Turns out one of the posters who posted under anonymous the other day is a good friend of mine with a slightly different viewpoint of what's going on in world events.
And that is totally A-OK with me. I just like knowing who I am talking to and if more then one person posts comments anonymously-it's hard to keep track of who said what.
Having said that, he does has some very good points.
And I'd like to share his e-mail with ya'll...............
Hi Geo,
First off, I'm not a republican. I'm somewhere between
a Constitutionalists and a Libertarian. Some day after
this topic I address here we can discuss why I can be
neither Dem or Rebup...besides the fact that the ones
that get elected from those parties are simply just
Chosen Ones from the Governing Class.
We are friends. We will remain friends in spite of any
of these discussions, agreed? Fine. That alone will
keep me in "polite" mode.
Back off on the Bush bashing.
It's getting old for me, having voted for him, to feel
like ass every time I read your blog. (However, I may
just be an ass for other reasons). I don't think all
10 of those phrases you listed are really his. You
have been had! He's not smart. He has learning
disorders which are obvious and he is not a good
speaker. Bill Clinton was the opposite, but he was not
interested in the military, or national security,
which is really a bad thing.
I have long been disappointed by the lack of response
by the USA from Islamic terrorist that bombed the
Marines in Lebanon, took hostages from embassies
(under Carter), attacked the USS Cole, etc. George
isn't pussy footing around. I like that. I like it we
are kicking some ass now and showing the world we CAN
stand up for ourselves. I guess you and much of the
world don't think that's ok, but you're wrong, buck0.
True, the war is more than that. With China competing
with us so strongly for oil, we needed to have a
better hold on things in the middle east, at least
that is 40% of why I think we are there. Why we needed
to be lied to about it, baffles me.
The other 60% of our being there is...
...is...
Have you heard of "Able Danger"?
After reading that I have this to say...
Likely we will never know what the 9/11 Commission
knew, because those documents are probably the ones
Sandy Burger took and got a slap on the wrist for.
Think Bill Clinton wasn't involved in any innocent
lives being lost like the left says about George?
Well, it is easy for me with hindsight, to say he
could have prevented 9/11, but we'll never
know...(Sandy Burger knows). In fact it is unfair for
me to suggest Bill could have stopped it. With 9/11
everything has changed. I do think it's unfair, as
well, that WE do not get to know what Bill and the
9/11 Commission knew.
I think it's unfair that George used Veteran's Day, of
ALL days, to return an attack on the Dems for saying
he's a liar. Of course he's a liar. He is one of the
chosen governing class and THEY all lie. You and I
just have to sort out the why of the lie. The truth
is, what we are fighting for is for our very survival.
I think you understand survival. I'm going to bet you
don't' think the issue with Islam is that
great...wrong again, buck-o. We MUST have control of
the oil or somewhat control over it AND to be free
from a religion that wants us dead. George is
protecting you life and the future for your children.
In summary; take it easy on making me feel like and
ass once a day, k?
P.S. Here's a follow up to the Able Danger Tale...
P.P.S. I like to play the middle and I never thought
that Bill deserved to have a legal commission formed
against him to discover he was having a sexual
liaison...paa-lease! What a waste of my money!!!
Well, I gotta respect were my buddy is coming from. I do however disagree with the way that the current administration is handling things in Iraq and here at home.
Did the previous administration make mistakes?
Yup.
Do I bash Bush in this blog?
Yup.
Will I continue to post articles about George and some of his missteps?
Yup, but reading my friends e-mail will make me take a second look at what I post about the man. I still feel that he is one of the worst presidents we've ever had.
Wanna comment?
I'd love to hear what everyone has to say -just keep it civil- Let's face it, we ain't gonna cure cancer here on the internet and as far as folks making anonymous comments? That's cool, I just prefer knowing who I am talking to.
.........Enough of that, how about this weather here on the east coast? Something like a 35 degree temperature drop in the past 24 hours.
Yikes.
And I am hosting a slacker mtb ride at Lake Redman on Sunday-I better slap on an extra pair of socks.
Our son and I were at the eye doctors Thursday night-he barely needs glasses, but we went ahead and got him a pair because he has trouble seeing the board at school sometimes.
Me?
Shit, I'm as blind as a fencepost. I needed a new prescription in the reading part of my bifocals and I also got a pair of prescription sport sunglasses. I've never had a set of those real fancy sunglasses before, with my luck-I'll probably set them down somewhere and lose them.
I really enjoyed reading another blogger's take on Critical Mass. I think if we tried something like that around here, it would turn into something like what happened up in NYC earlier this year. Around here, the car is king.
Going shopping on Black Friday? Here's a heads up on what's going to be on sale.
Been following the news on the Sony rootkit? Here's the latest.........
This site gives me a headache.
This person is gonna be pissed when they re-read the auction they just won.
With that-I'm outta here.......thanks for reading.
Friday, November 18, 2005
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Strange things..........
I was playing around with Google.............if you put the words "bikes" and "donuts" in Google-my blog pops up number one.
Evidently, I am one of the few cyclists that blogs about donuts and bicycles.
Even though I sometimes go for a couple days without mentioning anything about bikes. Sometimes I get carried away when I read stuff that I feel needs attention called to it and I forget all about bikes.
Like this stuff......
Pretty colors in the sky.
I'm not sure what this proves. Check out the movie.
I live here in Pennsylvania- guess what? These guys are all gone in the next election.
Dick's a dick.
My turkey is on fire. Having a grease fire is scary as hell. I had a donut fryer catch on fire once. Scared me shitless. You haven't lived until you've had a vat of hot oil 3 feet deep, 4 feet wide and 40 feet long spontaneously ignite.
I love stories like this. I'm sure she violated Excellent Customer Service Rule #1 which is.....Be nice and you'll get what you want.
The Parents Television Council wins the Donut Guy's "Asshole of the Day" award.
Oh man. Could you imagine?
If you smoke-now's a good time to stop. I smoked for 20 years and I stopped over 5 years ago. Hardest and best thing I've ever done..........well, it's the second best thing I've done-marrying my wife has to come in first place. If anyone wants to stop and needs encouragement, just e-mail me.
$169,393 a year is a lot of money but if one of those guys or gals have a bad day-we're gonna read about it in the paper. If I have a bad day.........not so much. Maybe I come down on the side of the pilots because our next door neighbor is a captain for American and I see how much stress those guys are put under.
Now this is a snowblower.
I need one of these.
AOL has got some problems. I know back in the mid nineties we used them, when I went with another ISP, I had to talk to 3 or 4 people at AOL before I could get them to cancel my account. It was almost like having a police interrogation. Not that I'd know what that was like.
Honest.
Couple new people are added to my links section. The Old Bag and Gawdzilla. Both are interesting reads so go there now and check'em out.
An anonymous commenter posted something about my comments on George Bush. Yeah, whatever..........I don't pay much attention to folks that comment here that don't have a name or an e-mail address. It's not worth the effort, just get your own blog, okay?
The weather that some of my midwest blogging friends were having the other day finally arrived here in PA. Would you like it back? Actually, it's not that bad-I just wish the days were a little longer-it gets dark about an hour after I wake up in the afternoon. Sometimes working 3rd shift sucks.......
First time I've read this blog. It's a good read. So many good blogs, too little time...........what I like about reading blogs is that you'll go to someone's else's blog, read it and follow a couple of the links and *pffft* there goes an hour or three.
Last link. Not family or work safe. Blah, blah,blah, the usual..........
P.S.........
Shit.
I didn't blog about donuts or bicycles this time.
Maybe next time.
But don't count on it.
Thanks for reading.
Evidently, I am one of the few cyclists that blogs about donuts and bicycles.
Even though I sometimes go for a couple days without mentioning anything about bikes. Sometimes I get carried away when I read stuff that I feel needs attention called to it and I forget all about bikes.
Like this stuff......
Pretty colors in the sky.
I'm not sure what this proves. Check out the movie.
I live here in Pennsylvania- guess what? These guys are all gone in the next election.
Dick's a dick.
My turkey is on fire. Having a grease fire is scary as hell. I had a donut fryer catch on fire once. Scared me shitless. You haven't lived until you've had a vat of hot oil 3 feet deep, 4 feet wide and 40 feet long spontaneously ignite.
I love stories like this. I'm sure she violated Excellent Customer Service Rule #1 which is.....Be nice and you'll get what you want.
The Parents Television Council wins the Donut Guy's "Asshole of the Day" award.
Oh man. Could you imagine?
If you smoke-now's a good time to stop. I smoked for 20 years and I stopped over 5 years ago. Hardest and best thing I've ever done..........well, it's the second best thing I've done-marrying my wife has to come in first place. If anyone wants to stop and needs encouragement, just e-mail me.
$169,393 a year is a lot of money but if one of those guys or gals have a bad day-we're gonna read about it in the paper. If I have a bad day.........not so much. Maybe I come down on the side of the pilots because our next door neighbor is a captain for American and I see how much stress those guys are put under.
Now this is a snowblower.
I need one of these.
AOL has got some problems. I know back in the mid nineties we used them, when I went with another ISP, I had to talk to 3 or 4 people at AOL before I could get them to cancel my account. It was almost like having a police interrogation. Not that I'd know what that was like.
Honest.
Couple new people are added to my links section. The Old Bag and Gawdzilla. Both are interesting reads so go there now and check'em out.
An anonymous commenter posted something about my comments on George Bush. Yeah, whatever..........I don't pay much attention to folks that comment here that don't have a name or an e-mail address. It's not worth the effort, just get your own blog, okay?
The weather that some of my midwest blogging friends were having the other day finally arrived here in PA. Would you like it back? Actually, it's not that bad-I just wish the days were a little longer-it gets dark about an hour after I wake up in the afternoon. Sometimes working 3rd shift sucks.......
First time I've read this blog. It's a good read. So many good blogs, too little time...........what I like about reading blogs is that you'll go to someone's else's blog, read it and follow a couple of the links and *pffft* there goes an hour or three.
Last link. Not family or work safe. Blah, blah,blah, the usual..........
P.S.........
Shit.
I didn't blog about donuts or bicycles this time.
Maybe next time.
But don't count on it.
Thanks for reading.
It won't last..........
I don't know about everybody else, but here in the Northeast-it was 62 degrees when I got out of work this morning. Hardly seems like late fall.
Mother Nature is gonna slap us upside the head real soon. I'm going to wake up some afternoon soon and it will be 20 degrees and snowing.
I haven't thrown the knobbies on the Cross-Check yet, I love the looks I get riding my full fendered racked-up Surly out on the trails at Rocky Ridge and Lake Redman. I usually ride to Rocky Ridge and do a lap of all the "easy" trails, with the ride up and back...it's a nice little mid-winter work out.
Gotta go, I got about 3 hours of sleep yesterday and I'm about to pass out...........
Thanks for reading.
Mother Nature is gonna slap us upside the head real soon. I'm going to wake up some afternoon soon and it will be 20 degrees and snowing.
I haven't thrown the knobbies on the Cross-Check yet, I love the looks I get riding my full fendered racked-up Surly out on the trails at Rocky Ridge and Lake Redman. I usually ride to Rocky Ridge and do a lap of all the "easy" trails, with the ride up and back...it's a nice little mid-winter work out.
Gotta go, I got about 3 hours of sleep yesterday and I'm about to pass out...........
Thanks for reading.
Monday, November 14, 2005
My mom took some pics......
My mom took some pictures when she and my dad were in NYC this past weekend.
