to illustrate the point. wtf? the scam these people have going is brilliant, paid public speakers, they talk at you for 90 minutes and then have you do a neat little excercise to tie together what they just said for them. maybe that's where the examples came from, more bullshit. modern snake oil salesman, remember what george said? "it's not a lie if you believe it. i at least got the errands almost done for the week, finish up today. more bites on the weblistings, nothing too solid right now. maybe the market is flooded? between this and the other i'll take the donut. how hard could it be? at least i got in a little spin on the bike.

motorist vs. courier

this is out of hand. i can see my anger getting me in the same situation as the courier in this case. read the article i think i agree 100% with the courier. big shock there. crazy canucks anyway.

tyred

no comcast yesterday so i couldn't write up the ride from the other day. four hours, 100k+ sunny balmy eternal spring. it's so weird, 10 minutes from the tunnel and you're in a different world, might as well be a different state. sunny and nearly 60 degrees. more this sunday, almost feels like i'm getting it done slowly. i ripped the sidewall on one of my brand new tires, kind of bummed about that, i'll try to boot it before i replace, sucks, less than a week, four rides, two of them on the rollers. they are pretty supple, worth trying to save. riding slowly in the sun was the ticket, bundled up enough to work up a sweat i never saw results from master's worlds but i saw grill and he said that the marketing guy at moots came 10th. holy shit! motivation for a race 11 months away. cariveau is a stud, i need to find a way to save for that trip. maybe. more pressing issues right now, figuring out what i'll do this summer. what i need for equipment, selling the old stuff. the kid is so amazing, he really blows my mind how sharp he is. the perfect combination, i want to be inside his head, see and hear what is going on. watch the tumbler click and have the once abstract concept clarify in his mind's eye.

better

i don't get it, is it really that hard? wtf? at least i get a chance to ride every now and then. i'm working on it. not too far off, that will get it all complete. the pieces fit. i think i found the right puzzle. it all seems a little better now that i know i have the right pieces. four hours goes a long way.

i tried to shoot the thought but the thought sunk

two catepillars are sitting in a tree, first one says to the second one "what are you eating?" #2 replies "hot dogs" first one says "huh, i do need to look into insurance." #2 says "well, carpet cleaner would be nice right now." got outside on the bike today. photos of the new single will be up this week. super burrito, good stuff, mole, no not a mole, as in the rodent-like creature, but mow-LAY burrito, the mexican stewed chicken that has chocolate and molasses baked in. the good shit. pretty impressive quantity of food to shove into my jersey for the last bit of the ride, along with a bottle of coke. the good life, high fructose corn syrup and mole chicken.

2406

today i get the new shoecovers ordered. too cold for nothing over the shoes today. at least i'm not stuck on the bridge it could be a lot worse. weekend projects are getting on my list. setting up the cross bike for singlespeeding and the listing of the road bike. good projects for sure. no ring of fire yet, pad thai last night.

sequence

the bugs wake me early and force me to sleep in late. not too late, just late enough that i do less in the day. the pieces fit and i just need to understand that it's best to stand and shut up. less friction. i try to bite the tongue and let it go. no sense in making things harder. it's already bad enough turning off that independent thought alarm. the fork sold. ship it today. list the road bike and see what's up. more stuff to list, cross bike after that. doing business to d omore business, i like the give and take of small-scale capitalism, supply and demand. keys to success fit in the pocket of the opportunist. even though for me success is a new bike for less than what it should cost and even less whne i liquidate stuff that shouldn't be in the shed in the first place. this is the second day in a row i have worn socks with marilyn monroe on them. random sequence of socks flowing thru my drawer. odd. not as odd as my spongebob socks and underwear on the same day a year or so ago. that was weird. enjoy the day, it could be worse, listen to some good music that doesn't suck. maybe some marcy playground and minor threat.

etoile

about a foot or so last night and then blue water. two times to get it all down, that much is going to make the day easier. still not rested, last night really hurt me. trying so hard to get it all together, shuffling parts and then the trick of getting it listed. stuff i would have done earlier had i thought it would make a difference. nobody wants to buy a bike in december. the brakes on the single feel great, new cables make a bike feel brand new. i forget how big a difference it makes. then build up the cross bike as a single for the rest of winter and wait for the new one to arrive. projects will be finished for the week tonight. little french tonight see how far i can get in all of this. wait for the nordic centers to catch up with the snowfall and hit it tomorrow.

cafe

new day, husker du in my head, new day rising, bob mould's voice is one of those super-distinct defining sounds. that band would have been so much less without it. grant hart no way could have carried the vocal load. had my coffee now i feel a bit better, the key being the scavenged pop tarts chased by second rate coffee fixins' i have enough chemicals running thru my body to embalm an elephant. i would rather not think about what i did to my body today, too much guilt. no donut though. makes me think of billy bob, he eats an organic diet, drinks only the best juices and generally takes great care of himself so that me may smoke marlboro and drink miller with less guilt. jeff had a good post, more philospophical than some of his others but as usual a healthy dose of science thrown in for good measure. think about it.

in it

i had the furnace rolling yesterday, not too far to get tired but plenty far to push the legs. lots of climbing in proportion to how far we rode. eternal spring. had good solo time in the wind, that always makes me feel good. too hot still on the overnight to sleep under the covers, i'm still warm now. the body is responding well to all the different stuff. shaubie and i skinned up monday morning and then we skiied at the nordic center in the pm with b. he rocked the nordic boards. 15 minutes of skiing for the kid, pretty impressive for his first time on skis. pulling him in the sled brought a new level of effort to skating. 10k was all i could do of that, then shaubie learned to skate, the no pole drill hooked her on it. she's going again today. tele, tour, skate and ride, hard to beat this winter for general work. i did it again yesterday, went to denver without my wallet, i really felt dumb and hungry after the ride, i got lucky the mob boys hooked me up with food and much needed supplies. the single is ready and the road bike maybe on the block soon too.