Found this article about "older" bloggers. While I don't consider my mom "old" she is new to computing and she does the same thing lots of us do. She totally loses track of the time she spends on the computer. I say have at it, she worked her whole adult life-live a little.
My mom is getting pretty good at manipulating data on her laptop. I showed her how to rip Cd's and put them onto a iPod. Woo hoo, soon she'll be doing all kinds of stuff.
I was playing around with some photo editing software........
Squirrel before.............
Squirrel after..........I'm getting good at using the "clone" tool.
Wow. We don't get very many tornados around here and I'm damn glad we don't.
This dude oughta hook up with my buddy Pat Robertson.
I don't hunt, it's not my thing.......however I have no problem with hunting or hunters because I love venison. Why someone would use something like this is beyond me. It seems like it would take one helluva a long time to bag a deer. Most of the time someone hunts, it cold and miserable-I think they should let hunters use small caliber machine guns with tracer bullets to cut down on the time it takes to get a deer. Using a atlatl seems like it would increase the suffering a deer goes through.
Let's face it, we ain't cave men any more.
No way 60% of America thinks Bush is dishonest. It's more likely that the 40% of America that thinks he's honest must not be well informed. If he's a dumbass, so be it-but I don't like liars.
Slightly off-color joke time...........
A horse and a chicken are playing in a meadow. Suddenly, the Horse falls into a mud hole and starts to sink.
The horse yells at the Chicken to go and get the farmer to help pull him out to safety.
The chicken runs to the farm but the farmer can't be found. So, the chicken gets into the farmer's BMW and drives it as fast as possible back to the mud hole.
Wasting no time, the chicken ties a rope around the bumper, and then tosses the other end of the rope to the horse.
As the horse hangs on for dear life, the chicken drives the car forward, and saves the horse from sinking.
A few days later, the chicken and horse are playing in the meadow again.
This time, the chicken falls into the mud hole. The chicken yells to the horse to hurry and get the farmer, or the farmer's BMW.
The horse then says, "Wait, I think I can stand over the mud hole!" So, he stretches over the width of the hole and says to the chicken, "Reach up and grab my dick and pull yourself up!"
The chicken did so, and pulled herself up to safety.
The Moral of the Story:
If you are hung like a horse, you don't need a BMW to pick up chicks.
You thought it was gonna be worse, didn't you? Hey, my mom reads this blog-so I gotta keep it sorta clean............
I like this one ............
This will warm your heart... just when you lost faith in human kindness:
Someone who teaches at a Middle School in Hudson, Florida forwarded the following letter. The letter was sent to the principal's office after the school had sponsored a luncheon for the elderly. This story is a credit to all human kind. Read it and forward it to all those who could use a lift.
Dear Hudson Middle School,
God blesses you for the beautiful radio I won at your recent senior citizen's luncheon.
I am 84 years old and live at the Hudson Assisted Home for the Aged.
All of my family has passed away. I am all alone now and it's nice to know that someone is thinking of me. God bless you for your kindness to an old forgotten lady.
My roommate is 95 and always had her own radio, but before I received one, she would never let me listen to hers, even when she was napping.
The other day her radio fell off the night stand and broke into a lot of pieces.
It was awful and she was in tears. She asked if she could listen to mine, and I said fuck you.
Life is good.
Sincerely,
Edna
That's more my style........
Anal bleaching? WTF???? SFW link on a NSW website. Why would anyone let another human bleach their asshole? I'm not gettin' it..........ever.
Liquid cereal. I'd like to try the peanut butter and chocolate mixed together.
Another joke...............
A fourty-ish woman was at home happily jumping on her bed and squealing with delight. Her husband watches her for a while.
Husband : "Do you have any idea how ridiculous you look? What's the matter with you?"
The woman continues to bounce on the bed and says...
Wife: "I don't care. I just came from having a mammogram and the doctor says I have the breasts of an 18 year-old."
Husband: "What did he say about your 46 year old ass?"
Wife: "Your name never came up."
I'm sure my wife would appreciate that one since she is a breast cancer survivor and she's married to a 46 year old ass.
And that ass would be me:-)
This dog is smarter then I am.
I read this article and am reminded why car shopping is such a total pain in the ass. Do I like low prices? Hell yes, I do but I hate getting the feeling that you left a few dollars on the table when you sign on the dotted line at a dealership. I want the "special deal" all the time.
Fortunately, I only buy a new vehicle every 10 or 12 years, I wish it was like shopping for everything else that my wife gives me permission to buy.
Till later and thanks for reading.
Found this article about "older" bloggers. While I don't consider my mom "old" she is new to computing and she does the same thing lots of us do. She totally loses track of the time she spends on the computer. I say have at it, she worked her whole adult life-live a little.
My mom is getting pretty good at manipulating data on her laptop. I showed her how to rip Cd's and put them onto a iPod. Woo hoo, soon she'll be doing all kinds of stuff.
I was playing around with some photo editing software........
Squirrel before.............
Squirrel after..........I'm getting good at using the "clone" tool.
Wow. We don't get very many tornados around here and I'm damn glad we don't.
This dude oughta hook up with my buddy Pat Robertson.
I don't hunt, it's not my thing.......however I have no problem with hunting or hunters because I love venison. Why someone would use something like this is beyond me. It seems like it would take one helluva a long time to bag a deer. Most of the time someone hunts, it cold and miserable-I think they should let hunters use small caliber machine guns with tracer bullets to cut down on the time it takes to get a deer. Using a atlatl seems like it would increase the suffering a deer goes through.
Let's face it, we ain't cave men any more.
No way 60% of America thinks Bush is dishonest. It's more likely that the 40% of America that thinks he's honest must not be well informed. If he's a dumbass, so be it-but I don't like liars.
Slightly off-color joke time...........
A horse and a chicken are playing in a meadow. Suddenly, the Horse falls into a mud hole and starts to sink.
The horse yells at the Chicken to go and get the farmer to help pull him out to safety.
The chicken runs to the farm but the farmer can't be found. So, the chicken gets into the farmer's BMW and drives it as fast as possible back to the mud hole.
Wasting no time, the chicken ties a rope around the bumper, and then tosses the other end of the rope to the horse.
As the horse hangs on for dear life, the chicken drives the car forward, and saves the horse from sinking.
A few days later, the chicken and horse are playing in the meadow again.
This time, the chicken falls into the mud hole. The chicken yells to the horse to hurry and get the farmer, or the farmer's BMW.
The horse then says, "Wait, I think I can stand over the mud hole!" So, he stretches over the width of the hole and says to the chicken, "Reach up and grab my dick and pull yourself up!"
The chicken did so, and pulled herself up to safety.
The Moral of the Story:
If you are hung like a horse, you don't need a BMW to pick up chicks.
You thought it was gonna be worse, didn't you? Hey, my mom reads this blog-so I gotta keep it sorta clean............
I like this one ............
This will warm your heart... just when you lost faith in human kindness:
Someone who teaches at a Middle School in Hudson, Florida forwarded the following letter. The letter was sent to the principal's office after the school had sponsored a luncheon for the elderly. This story is a credit to all human kind. Read it and forward it to all those who could use a lift.
Dear Hudson Middle School,
God blesses you for the beautiful radio I won at your recent senior citizen's luncheon.
I am 84 years old and live at the Hudson Assisted Home for the Aged.
All of my family has passed away. I am all alone now and it's nice to know that someone is thinking of me. God bless you for your kindness to an old forgotten lady.
My roommate is 95 and always had her own radio, but before I received one, she would never let me listen to hers, even when she was napping.
The other day her radio fell off the night stand and broke into a lot of pieces.
It was awful and she was in tears. She asked if she could listen to mine, and I said fuck you.
Life is good.
Sincerely,
Edna
That's more my style........
Anal bleaching? WTF???? SFW link on a NSW website. Why would anyone let another human bleach their asshole? I'm not gettin' it..........ever.
Liquid cereal. I'd like to try the peanut butter and chocolate mixed together.
Another joke...............
A fourty-ish woman was at home happily jumping on her bed and squealing with delight. Her husband watches her for a while.
Husband : "Do you have any idea how ridiculous you look? What's the matter with you?"
The woman continues to bounce on the bed and says...
Wife: "I don't care. I just came from having a mammogram and the doctor says I have the breasts of an 18 year-old."
Husband: "What did he say about your 46 year old ass?"
Wife: "Your name never came up."
I'm sure my wife would appreciate that one since she is a breast cancer survivor and she's married to a 46 year old ass.
And that ass would be me:-)
This dog is smarter then I am.
I read this article and am reminded why car shopping is such a total pain in the ass. Do I like low prices? Hell yes, I do but I hate getting the feeling that you left a few dollars on the table when you sign on the dotted line at a dealership. I want the "special deal" all the time.
Fortunately, I only buy a new vehicle every 10 or 12 years, I wish it was like shopping for everything else that my wife gives me permission to buy.
Till later and thanks for reading.
I like to ride my bike.......
I can hardly believe it is the middle of November. I think the temps were in the mid sixties here in PA yesterday so I figured I better get one last short sleeve ride in before the blast freezer weather moves in.
I like starting out on late afternoon rides and finishing them up under the cover of darkness. I run a 10 watt bar light, a 5 watt helmet light to get driver's attention at intersections and lots of rear LED's.
I also took some pictures of random stuff as I was riding. I stopped over on the Lancaster side of the Susquehanna to take the picture of the sunset and by the time I got back into York-it was getting fairly dark.......it was a nice ride.
I was reading up on the French rioters and the last sentence of this article got my attention. They burn 100 cars on an average Saturday night? Holy shit.
By the way, Pat is still a dick.
My folks were up in NYC this weekend, my mom took lots of pictures, I will be uploading some of them to my Flickr account sometime today or tomorrow.
That's about it..........thanks for reading.
I like starting out on late afternoon rides and finishing them up under the cover of darkness. I run a 10 watt bar light, a 5 watt helmet light to get driver's attention at intersections and lots of rear LED's.
I also took some pictures of random stuff as I was riding. I stopped over on the Lancaster side of the Susquehanna to take the picture of the sunset and by the time I got back into York-it was getting fairly dark.......it was a nice ride.
I was reading up on the French rioters and the last sentence of this article got my attention. They burn 100 cars on an average Saturday night? Holy shit.
By the way, Pat is still a dick.
My folks were up in NYC this weekend, my mom took lots of pictures, I will be uploading some of them to my Flickr account sometime today or tomorrow.
That's about it..........thanks for reading.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Push Button Receive Bacon
I have no idea why this makes me laugh, but I'd thought I would share it.
I did have to photoshop the graphics as the word "received" was spelled incorrectly. I'm not the smartest guy on the planet but it bugs the hell out of me when grown adults can't spell correctly or express themselves on paper.
Back a few years ago I was a production manager for a large commercial donut bakery and I had to write up a report because we missed a monthly production goal. I basically blew sunshine up my boss's ass in about 500 words.
He loved the report, it didn't really say anything or give any promise of increased performance in the future, but it had lots of big words and I'm pretty sure he didn't want to embarrass himself by asking someone what I meant.
Sometimes you can baffle 'em with bullshit-sometimes you can't, the only important thing is to know the difference..........
Our ride for Saturday afternoon got cancelled and it was a good thing I suppose-because I slept in until 3:30 Saturday afternoon. I usually get off work at 5 AM Saturday morning and I either get my wife up so we can eat breakfast or meet my pop at 5AM and eat breakfast with him. Since my folks are out of town-my wife, our 12 year son and I went out for breakfast so I didn't get to sleep until later in the morning.
I'm not the skinniest guy in the world (I'm not grossly obese either) but if I ate at restaurants all the time-I'd be a fat ass because I love turkey egg cheese omelets, home fries and bacon all fried with a 1/4 stick of butter. Yum. Some folks eat like that every day-once a week is okay for me. I wanna live past 50..........
I like to read my comments and saw a new person make a comment on my last blog entry-thanks Ptelea- I added you to my links section-I'm enjoying reading about you and your cats. Kinda reminds me of our first (and only) cat.
We took in a stray back when my wife and I were first married-it had no hair on it's frost bitten ears and was deaf as a post. In fact it was about the mangiest cat I had ever seen but it was ours. Sadly, Dave only lived for another year or so but she at least she had a warm place to shed hair for the last year of her life........
Fast forward to now and our allergic 12 year old is in the process of getting allergy shots so we can get another cat-that's gonna be interesting and I'm sure it'll provide me plenty of photo-ops. for this blog.
In my mind, there are a few professions that have my ultimate respect. Among them are teachers, police, firemen (and woman) and nurses. I bet Arnold would be changing his tune if a member of his family was in an understaffed hospital. Of course he probably has his own hospital somewhere............
It must suck to be a Republican.
I don't know who is responsible for this web site, but I'd like the thank them for making me spit my soda all over the monitor.
Interesting article. As I read it, I realized that every stitch of clothing I am wearing right now was bought at Wal-Mart. Hmmmm.
I really do think George has started drinking again.......Here is a list of his Top Ten "Bushisms"
Top 10 Funniest Bushisms of All Time
The Top Ten Funniest (and Saddest) Mistakes, Misstatements, Bloopers and Blunders By President George W. Bush (so far...)
1. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." —Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001
2. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
3. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
4. "There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons." —South Bend, Indiana, Sept. 5, 2002.
5. "There's an old...saying in Tennessee...I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once...(3 second pause)... Shame on...(4 second pause)...Shame on you....(6 second pause)...Fool me...Can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 17, 2002.
6. "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003
7. "The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the -- the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." —Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2003.
8 "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend." —on visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29, 2005
9. "Wow! Brazil is big." after being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2005
10. A TIE BETWEEN:
"Rarely is the question asked, 'Is our children learning'?"
—Florence, S.C. Jan 11 2000
"The illiteracy level of our children are appalling." —Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 20004
Rick Santorum talks out his ass quite a bit. I'm proud to have him as a senator......... Not.
As much as I like bicycles because they save gas, are good for exercise and peace of mind....I still like cars and 540 cubic inches is hard to argue with. Too bad it cost almost a half-million dollars. I had to reread that dollar amount in the article, I couldn't fathom paying that much for a 69 Camaro that isn't really a 69 Camaro. Unless of course I was stinking filthy rich-then I'd write the check in a heartbeat.
Finally............all you've ever wanted or needed to know about Paris Hilton.
Thanks for reading.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
New picture........
Yeah, yeah- I know a grandma riding a chopper has nothing to do with bicycles or donuts but it's my blog......so there.
I was listening to a couple podcasts last night concerning PC repair and some folks called in with their computer problems..........The more I listen to folks with simple problems that totally stymie them- the more I think I am making the right move by going back to school......
I like all kinds of music, I've been on a blue grass kick lately........not sure why but I'm really digging this guy. He died back in 2001 but his music is still popular.
About the only kinds of music I can't get my head around are country and rap/hip-hop.
Country music? I'm sorry but trying to listen to anything made in the last 25 years or so is like taking your fingernails down a 5 mile long chalkboard. I'd rather take a beating then have to listen to it. It's just crap.
Rap music? I guess it's okay, it's just not my bag.
This is today's "Song of the Day" Trust me-you'll either like this or you'll hate it-no middle position on this one kids...........
Enough music for one day, I gotta get some zzzz's I'm going to actually attempt to ride my bike later today.
Thanks for reading.
I was listening to a couple podcasts last night concerning PC repair and some folks called in with their computer problems..........The more I listen to folks with simple problems that totally stymie them- the more I think I am making the right move by going back to school......
I like all kinds of music, I've been on a blue grass kick lately........not sure why but I'm really digging this guy. He died back in 2001 but his music is still popular.
About the only kinds of music I can't get my head around are country and rap/hip-hop.
Country music? I'm sorry but trying to listen to anything made in the last 25 years or so is like taking your fingernails down a 5 mile long chalkboard. I'd rather take a beating then have to listen to it. It's just crap.
Rap music? I guess it's okay, it's just not my bag.
This is today's "Song of the Day" Trust me-you'll either like this or you'll hate it-no middle position on this one kids...........
Enough music for one day, I gotta get some zzzz's I'm going to actually attempt to ride my bike later today.
Thanks for reading.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Let me go out on a limb here...........
........and call out Pat Robertson for being an asshole.
I suppose he's one of the reasons I have issues with organized religion. If I belong to a particular religion, I don't want someone from that religion speaking for me on my behalf.
I like to speak for myself, thank you very much.
Since I live near Dover and have friends and family that live in Dover............ Pat Robertson can go suck a bag of dicks.
And that's all I have to say about that..........
I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts last night, when they interviewed this guy. I ordered his book, I'll let ya'll know what it's like after I read it.
Damn, I must be old, I can remember when this happened. Granted I was only in 10th grade at the time, but still........
Here's a story that warms my heart.
Happy Birthday US Marines- OoohRAAA! Today is Veterans Day. Thank a serviceman or woman for their service.
Holy crap. When the cop wants you to pull over.........you best PULL OVER.
This is good. I'll be doing this one at work tonight.
I'm gonna try and pull my lazy ass out of bed tomorrow afternoon and push one of my bikes around Lake Redman with a couple buddies-I'll fill ya'll in on how it went Sunday.......
......thanks for reading.
I suppose he's one of the reasons I have issues with organized religion. If I belong to a particular religion, I don't want someone from that religion speaking for me on my behalf.
I like to speak for myself, thank you very much.
Since I live near Dover and have friends and family that live in Dover............ Pat Robertson can go suck a bag of dicks.
And that's all I have to say about that..........
I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts last night, when they interviewed this guy. I ordered his book, I'll let ya'll know what it's like after I read it.
Damn, I must be old, I can remember when this happened. Granted I was only in 10th grade at the time, but still........
Here's a story that warms my heart.
Happy Birthday US Marines- OoohRAAA! Today is Veterans Day. Thank a serviceman or woman for their service.
Holy crap. When the cop wants you to pull over.........you best PULL OVER.
This is good. I'll be doing this one at work tonight.
I'm gonna try and pull my lazy ass out of bed tomorrow afternoon and push one of my bikes around Lake Redman with a couple buddies-I'll fill ya'll in on how it went Sunday.......
......thanks for reading.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
The voters have voted.........
Almost the entire Dover school board was voted out of office. Common sense prevails.
Too bad we have to wait 3 more years to do the same thing on a national level because this is some scary shit.
I spent some time changing around and updating my "Links" section. If you have a site you want on there-just give me a holler. They are some other folks that have me linked, I'll try to get them on there soon..........
Friday, April 13, 2029 is going to be here before you know it.
Our daughter will like this site.
I was going to take a couple pics of stuff at work last night, but I was too darn busy to stop. I am going to make a custom "Bike Rding Donut Guy" donut and make it my profile picture.
Exciting,huh?
No not really but I'd thought I'd share.
I've got writer's block today so see ya later.....
Tanks for reading.
Too bad we have to wait 3 more years to do the same thing on a national level because this is some scary shit.
I spent some time changing around and updating my "Links" section. If you have a site you want on there-just give me a holler. They are some other folks that have me linked, I'll try to get them on there soon..........
Friday, April 13, 2029 is going to be here before you know it.
Our daughter will like this site.
I was going to take a couple pics of stuff at work last night, but I was too darn busy to stop. I am going to make a custom "Bike Rding Donut Guy" donut and make it my profile picture.
Exciting,huh?
No not really but I'd thought I'd share.
I've got writer's block today so see ya later.....
Tanks for reading.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Saved some gas......
I know lots of my fellow bike bloggers do almost all of their commuting, errands and general mucking about on their bicycles.
Me?
Not so much.
I don't get to ride as nearly as much as I'd like to, so when I have a 3 or 4 hour chunk of free time-I try to fit some bike stuff in there. I might not ride a ton of miles in the time I have to ride because I do lots of stopping and starting to take pictures of stuff, but I have fun.
I did a whole bunch of stuff Tuesday morning. I went to the bank, video store, credit union and did a little shopping. This was the first time I've used my Banjo Brothers messenger bag and to be honest-I was a little worried that it wouldn't fit the 2 gallons of milk I had to buy.....
I shouldn't have worried.
Other then the fact that 2 gallons of milk weighs close to 18 pounds that I had to pedal up a large hill to get home-It was all good. The milk fit with room to spare and to be honest-I was surprised at how well the load on my back stayed put.
Good stuff.
Here's a few pics I took when I was out Tuesday morning. The light wasn't the best as it was overcast and I missed the foilage peak but I still had fun. I put a few pics in there of our house and all the leaves so Lunatic Biker gets to see all the work my neighbor does when he rakes my leaves. Most of the leaves are still up in the trees........
I also stopped over at my folks house to give my mom a lesson on how to use my iPod Shuffle so she can listen to some podcasts when she goes on a trip to NYC this coming weekend. She's gonna take some pics and I plan on putting them on my Flickr account so she can share them.
A friend of mine that lives down in Ball'mer also has a Flickr account-Doug is a way good photographer, check out his stuff. He's also funny as hell and a great guy to hang out with.
I shoot my mouth off about all kinds of stuff on this blog but one thing I haven't talked about in awhile are some of my favorite cycling related sites...........
Here are a few of mine....
Bikemagic-A British based mtbing site.
Cyclingnews.com-The New York Times of cycling.
Dirt Rag- Pa's finest
Drunkcyclist.com-Not for the faint of heart. Also NSF
North Shore Mountain Biking NSMB.com- Good stuff if ya like freeride. I like freeride.
Bikemag.com- Online version of Bike Magazine
I'll put some more up another time.....
This article makes me feel less guilty for downloading music.
That's about it for today, I'm about to go face down on the keyboard, thanks for reading.
Me?
Not so much.
I don't get to ride as nearly as much as I'd like to, so when I have a 3 or 4 hour chunk of free time-I try to fit some bike stuff in there. I might not ride a ton of miles in the time I have to ride because I do lots of stopping and starting to take pictures of stuff, but I have fun.
I did a whole bunch of stuff Tuesday morning. I went to the bank, video store, credit union and did a little shopping. This was the first time I've used my Banjo Brothers messenger bag and to be honest-I was a little worried that it wouldn't fit the 2 gallons of milk I had to buy.....
I shouldn't have worried.
Other then the fact that 2 gallons of milk weighs close to 18 pounds that I had to pedal up a large hill to get home-It was all good. The milk fit with room to spare and to be honest-I was surprised at how well the load on my back stayed put.
Good stuff.
Here's a few pics I took when I was out Tuesday morning. The light wasn't the best as it was overcast and I missed the foilage peak but I still had fun. I put a few pics in there of our house and all the leaves so Lunatic Biker gets to see all the work my neighbor does when he rakes my leaves. Most of the leaves are still up in the trees........
I also stopped over at my folks house to give my mom a lesson on how to use my iPod Shuffle so she can listen to some podcasts when she goes on a trip to NYC this coming weekend. She's gonna take some pics and I plan on putting them on my Flickr account so she can share them.
A friend of mine that lives down in Ball'mer also has a Flickr account-Doug is a way good photographer, check out his stuff. He's also funny as hell and a great guy to hang out with.
I shoot my mouth off about all kinds of stuff on this blog but one thing I haven't talked about in awhile are some of my favorite cycling related sites...........
Here are a few of mine....
Bikemagic-A British based mtbing site.
Cyclingnews.com-The New York Times of cycling.
Dirt Rag- Pa's finest
Drunkcyclist.com-Not for the faint of heart. Also NSF
North Shore Mountain Biking NSMB.com- Good stuff if ya like freeride. I like freeride.
Bikemag.com- Online version of Bike Magazine
I'll put some more up another time.....
This article makes me feel less guilty for downloading music.
That's about it for today, I'm about to go face down on the keyboard, thanks for reading.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
The Donut Guy goes back to school..........
My wife handed me a HACC catalog to read over the weekend. Mmmmm, the Donut Guy might be going back to college. You're never to old to get some more smarts. I took some courses some years back to get my Master Baker certification but I'd like to learn more about computers as that's my 2nd hobby. After bikes of course.
I missed the Open House that HACC had last weekend here in York but I plan to call them up or stop by the York campus to get more info...........
Actually, I'd like to start my own part time business going to folks house's to fix their computers. I figure if I did that-this blog would write itself with funny stories about the stuff people have done with computers.
Got me a Flickr Pro account last week. It cost 25 bucks a year so I plan to use the heck out of it. They use the word "unlimited" a lot. I don't think I'll ever upload 2 gigs of stuff a month but with the holidays coming up, who knows......It will be nice to be able to share pics online with our family.
With every religion, there are good things and bad things you can take away from each. I'm not Catholic, but I do happen to agree with this dude. I love reading what the fundamentalists write about Earth being 7000 years old..............my opinion?.....they are a bunch of mouth breathers...........read the links at the bottom of the article for added laughs.
Whether you believe in God or not..........the Earth and the Universe is more then 7000 years old and it ain't flat.
More on those wonderful folks over at Sony. Nice stuff, huh? These guys also have a very nice freeware section on the site. I use this program to see what's running on this box. This will see if you have any rootkits running on your hard drive.
This guy is a waiter. He's also a pretty damn good writer, one of my favorite blogs. He wrote this entry recently about getting older and making peace with people who have done you wrong. One guy I used to work for would fit under the category of "People I really don't like".......maybe I need to grow more as a person because if he was hanging off the side of a cliff and I had the only rope...............I sure hope he has a good grip. What comes around goes around.
Jeez, I guess I'm going to have to scratch off that trip to France. 1,400 torched cars? 9,500 cops? Holy shit.
If you're gay, I'm cool with that. Whatever. What you do with your partner is your business. All I know is that my anus has a "No Entry" sign on it (except for this) if ya know what I mean. Holy or not. Seriously, anyone that has a writes a book and titles one of the chapters "The Anus is Holy" deserves some press. The fact that the Dutch Reformed Church has a task team on homosexuality doesn't surprise me. I'm sure most churches have one.
Buried with their phone? Screw that-I want my Surly melted down and mixed in with my ashes when I die.
My wife is a nurse specializing in elder care. I was reading this article and thinking she could probably make a small fortune consulting senior citizens on what to do with their Medicare coverage as she knows all that stuff forwards and backwards. I'm no expert but there has to be a better way to run healthcare.
That's about it for now, gonna run some errands by bike and try out my new Banjo Brothers messenger bag.......thanks for reading.
I missed the Open House that HACC had last weekend here in York but I plan to call them up or stop by the York campus to get more info...........
Actually, I'd like to start my own part time business going to folks house's to fix their computers. I figure if I did that-this blog would write itself with funny stories about the stuff people have done with computers.
Got me a Flickr Pro account last week. It cost 25 bucks a year so I plan to use the heck out of it. They use the word "unlimited" a lot. I don't think I'll ever upload 2 gigs of stuff a month but with the holidays coming up, who knows......It will be nice to be able to share pics online with our family.
With every religion, there are good things and bad things you can take away from each. I'm not Catholic, but I do happen to agree with this dude. I love reading what the fundamentalists write about Earth being 7000 years old..............my opinion?.....they are a bunch of mouth breathers...........read the links at the bottom of the article for added laughs.
Whether you believe in God or not..........the Earth and the Universe is more then 7000 years old and it ain't flat.
More on those wonderful folks over at Sony. Nice stuff, huh? These guys also have a very nice freeware section on the site. I use this program to see what's running on this box. This will see if you have any rootkits running on your hard drive.
This guy is a waiter. He's also a pretty damn good writer, one of my favorite blogs. He wrote this entry recently about getting older and making peace with people who have done you wrong. One guy I used to work for would fit under the category of "People I really don't like".......maybe I need to grow more as a person because if he was hanging off the side of a cliff and I had the only rope...............I sure hope he has a good grip. What comes around goes around.
Jeez, I guess I'm going to have to scratch off that trip to France. 1,400 torched cars? 9,500 cops? Holy shit.
If you're gay, I'm cool with that. Whatever. What you do with your partner is your business. All I know is that my anus has a "No Entry" sign on it (except for this) if ya know what I mean. Holy or not. Seriously, anyone that has a writes a book and titles one of the chapters "The Anus is Holy" deserves some press. The fact that the Dutch Reformed Church has a task team on homosexuality doesn't surprise me. I'm sure most churches have one.
Buried with their phone? Screw that-I want my Surly melted down and mixed in with my ashes when I die.
My wife is a nurse specializing in elder care. I was reading this article and thinking she could probably make a small fortune consulting senior citizens on what to do with their Medicare coverage as she knows all that stuff forwards and backwards. I'm no expert but there has to be a better way to run healthcare.
That's about it for now, gonna run some errands by bike and try out my new Banjo Brothers messenger bag.......thanks for reading.
Monday, November 07, 2005
I should know better........
I really like onion rings.
We got some take-out from Outback and I got an order of Bloomin' Onions Sunday afternoon.
Big mistake.
Now I can fart the entire Star Spangled Banner.
Till later.
We got some take-out from Outback and I got an order of Bloomin' Onions Sunday afternoon.
Big mistake.
Now I can fart the entire Star Spangled Banner.
Till later.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
George ain't right.............
Seriously, I think the boy started back up drinking or is on some type of meds. (You'll have to give the Washington Post some info to read the article) I can remember last year when he visited our town. It was a serious pain in the ass for most of the day if you wanted to get anywhere.
If you don't wanna register at the Washington Post, then read this. Scary, huh? The press even lays into the poor bastard when he is 2000 miles away. This article makes me think the wheels fell off of GW's train and we are just waiting for it to derail.
Peace in the Middle East? Sure, when pigs f*cking fly.
Time for something fun. Can you believe that? SFW video on a NSFW website.
This makes me proud to live near this.
As I write this sentence, it's Saturday night and I pretty much slept through the entire day. Looks like I missed a nice day and I'll more then likely sleep all day Sunday because I also work Sunday night. Bummer. I really want to get out before all the leaves fall off of the trees.
At first thought, I read this article and thought it was a bad idea for them to sponsor a race, but the more I think about it-they pretty much strapped on a set of balls and and are letting folks know that EPO is a good drug that saves lives if it's used properly. Good on them.
People are idiots. That's about all I can say on that article. Except that the customer's behavior doesn't surprise me one bit. I deal with customers that have the same kind of mindset every night when I go to work. Lucky me.
This guy calls bullshit on Peak Oil.
My opinion? .....who knows?
I think when it cost 3 or 4 dollars a gallon for gas like it will sometime soon, I'm gonna use the least amount possible and if it runs out while I am still alive............I guess I'll be riding my bike more.
I don't follow football very much but I think Terrel Owens has a rectal-cranial inversion. Just my 2 cents.........
I love this guy but I think he might pop a blood vessel. I agree with him, especially when you are in the mall or a grocery store. If you are walking along-just don't stop in the middle of an aisle and stare into space. If you are driving..........get off the damn cellphone and pay attention to what you are doing.
It's deer season as noted by my friend in Minnesota. I like deer meat and everything but I could never pull the trigger and shoot one. I ran into a couple guys at the gasoline mart the other morning dressed up in all their hunting togs. Total camo from head to foot. To be honest-they looked kind of stupid. I'm sure they think I look stupid dressed in bicycle clothes
The county parks I mtb in allow hunting by permit in certain areas. I stay the hell away from those areas and wear some blaze orange. I've been told by hunters that a mountain bike going down a trail sounds just like a deer crashing through the woods. I thing I might bungee cord a boombox to my bike and play some AC/DC so none of those guys shoot me. Think they would be pissed? I really dig Angus and the boys, so they'd have to get over it.
Go ahead and register at the NY Times. Then read this article. One thing's for sure (IMHO) if the Democrats controlled the House and Senate-they would have Bush's ass in impeachment proceedings.
I have some friends that I co-blog with here. I don't spend much time there but they have some interesting things to say. Check'em out.
Ryan Leech is a trials God. I've seen other video where he rides across a chain stretched between 2 poles. I like bike trials if you haven't noticed. As long as the penalty for failure isn't to high-I like to try hopping up and down off of stuff and practicing wheelie drops, etc... when I ride in the woods. I usually do this when I ride by myself as I fall off sometimes............a 46 year old guy falling off of his bike is not pretty.
Learn something about WW II history. With the way things are made nowadays....do you think that if they built something like that now, it would still be standing in 50 years?
Betcha didn't know this........US Service men and women use Silly String.
That's about it for now, thanks for readin'
If you don't wanna register at the Washington Post, then read this. Scary, huh? The press even lays into the poor bastard when he is 2000 miles away. This article makes me think the wheels fell off of GW's train and we are just waiting for it to derail.
Peace in the Middle East? Sure, when pigs f*cking fly.
Time for something fun. Can you believe that? SFW video on a NSFW website.
This makes me proud to live near this.
As I write this sentence, it's Saturday night and I pretty much slept through the entire day. Looks like I missed a nice day and I'll more then likely sleep all day Sunday because I also work Sunday night. Bummer. I really want to get out before all the leaves fall off of the trees.
At first thought, I read this article and thought it was a bad idea for them to sponsor a race, but the more I think about it-they pretty much strapped on a set of balls and and are letting folks know that EPO is a good drug that saves lives if it's used properly. Good on them.
People are idiots. That's about all I can say on that article. Except that the customer's behavior doesn't surprise me one bit. I deal with customers that have the same kind of mindset every night when I go to work. Lucky me.
This guy calls bullshit on Peak Oil.
My opinion? .....who knows?
I think when it cost 3 or 4 dollars a gallon for gas like it will sometime soon, I'm gonna use the least amount possible and if it runs out while I am still alive............I guess I'll be riding my bike more.
I don't follow football very much but I think Terrel Owens has a rectal-cranial inversion. Just my 2 cents.........
I love this guy but I think he might pop a blood vessel. I agree with him, especially when you are in the mall or a grocery store. If you are walking along-just don't stop in the middle of an aisle and stare into space. If you are driving..........get off the damn cellphone and pay attention to what you are doing.
It's deer season as noted by my friend in Minnesota. I like deer meat and everything but I could never pull the trigger and shoot one. I ran into a couple guys at the gasoline mart the other morning dressed up in all their hunting togs. Total camo from head to foot. To be honest-they looked kind of stupid. I'm sure they think I look stupid dressed in bicycle clothes
The county parks I mtb in allow hunting by permit in certain areas. I stay the hell away from those areas and wear some blaze orange. I've been told by hunters that a mountain bike going down a trail sounds just like a deer crashing through the woods. I thing I might bungee cord a boombox to my bike and play some AC/DC so none of those guys shoot me. Think they would be pissed? I really dig Angus and the boys, so they'd have to get over it.
Go ahead and register at the NY Times. Then read this article. One thing's for sure (IMHO) if the Democrats controlled the House and Senate-they would have Bush's ass in impeachment proceedings.
I have some friends that I co-blog with here. I don't spend much time there but they have some interesting things to say. Check'em out.
Ryan Leech is a trials God. I've seen other video where he rides across a chain stretched between 2 poles. I like bike trials if you haven't noticed. As long as the penalty for failure isn't to high-I like to try hopping up and down off of stuff and practicing wheelie drops, etc... when I ride in the woods. I usually do this when I ride by myself as I fall off sometimes............a 46 year old guy falling off of his bike is not pretty.
Learn something about WW II history. With the way things are made nowadays....do you think that if they built something like that now, it would still be standing in 50 years?
Betcha didn't know this........US Service men and women use Silly String.
That's about it for now, thanks for readin'
Friday, November 04, 2005
I like models..........
Get your mind out of the gutter people.
Not those kind of models.
These kind of models.
I haven't done any for quite awhile as they consume massive amounts of time to do correctly. The engine compartment on the Impala is correctly wired and plumbed including brake lines, spark plug wires, clamps and hoses. It was alot of work.
I just upgraded my account on Flickr to "Pro". I've been playing around with it for the past few months and I really like how it saves the picture info and I also like that annotation feature where you can imbed comments right in the picture. For 25 bucks a year-you can't beat it.
I took our son on a few errands yesterday and while we were slurping down our 4 dollar coffee drinks at the mall, we stopped in at the arcade. When I was a kid (I'm dating myself here) the big thing was Galaxian and Defender. Yeah, I know-that was the late 70's and early 80's
Now they have this.
What the hell? I mean has anyone seen someone do this? When done correctly, the person playing it looks like they are having a seizure or something.........Holy Mother of God.
Damn kids.
Well, I ain't gonna hang around here too much this morning-gotta get some z's and see if I can fit a ride in later today..........
Thanks for reading and stay away from DDR...................
Not those kind of models.
These kind of models.
I haven't done any for quite awhile as they consume massive amounts of time to do correctly. The engine compartment on the Impala is correctly wired and plumbed including brake lines, spark plug wires, clamps and hoses. It was alot of work.
I just upgraded my account on Flickr to "Pro". I've been playing around with it for the past few months and I really like how it saves the picture info and I also like that annotation feature where you can imbed comments right in the picture. For 25 bucks a year-you can't beat it.
I took our son on a few errands yesterday and while we were slurping down our 4 dollar coffee drinks at the mall, we stopped in at the arcade. When I was a kid (I'm dating myself here) the big thing was Galaxian and Defender. Yeah, I know-that was the late 70's and early 80's
Now they have this.
What the hell? I mean has anyone seen someone do this? When done correctly, the person playing it looks like they are having a seizure or something.........Holy Mother of God.
Damn kids.
Well, I ain't gonna hang around here too much this morning-gotta get some z's and see if I can fit a ride in later today..........
Thanks for reading and stay away from DDR...................
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Cats.........
I think I've shot my mouth off just a few times on this blog about cats and dogs.
Well, we are getting a cat.
Since our son was about 5 he has been asthmaatic and allergic to dust, pet hair, etc..... He is willing to get a weekly allergy shot so he and his sister can get a cat. It's going to be a few weeks until we go to the SPCA and pick one out........it'll be interesting to see what kind of cat the kids pick out.
I actually like cats, they just have a different kind of personality then dogs. Dogs fetch things and wag their tails.
Cats just kinda hang out.
I'm curious as to what name they are gonna pick out for this animal. I vote for Dusty, since that is what has kept us from getting a cat in the past..........
I figure this might be the last nice weekend we have here in central PA so I am heading out for a bike ride with my camera Saturday afternoon. I love just stopping whenever I see something that needs a picture taken of it. Hopefully I'll have a bunch of pictures to blog after the weekend.
On my last post I made a comment about this article concerning the Methodist Church defrocking a lesbian minister. I was brought up as a Methodist and the church I went to (and still am a member of) welcomed everyone or at least that's the way I perceived it. I have to admit, I'm not active in my church at this point.........but if I was-I'd have a problem with how this issue was handled.
I'm not Catholic and I might not understand everything the Catholic religion stands for and believes in but I think they have a few problems they need to address. Maybe they oughta let priests get a little action on the side so they can blow off some steam when they are off duty.
Am I serious?
Of course not.
But they do have to get a handle on this situation and the sooner the better.
This is a great idea, but who the hell wrote the headline for this piece?
I don't want to bash Bush, but I can't help myself. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. 3 more years of this idiot? God help us all.
I gotta tell ya, I'm not much of a roller coaster fan but if I ever win big on the lottery-I'm getting one of these. I've been to the drag races before and the real thing is even quicker. Something like 0 to 10o mph in about a second. You'd have to see it to believe it.
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." Here what worries me, the whole administration is probably full of people like Mike.
Porno?(pdf file link SFW-it's not porno) Not my thing, but he oughta have the right to do whatever he wants as long as he isn't harming anyone. Maybe the cops lost their copy of the Bill of Rights. What about all the children who could possibly view porn sites? Maybe their parents oughta be doing a better job of watching where their kids go on the internet.
Yikes. I could spend a couple hours on this website.
Now granted most any bike you buy at Wal-Mart is going to be a pile of shit, but maybe they should spend a few minutes setting up and making sure each bike is adjusted properly before they sell it. I know the bike I bought there for our son needed just about everything adjusted when I brought it home.
Sounds like the kid had a loose quick release on his bike. This website thinks quick releases are evil. A little information on how to operate a quick release might help these uninformed parents.
Doesn't appear that his parents read the instruction manual to know how to check and make sure it was adjusted correctly. Is it 100% Wal-Marts fault? I'd say 50-50 but if they woulda spent a few dollars more at a real bike shop-they most likely would have never had this problem.
Hey Amy, I call bullshit.
Thanks for reading.
Well, we are getting a cat.
Since our son was about 5 he has been asthmaatic and allergic to dust, pet hair, etc..... He is willing to get a weekly allergy shot so he and his sister can get a cat. It's going to be a few weeks until we go to the SPCA and pick one out........it'll be interesting to see what kind of cat the kids pick out.
I actually like cats, they just have a different kind of personality then dogs. Dogs fetch things and wag their tails.
Cats just kinda hang out.
I'm curious as to what name they are gonna pick out for this animal. I vote for Dusty, since that is what has kept us from getting a cat in the past..........
I figure this might be the last nice weekend we have here in central PA so I am heading out for a bike ride with my camera Saturday afternoon. I love just stopping whenever I see something that needs a picture taken of it. Hopefully I'll have a bunch of pictures to blog after the weekend.
On my last post I made a comment about this article concerning the Methodist Church defrocking a lesbian minister. I was brought up as a Methodist and the church I went to (and still am a member of) welcomed everyone or at least that's the way I perceived it. I have to admit, I'm not active in my church at this point.........but if I was-I'd have a problem with how this issue was handled.
I'm not Catholic and I might not understand everything the Catholic religion stands for and believes in but I think they have a few problems they need to address. Maybe they oughta let priests get a little action on the side so they can blow off some steam when they are off duty.
Am I serious?
Of course not.
But they do have to get a handle on this situation and the sooner the better.
This is a great idea, but who the hell wrote the headline for this piece?
I don't want to bash Bush, but I can't help myself. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. 3 more years of this idiot? God help us all.
I gotta tell ya, I'm not much of a roller coaster fan but if I ever win big on the lottery-I'm getting one of these. I've been to the drag races before and the real thing is even quicker. Something like 0 to 10o mph in about a second. You'd have to see it to believe it.
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." Here what worries me, the whole administration is probably full of people like Mike.
Porno?(pdf file link SFW-it's not porno) Not my thing, but he oughta have the right to do whatever he wants as long as he isn't harming anyone. Maybe the cops lost their copy of the Bill of Rights. What about all the children who could possibly view porn sites? Maybe their parents oughta be doing a better job of watching where their kids go on the internet.
Yikes. I could spend a couple hours on this website.
Now granted most any bike you buy at Wal-Mart is going to be a pile of shit, but maybe they should spend a few minutes setting up and making sure each bike is adjusted properly before they sell it. I know the bike I bought there for our son needed just about everything adjusted when I brought it home.
Sounds like the kid had a loose quick release on his bike. This website thinks quick releases are evil. A little information on how to operate a quick release might help these uninformed parents.
Doesn't appear that his parents read the instruction manual to know how to check and make sure it was adjusted correctly. Is it 100% Wal-Marts fault? I'd say 50-50 but if they woulda spent a few dollars more at a real bike shop-they most likely would have never had this problem.
Hey Amy, I call bullshit.
Thanks for reading.
Stuck on Stupid
I guess I'm not quite up to speed on all the stuff going on at the White House. Bush, Libby, Rove, Cheney, yadda, yadda yadda.
Quite honestly, I don't give a shit because it's all beyond my control. If Bush had any damn brains, he'd grow a set of balls and explain to the American public that he screwed up, clean house and start over with a new staff of advisors but I kinda doubt he's that smart. Here's a clue big guy, get rid of Rove.
Oh, another person has been nominated to the Supreme Court. At least this guy has some experience. I'm not sure I agree with all his views but at least he's been a judge before and he is qualified-so nominate the guy already and lets get on with running the country.
Nearly 100 US service people lost their lives in Iraq in October. Just thought I'd remind ya'll in case you forgot. It doesn't look like we are leaving anytime soon does it?
This kind of stuff pisses me off. Who cares what sexual preference someone is? I know I don't. Did it affect how she did her job? I doubt it and it's not fair to fire her for being gay. I'm not a lawyer, I make donuts for a living but I don't even see how it is legal to do what they did. I'll admit to being prejudicial concerning one thing..........ignorance.
I'm surprised this guy hasn't gotten himself capped yet. He's not one of my favorite broadcasters.
I might be wrong on this, but having to watch something on a 2 1/2 inch screen doesn't seem very appealing to me. I might watch 6 or 7 hours of TV for a whole week-I just don't have the time. If I miss taping a show to watch? Well, that's what bit torrent is for.
I like this wellness program. If they had something like that at where I work, half the employees would have heart attacks. Am I the fittest guy where I work? Nope, but I bet I'm in the top 20% and I am probably at my lowest point in fitness in the 12 months. Not saying much for my fellow associates is it?
I am so amped about being able to ride without back pain, it's gonna take lots of slow steady miles to build back up this winter-I hope it's a mild winter.
"That's why the president has been leading the way." Scariest quote in the whole article.
Think about this. Maybe they could make folks responsible for their actions when they injure peds and cyclists. That would be a start.
I wanna throw up.
Anybody see this? Fall-o-Ween? Gimme a break. Soon they will be taking the "Christ" out of Christmas.......bastards.
I like this guy's blog except for one thing. He's not really very fat, but he is very funny.
This doesn't have anything to do with anything. But it is funny. SFW video on a NSFW website.
You know you're a geek if you own one of these. The inner geek in me is having a case of cold sweats when I look at all those buttons. Do I need something like that? Hell, no-I spend enough time screwing around on the computer.
Play any Sony CD's on your computer lately? DRM has gone too far in my opinion.
Left, Right and Center is available as a podcast and IMHO it's one of the best ones out there discussing the political landscape. Also, Arianna Huffington's blog is a wealth of knowledge. You can never have too much knowledge..................even if you don't always agree with everything you read.
Mike from Banjo Brothers sent me a spiffy logo to put on the front of my site.
So I did.
The guy sent me a messenger bag and a really nice rack bag to try, so it's the least I can do.
Thanks for reading.
Quite honestly, I don't give a shit because it's all beyond my control. If Bush had any damn brains, he'd grow a set of balls and explain to the American public that he screwed up, clean house and start over with a new staff of advisors but I kinda doubt he's that smart. Here's a clue big guy, get rid of Rove.
Oh, another person has been nominated to the Supreme Court. At least this guy has some experience. I'm not sure I agree with all his views but at least he's been a judge before and he is qualified-so nominate the guy already and lets get on with running the country.
Nearly 100 US service people lost their lives in Iraq in October. Just thought I'd remind ya'll in case you forgot. It doesn't look like we are leaving anytime soon does it?
This kind of stuff pisses me off. Who cares what sexual preference someone is? I know I don't. Did it affect how she did her job? I doubt it and it's not fair to fire her for being gay. I'm not a lawyer, I make donuts for a living but I don't even see how it is legal to do what they did. I'll admit to being prejudicial concerning one thing..........ignorance.
I'm surprised this guy hasn't gotten himself capped yet. He's not one of my favorite broadcasters.
I might be wrong on this, but having to watch something on a 2 1/2 inch screen doesn't seem very appealing to me. I might watch 6 or 7 hours of TV for a whole week-I just don't have the time. If I miss taping a show to watch? Well, that's what bit torrent is for.
I like this wellness program. If they had something like that at where I work, half the employees would have heart attacks. Am I the fittest guy where I work? Nope, but I bet I'm in the top 20% and I am probably at my lowest point in fitness in the 12 months. Not saying much for my fellow associates is it?
I am so amped about being able to ride without back pain, it's gonna take lots of slow steady miles to build back up this winter-I hope it's a mild winter.
"That's why the president has been leading the way." Scariest quote in the whole article.
Think about this. Maybe they could make folks responsible for their actions when they injure peds and cyclists. That would be a start.
I wanna throw up.
Anybody see this? Fall-o-Ween? Gimme a break. Soon they will be taking the "Christ" out of Christmas.......bastards.
I like this guy's blog except for one thing. He's not really very fat, but he is very funny.
This doesn't have anything to do with anything. But it is funny. SFW video on a NSFW website.
You know you're a geek if you own one of these. The inner geek in me is having a case of cold sweats when I look at all those buttons. Do I need something like that? Hell, no-I spend enough time screwing around on the computer.
Play any Sony CD's on your computer lately? DRM has gone too far in my opinion.
Left, Right and Center is available as a podcast and IMHO it's one of the best ones out there discussing the political landscape. Also, Arianna Huffington's blog is a wealth of knowledge. You can never have too much knowledge..................even if you don't always agree with everything you read.
Mike from Banjo Brothers sent me a spiffy logo to put on the front of my site.
So I did.
The guy sent me a messenger bag and a really nice rack bag to try, so it's the least I can do.
Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
No back pain.......finally.
My buddy Hank and I went out for a nice 3 hour road ride yesterday morning. He was kind enough to take it easy on me and we had a good ride. The weather was gorgeous, I wish I woulda had my camera-we were on some really scenic roads.
We did stop by Ed's Ski and Cycle to say hi to our buddy Will who is part owner of the shop. Talk about having a job you can love. Would I like to work in a bike shop and still be able to support my family? Oh yeah. Thing is, I'd never get a paycheck, I'd spend it all on bike stuff.
Anyways, if you live in York-stop in and say hi-they have all kinds of bikes, bike stuff, skis, snowboards and all the toys associated with being on the side of a snow covered mountain with stuff strapped to your feet or clicked into a mountain or road bike. Anyways......Will is a super-nice guy so say hi sometime.
I did forget to mention the seat bag that Mike from Banjo Brothers sent me, I strapped 'er up yesterday morning.
Fits a tube, levers, a credit card, a ten dollar bill and a key. What else do you need on a group ride? Made just like the other stuff-It'll outlast the bike more then likely.
Hank and I were talking about how to tell when your saddle is worn out when we were riding yesterday............I'm not really sure, I used to swap them out quite a bit.
My favorite saddle used to be the SDG Bel Air but I've switched over my hardtail, the Surly and my Cannondale R500 to the Specialized Body Geometry saddle. It's one of those kind of seats you either love or hate and it seems to suit my fat ass pretty darn good. I'd switch the single speed over as well, but I don't spend much time sitting down on that bike.......
That's about it for now....Thanks for reading.
We did stop by Ed's Ski and Cycle to say hi to our buddy Will who is part owner of the shop. Talk about having a job you can love. Would I like to work in a bike shop and still be able to support my family? Oh yeah. Thing is, I'd never get a paycheck, I'd spend it all on bike stuff.
Anyways, if you live in York-stop in and say hi-they have all kinds of bikes, bike stuff, skis, snowboards and all the toys associated with being on the side of a snow covered mountain with stuff strapped to your feet or clicked into a mountain or road bike. Anyways......Will is a super-nice guy so say hi sometime.
I did forget to mention the seat bag that Mike from Banjo Brothers sent me, I strapped 'er up yesterday morning.
Fits a tube, levers, a credit card, a ten dollar bill and a key. What else do you need on a group ride? Made just like the other stuff-It'll outlast the bike more then likely.
Hank and I were talking about how to tell when your saddle is worn out when we were riding yesterday............I'm not really sure, I used to swap them out quite a bit.
My favorite saddle used to be the SDG Bel Air but I've switched over my hardtail, the Surly and my Cannondale R500 to the Specialized Body Geometry saddle. It's one of those kind of seats you either love or hate and it seems to suit my fat ass pretty darn good. I'd switch the single speed over as well, but I don't spend much time sitting down on that bike.......
That's about it for now....Thanks for reading.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Spring ahead.............Fall over.
This one's a long one and goes all over the place with no rhyme or reason..................
It's that time of the year to turn your clocks back and begin the long process of winter. Yuck. October is one of my favorite months of the year, I just wish it came after winter instead of before it. Cool crisp days are going to turn into damp grey days in short order.
Snow? Yuck. I like snow while it's snowing and right after but that's about it since I don't ski or snowboard. I know lots of my fellow bike bloggers bike commute in the winter-hats off to them, I plan to ride more this winter then last but only when it's at least 35-40 degrees. I'm a cold-weather wuss. This bike blogger is the real deal-he lives and rides in Alaska.
Spring will be here in 5 months. I can hardly wait................
.......................Mike from Banjo Brothers is one helluva nice guy.
He had asked me if I would like to try a product from his catalog and I had picked out a rack top back to try and the guy sent me one of those, a seat post bag AND one of those way cool messenger bags. Holy cow!
My first impression of the racktop bag is how well it is built, this is going to replace something with about 1/2 the space. This particular model is the expandable one, the top has a zipper that opens up an additional pop-up and increases the capacity substantially. It also has two side compartments, a strap to carry it off the bike, an inside key holder and tons of reflective piping.
Oh, it also has a blinkie strap. Gotta have one of those.
This is gonna work out great this winter, I like to carry a couple of tubes, power bars, a multi tool, an extra windbreaker, a cellphone..........ah, I'm a packrat.
Whenever I roll on a solo ride, I figure if I can fit it-I'm taking it because I don't wanna be 30 miles from my house and have a mechanical and have to figure out how to get home. If my bike weighs 45 or 50 pounds loaded up-so be it, I'll just be faster in the spring.
The messenger bag? I've never owned a messenger bag before so this is kinda new to me. The tag says 840 cubic inches. If I had to convert that to something most riders would relate to-I'd say it would easily hold 2 6-packs of beer (probably 3) with plenty of room left over.
It has a cell phone holder on the strap, the strap is padded and adjustable as is the cross strap. It has more pockets, nooks, flaps, handles, loops and holders then I know what to do with. Very nicely made with reinforced seams at the handle and where the strap attaches to the bag.
It's gonna make it a lot easier to run errands with this set up. My wife was eyeing up the messenger bag as well, so it might get more use then it bargained for. It's a very nice piece. I'll let ya'll know how things are holding up in a couple weeks. Again, thanks to Mike for playing Santa Claus in October! Check out the site, I put a link on the side of my blog.
On to other stuff............
I don't know what they are saying, but I don't think the announcer oughta be laughing. I'm pretty sure he ain't gonna be needin' a jacket when he dies.........it ain't gonna be cold where he's going.
These folks are excited. We have a Cracker Barrel near where I work and I don't see what the big deal is. It's like having your overpriced meal served to you inside a really shitty antique store.
You think the Iraq war is bad..... let these two countries get their war on. They'll show the world how war is done.
Number 2 is not a good thing.
WTF? Don't they have better things to worry about?
I like dogs and I like cats. Dogs are smart. Cats? Would a dog let itself be built into a wall? I think you know the answer.
Anybody know where I can get ahold of this UK magazine? Our local Borders doesn't carry it and I'd like to check it out. The photography looks like it would make the magazine worth the price.
I am going to update my links section, just have to set aside the time to play with the template......... When I do, this guy is going to have a link. He's a good writer. I liked his October 28th entry. I also have a finger that points at a funny direction due to a mountain bike crash. I can't believe no one walked back with him to his car after he separated his shoulder! I have lots of friends and I wouldn't hesitate for a second to cut a ride short (even an epic ride) to make sure they got to the hospital. That's what friends are for.
Pardon my French, but sometimes the French can be real assholes. Why bag on the guy just because he kicked your asses for 7 years in a row? 50 years from now-they ain't gonna remember who was running the race but they damn sure will remember who won it 7 times in a row.
Driving back from my Aunt's memorial service on Saturday, I was wondering when the leaves are going to change color. It's the beginning of November and it seems that at least half of the trees still full of green foliage. Are they just gonna stay green and fall off?
Since we were in Lititz this past weekend, we stopped in at the Wilbur chocolate factory. Mmmm, dark chocolate Wibur buds. You haven't lived until you've had some of them. They are like little buttons of chocolate crack. We also stopped in at the Sturgis Pretzel factory. Mmmm, chocolate covered pretzels.
Since I quit smoking over 5 years ago, I've tried to take better care of myself. This website sure is an eye opener. Lots of interesting side links. Sure, some of it might be bullshit, but it is interesting reading nonetheless........ Yeah, I work in the food business and most of the stuff I make isn't very good for you, but last time I checked-donuts weren't a food group. And nobody is holding a gun to your head making you eat them.
Just ordered a case for my Nano from Newegg.com. Been dealing with those folks for about a year-saved a bunch of money buying stuff online with them. I'm an iPod freak, I own a Shuffle, a Mini and a Nano.
I've linked to this guy before. I pretty much dig where this guy is coming from. The Couch rocks and Lucas is pretty much insane..........yeah baby.
Dusty makes fun of kids letters to God. Check out the rest of his entries..........
Halloween will be over Tuesday so ya'll know what that means..........it means we skip the rest of fall and Thanksgiving and go directly into Christmas merchandising. I work in retail and quite honestly-it gets old. Pretty soon, we will be setting up for St. Nick right after Labor Day.
The holidays have lost their meaning-it's all about the money. I think we oughta do what the article above suggests........keep your wallet in your pocket until Thanksgiving is over.
I was planning on going for a really nice mtb ride with some members of our local cycling club Sunday, but I slept in. Since I work 3rd shift, I had stayed up all day after work Friday night to attend my aunts memorial service.........so I ended up doing a Rip Van Winkle when I went to sleep Saturday night. Whoops.
A fellow bike blogger up in Harrisburg took a ride yesterday. The same thing that is happening with suburban sprawl here in York is happening up there as well. I drive by 3 different new developments on the way to work every night, two of which have prices starting in the lower 300,000's............ To me, that's one helluva lot of money-who's buying all these houses?
Making fun of George's public speaking skills is like shooting fish in a barrel. Gotta thank Stacey from over at "a flower called nowhere" for that link.
That's about it for today.........I gots stuff to do.
Thanks for reading.
It's that time of the year to turn your clocks back and begin the long process of winter. Yuck. October is one of my favorite months of the year, I just wish it came after winter instead of before it. Cool crisp days are going to turn into damp grey days in short order.
Snow? Yuck. I like snow while it's snowing and right after but that's about it since I don't ski or snowboard. I know lots of my fellow bike bloggers bike commute in the winter-hats off to them, I plan to ride more this winter then last but only when it's at least 35-40 degrees. I'm a cold-weather wuss. This bike blogger is the real deal-he lives and rides in Alaska.
Spring will be here in 5 months. I can hardly wait................
.......................Mike from Banjo Brothers is one helluva nice guy.
He had asked me if I would like to try a product from his catalog and I had picked out a rack top back to try and the guy sent me one of those, a seat post bag AND one of those way cool messenger bags. Holy cow!
My first impression of the racktop bag is how well it is built, this is going to replace something with about 1/2 the space. This particular model is the expandable one, the top has a zipper that opens up an additional pop-up and increases the capacity substantially. It also has two side compartments, a strap to carry it off the bike, an inside key holder and tons of reflective piping.
Oh, it also has a blinkie strap. Gotta have one of those.
This is gonna work out great this winter, I like to carry a couple of tubes, power bars, a multi tool, an extra windbreaker, a cellphone..........ah, I'm a packrat.
Whenever I roll on a solo ride, I figure if I can fit it-I'm taking it because I don't wanna be 30 miles from my house and have a mechanical and have to figure out how to get home. If my bike weighs 45 or 50 pounds loaded up-so be it, I'll just be faster in the spring.
The messenger bag? I've never owned a messenger bag before so this is kinda new to me. The tag says 840 cubic inches. If I had to convert that to something most riders would relate to-I'd say it would easily hold 2 6-packs of beer (probably 3) with plenty of room left over.
It has a cell phone holder on the strap, the strap is padded and adjustable as is the cross strap. It has more pockets, nooks, flaps, handles, loops and holders then I know what to do with. Very nicely made with reinforced seams at the handle and where the strap attaches to the bag.
It's gonna make it a lot easier to run errands with this set up. My wife was eyeing up the messenger bag as well, so it might get more use then it bargained for. It's a very nice piece. I'll let ya'll know how things are holding up in a couple weeks. Again, thanks to Mike for playing Santa Claus in October! Check out the site, I put a link on the side of my blog.
On to other stuff............
I don't know what they are saying, but I don't think the announcer oughta be laughing. I'm pretty sure he ain't gonna be needin' a jacket when he dies.........it ain't gonna be cold where he's going.
These folks are excited. We have a Cracker Barrel near where I work and I don't see what the big deal is. It's like having your overpriced meal served to you inside a really shitty antique store.
You think the Iraq war is bad..... let these two countries get their war on. They'll show the world how war is done.
Number 2 is not a good thing.
WTF? Don't they have better things to worry about?
I like dogs and I like cats. Dogs are smart. Cats? Would a dog let itself be built into a wall? I think you know the answer.
Anybody know where I can get ahold of this UK magazine? Our local Borders doesn't carry it and I'd like to check it out. The photography looks like it would make the magazine worth the price.
I am going to update my links section, just have to set aside the time to play with the template......... When I do, this guy is going to have a link. He's a good writer. I liked his October 28th entry. I also have a finger that points at a funny direction due to a mountain bike crash. I can't believe no one walked back with him to his car after he separated his shoulder! I have lots of friends and I wouldn't hesitate for a second to cut a ride short (even an epic ride) to make sure they got to the hospital. That's what friends are for.
Pardon my French, but sometimes the French can be real assholes. Why bag on the guy just because he kicked your asses for 7 years in a row? 50 years from now-they ain't gonna remember who was running the race but they damn sure will remember who won it 7 times in a row.
Driving back from my Aunt's memorial service on Saturday, I was wondering when the leaves are going to change color. It's the beginning of November and it seems that at least half of the trees still full of green foliage. Are they just gonna stay green and fall off?
Since we were in Lititz this past weekend, we stopped in at the Wilbur chocolate factory. Mmmm, dark chocolate Wibur buds. You haven't lived until you've had some of them. They are like little buttons of chocolate crack. We also stopped in at the Sturgis Pretzel factory. Mmmm, chocolate covered pretzels.
Since I quit smoking over 5 years ago, I've tried to take better care of myself. This website sure is an eye opener. Lots of interesting side links. Sure, some of it might be bullshit, but it is interesting reading nonetheless........ Yeah, I work in the food business and most of the stuff I make isn't very good for you, but last time I checked-donuts weren't a food group. And nobody is holding a gun to your head making you eat them.
Just ordered a case for my Nano from Newegg.com. Been dealing with those folks for about a year-saved a bunch of money buying stuff online with them. I'm an iPod freak, I own a Shuffle, a Mini and a Nano.
I've linked to this guy before. I pretty much dig where this guy is coming from. The Couch rocks and Lucas is pretty much insane..........yeah baby.
Dusty makes fun of kids letters to God. Check out the rest of his entries..........
Halloween will be over Tuesday so ya'll know what that means..........it means we skip the rest of fall and Thanksgiving and go directly into Christmas merchandising. I work in retail and quite honestly-it gets old. Pretty soon, we will be setting up for St. Nick right after Labor Day.
The holidays have lost their meaning-it's all about the money. I think we oughta do what the article above suggests........keep your wallet in your pocket until Thanksgiving is over.
I was planning on going for a really nice mtb ride with some members of our local cycling club Sunday, but I slept in. Since I work 3rd shift, I had stayed up all day after work Friday night to attend my aunts memorial service.........so I ended up doing a Rip Van Winkle when I went to sleep Saturday night. Whoops.
A fellow bike blogger up in Harrisburg took a ride yesterday. The same thing that is happening with suburban sprawl here in York is happening up there as well. I drive by 3 different new developments on the way to work every night, two of which have prices starting in the lower 300,000's............ To me, that's one helluva lot of money-who's buying all these houses?
Making fun of George's public speaking skills is like shooting fish in a barrel. Gotta thank Stacey from over at "a flower called nowhere" for that link.
That's about it for today.........I gots stuff to do.
Thanks for reading.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
My Aunt Helen had lots of friends...........
I suppose when you live to 86 years old and were a great friend to many people..........all of them are going to attend your memorial service.
I was pretty amazed at the number of people that showed up, but then my Aunt Helen was an amazing person. There aren't many folks that spend that much time on this earth and make that many friends and manage not to have any enemies but she was one of them.
She was way cool and I'm gonna miss her.
Thanks for reading.
I was pretty amazed at the number of people that showed up, but then my Aunt Helen was an amazing person. There aren't many folks that spend that much time on this earth and make that many friends and manage not to have any enemies but she was one of them.
She was way cool and I'm gonna miss her.
Thanks for reading.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Yuck.
Mike from Banjo Brothers sent me this because he knows I work in food service..............
It's just flat out nasty. Our store displays products in the "self-serve" type of display cases. Never ever, ever, EVER buy product from these kinds of displays. You don't know if some 8 year old with a runny nose sneezed on your bagel or donut before you bought it.
Or sprinkled shit on it like the guy in the article.
I take sanitation very seriously, I probably wash my hands dozens of times during the course of an evening at work-you can never be to clean when it comes to mass food prep.
I also take retail theft very seriously-caught another one last night, it's hard to weasel out of it nowadays since our store has about a bazillion cameras located everywhere. I saw some guy hiding in a corner eating a donut in full view of an overhead video camera. Busted.
I'm a numbers geek, I was looking at the viewer figures from the site..............
(click to make biggerer)
Hi to all those folks over in Europe :-)
That's pretty cool that folks from all over are reading this. Thinks! I also have to update my links, there are a few sites that link to me that I don't have listed and I always like to return the favor.
Holy crap, this article takes all the fun out of riding. Do I blow thru stop signs? Mmmmm, once and awhile when no one is looking. For road riding I guess they have a few good points, but as for mtbing? It ain't fun unless you fall off once and awhile.
Had a fun debate with a buddy at work last night concerning "sports". I told him that there aren't that many "sports"..... I feel that cycling, motor racing, bull fighting are sports and all the stick and ball stuff aren't sports-they are just games that people play in front of large groups of people.
To me-the main difference between a sport and a game is the likelihood of getting killed while you are doing it. How many guys die while they are playing baseball or football? Yeah, sure a couple do but it's always a shock when it happens. Get killed in a F1 car or descending a mountain pass at 60mph on your 17 pound bicycle?.....not as much of a surprise.
This is upsetting, thought I should pass it along. Check your drivers license... Now you can see anyone's driver's license on the internet, including your own! Not good if you are a privacy freak.
Our family has a memorial service for my Aunt Helen this Saturday so I probably won't be posting again until Monday. Thanks for reading.
It's just flat out nasty. Our store displays products in the "self-serve" type of display cases. Never ever, ever, EVER buy product from these kinds of displays. You don't know if some 8 year old with a runny nose sneezed on your bagel or donut before you bought it.
Or sprinkled shit on it like the guy in the article.
I take sanitation very seriously, I probably wash my hands dozens of times during the course of an evening at work-you can never be to clean when it comes to mass food prep.
I also take retail theft very seriously-caught another one last night, it's hard to weasel out of it nowadays since our store has about a bazillion cameras located everywhere. I saw some guy hiding in a corner eating a donut in full view of an overhead video camera. Busted.
I'm a numbers geek, I was looking at the viewer figures from the site..............
(click to make biggerer)
Hi to all those folks over in Europe :-)
That's pretty cool that folks from all over are reading this. Thinks! I also have to update my links, there are a few sites that link to me that I don't have listed and I always like to return the favor.
Holy crap, this article takes all the fun out of riding. Do I blow thru stop signs? Mmmmm, once and awhile when no one is looking. For road riding I guess they have a few good points, but as for mtbing? It ain't fun unless you fall off once and awhile.
Had a fun debate with a buddy at work last night concerning "sports". I told him that there aren't that many "sports"..... I feel that cycling, motor racing, bull fighting are sports and all the stick and ball stuff aren't sports-they are just games that people play in front of large groups of people.
To me-the main difference between a sport and a game is the likelihood of getting killed while you are doing it. How many guys die while they are playing baseball or football? Yeah, sure a couple do but it's always a shock when it happens. Get killed in a F1 car or descending a mountain pass at 60mph on your 17 pound bicycle?.....not as much of a surprise.
This is upsetting, thought I should pass it along. Check your drivers license... Now you can see anyone's driver's license on the internet, including your own! Not good if you are a privacy freak.
Our family has a memorial service for my Aunt Helen this Saturday so I probably won't be posting again until Monday. Thanks for reading.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
I wonder..............
How much these bikes cost? I'm thinking 10 or 12 grand apiece and that's probably a lowball number. Most folks that can afford one of them will never use all the capability built into it. I think they oughta let me test drive one of those for at least a year. I'd see how it would handle off-road. I'd probably end up shipping them back a bike broken down into lots of small broken parts.
Someday I'll get to visit Las Vegas. On second thought, probably not, since I have no idea how to gamble. I'd rather spend the money on a Pugsley. Yes, I need one of those and I need it bad.
At first read, I kinda felt sorry for these folks. The more I thought about it, the less sorry I felt. If they were dumb enough to schedule a vacation during hurricane season to the Caribbean........well, they gotta realize shit happens and the folks that live down there probably have worse problems to attend to then to worry about some dumbass whiney Americans. So what if they had to wait a couple extra days with out a shower- The folks in the Gulf would trade with ya.
Aren't these guys dead yet? I suppose I'm not a huge Rolling Stones fan. My 2 favorite groups are the Beach Boys and AC/DC. I've seen AC/DC at least 1/2 dozen times. About the only thing I've ever heard that was louder then them was at the racetrack when the Top Fuel cars run.
Hey, maybe next time George might have better success with somebody that's already a judge. Not that having any experience seems to matter much to Bush. Everytime it looks like it can't get worse for ole George..........it gets worse.
This is a good one. I pissed off our car insurance company last year when I refused to update any info over the phone until they provided me with the correct old info that they wanted updated. As it turns out, they already had all the correct info they needed. Nosy bastards.
I saw this article and the first thing I thought of was how big the dog turds must be. Probably bigger then a football.
Cream filled donuts?
Hey, I could make donuts with messages on them.........."Eat Me" comes to mind.
I have a few geek friends that are gonna enjoy this link.
This has gotta piss Armstrong off.
Are you a bike snob? I was doing really well until they asked how many bikes I owned. Uh, more then one-less then a dozen?? By the way, I wave at any and all riders, I don't give a shit what kind of bike anyone has or what parts are hung on it............just spin those cranks.
Thanks for reading.
Someday I'll get to visit Las Vegas. On second thought, probably not, since I have no idea how to gamble. I'd rather spend the money on a Pugsley. Yes, I need one of those and I need it bad.
At first read, I kinda felt sorry for these folks. The more I thought about it, the less sorry I felt. If they were dumb enough to schedule a vacation during hurricane season to the Caribbean........well, they gotta realize shit happens and the folks that live down there probably have worse problems to attend to then to worry about some dumbass whiney Americans. So what if they had to wait a couple extra days with out a shower- The folks in the Gulf would trade with ya.
Aren't these guys dead yet? I suppose I'm not a huge Rolling Stones fan. My 2 favorite groups are the Beach Boys and AC/DC. I've seen AC/DC at least 1/2 dozen times. About the only thing I've ever heard that was louder then them was at the racetrack when the Top Fuel cars run.
Hey, maybe next time George might have better success with somebody that's already a judge. Not that having any experience seems to matter much to Bush. Everytime it looks like it can't get worse for ole George..........it gets worse.
This is a good one. I pissed off our car insurance company last year when I refused to update any info over the phone until they provided me with the correct old info that they wanted updated. As it turns out, they already had all the correct info they needed. Nosy bastards.
I saw this article and the first thing I thought of was how big the dog turds must be. Probably bigger then a football.
Cream filled donuts?
Hey, I could make donuts with messages on them.........."Eat Me" comes to mind.
I have a few geek friends that are gonna enjoy this link.
This has gotta piss Armstrong off.
Are you a bike snob? I was doing really well until they asked how many bikes I owned. Uh, more then one-less then a dozen?? By the way, I wave at any and all riders, I don't give a shit what kind of bike anyone has or what parts are hung on it............just spin those cranks.
Thanks for reading.
Mail....I get and delete mail, podcasting and 2000 dead soldiers
First off, I gotta say I screwed up. I get all my Blogger related e-mail sent to my Yahoo e-mail address and I had a couple of comments saved but I accidentally deleted them thinking that they would be "archived" like my G mail account. Whoops. They weren't there when I went to get them this morning.
I did get an e-mail from Mike at Banjo Brothers letting me know that he shipped me an expandable rack-top bag for me to try out om my Cross-Check. Awesome. I'll get it installed and let ya'll know how it looks and works after this weekend.
I did get a couple folks that e-mailed me about that "Keep your Jesus off my penis" link I put up...............everybody liked it. While this isn't a "family safe" blog due to some of the content I post, I'll always try to remember to warn ya'll if something is really out there.
Some of the podcasts I am listening to lately............
-Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
This guys is all over the place with his content-definitely an acquired taste.
-Tip From The Top Floor
This guy is from Germany and this one is all about digital photography. Since photography is a hobby of mine, I've found lots of useful tips from listening.
-The View From Here
A couple from Israel talks about daily life.
-Slate Magazine Podcasts
This is a short (5 to 10 minute) daily podcast about current events. Very well written.
-Keith and the Girl
This is the daily blog from 2 professional clowns that live in NYC. Not kid safe, family safe or anything else safe but it's funny as hell.
-Here a page with links to many Public Radio podcasts. I subscribe to at least a half-dozen of 'em.
-Diggnation
Couple of guys with a website that talk about the stories that are submitted to them. Usually very funny.
-The PK and J Show. A couple from the midwest talk about their daily life. Not even close to being family safe.
-TWIT (This Week In Tech) Remember Leo Laport from Tech TV? He has a weekly podcast about all things tech with John C. Dovorak. and weekly guests. Kinda geeky but it's still entertaining.
-Trucker Tom
The premise of this one sounds kinda boring.......A trucker driver pretty much just says what's on his mind as he drives across the country. Sounds boring but it's actually very interesting. You might not always agree with him and every podcast is different.
I gots a bunch more but I won't bore everyone. If anyone needs any more info on podcasting, just leave a comment in the comment section. You could also e-mail me, but I think you'd be safer just commenting-I'm less likely to delete it after I read it!
Everyone check the news lately? Nah, this Administration isn't corrupt, is it? Was Clinton and company any better? Nope, not even close, but 2000 American soldiers didn't die when Bill got a hummer in the Oval Office. Say what you want about Bill Clinton, he won't be remembered as the "Worst President Ever" If any President should be impeached-it oughta be Bush. He has truly lost his mind.
Okay, enough of that crap- I wanna end this blog entry on a high note.
Thanks for reading.
I did get an e-mail from Mike at Banjo Brothers letting me know that he shipped me an expandable rack-top bag for me to try out om my Cross-Check. Awesome. I'll get it installed and let ya'll know how it looks and works after this weekend.
I did get a couple folks that e-mailed me about that "Keep your Jesus off my penis" link I put up...............everybody liked it. While this isn't a "family safe" blog due to some of the content I post, I'll always try to remember to warn ya'll if something is really out there.
Some of the podcasts I am listening to lately............
-Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
This guys is all over the place with his content-definitely an acquired taste.
-Tip From The Top Floor
This guy is from Germany and this one is all about digital photography. Since photography is a hobby of mine, I've found lots of useful tips from listening.
-The View From Here
A couple from Israel talks about daily life.
-Slate Magazine Podcasts
This is a short (5 to 10 minute) daily podcast about current events. Very well written.
-Keith and the Girl
This is the daily blog from 2 professional clowns that live in NYC. Not kid safe, family safe or anything else safe but it's funny as hell.
-Here a page with links to many Public Radio podcasts. I subscribe to at least a half-dozen of 'em.
-Diggnation
Couple of guys with a website that talk about the stories that are submitted to them. Usually very funny.
-The PK and J Show. A couple from the midwest talk about their daily life. Not even close to being family safe.
-TWIT (This Week In Tech) Remember Leo Laport from Tech TV? He has a weekly podcast about all things tech with John C. Dovorak. and weekly guests. Kinda geeky but it's still entertaining.
-Trucker Tom
The premise of this one sounds kinda boring.......A trucker driver pretty much just says what's on his mind as he drives across the country. Sounds boring but it's actually very interesting. You might not always agree with him and every podcast is different.
I gots a bunch more but I won't bore everyone. If anyone needs any more info on podcasting, just leave a comment in the comment section. You could also e-mail me, but I think you'd be safer just commenting-I'm less likely to delete it after I read it!
Everyone check the news lately? Nah, this Administration isn't corrupt, is it? Was Clinton and company any better? Nope, not even close, but 2000 American soldiers didn't die when Bill got a hummer in the Oval Office. Say what you want about Bill Clinton, he won't be remembered as the "Worst President Ever" If any President should be impeached-it oughta be Bush. He has truly lost his mind.
Okay, enough of that crap- I wanna end this blog entry on a high note.
Thanks for reading.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Rain......
Hey, how ya'll like my new header picture?
It's 4 pictures I stitched together. I took it on my ride up at Rocky Ridge on Sunday. It is from the northern overlook looking north. If you look very carefully, you can see Three Mile Island cooling towers to the right of the powerline support. I have a few more on my Flickr account.
I was planning on a road ride on Monday but since it started raining just about the same time I was ready to go out........I had to hit the "No" buzzer and pack it in for another time. Yea, I'm a fair weather rider- sue me. I don't like getting wet and I'll only ride in the cold if it's a big social ride so I can share the misery.
And now for something completly different. I'm sure it it's fun to ride, but not in traffic.........could you imagine having a few beers and then hopping on? Not me.
People like this scare the crap out of me. Since I live in Pennsylvania-there are plenty of them.
Unfortunately Mitch Hedberg ain't around anymore, too bad-he was funny as hell.
I'm not sure what this is all about, I'm one of these. Except I'm really shitty with tools.
Another religious joke........
How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb?
Charismatic : Only 1
Hands are already in the air.
Pentecostal : 10
One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness.
Presbyterians : None
Lights will go on and off at predestined times.
Roman Catholic : None
Candles only.
Baptists : At least 15.
One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the potato salad and fried chicken
Episcopalians: 3
One to call the electrician, one to mix the drinks and one to talk about how much better the old one was.
Mormons : 7
One man to change the bulb, and six wives to tell him how to do it.
Unitarians :
We choose not to make a statement either in favour of or against the need for a light bulb. However, if in your own journey you have found that light bulbs work for you, then you are invited to write a poem or compose a modern dance about your light bulb for the next Sunday service, in which we will explore a number of light bulb traditions, including incandescent, fluorescent, 3-way, long-life and tinted, all of which are equally valid paths to luminescence.
Methodists : Undetermined
Whether your light is bright, dull, or completely out, you are loved. You can be a light bulb, turnip bulb, or tulip bulb. Bring a bulb of your choice to the Sunday lighting service and a covered dish to pass.
Nazarene : 6
One woman to replace the bulb while five men review church lighting policy.
Lutherans: None
Lutherans don't believe in change.
Amish:
What's a light bulb?
Hey, don't blame me, I didn't write it-I just stole it and posted here.
WTF?
Just started experimenting around with Bit Torrent, I downloaded a couple of TV shows I missed this summer.............pretty cool stuff. If my computer had a DVD burner, I could burn stuff to a DVD and go watch it on TV instead of my computer. I no expert at it but it can't be rocket science if I figured it out..............just look around on Google, you'll find everything you need if you're interested. I guess you could also download just about any song or piece of software written if you can find at least one seeder, but I suppose we won't get into that right now.......
This is well done video concerning Critical Mass. For those of you that live around here in York, PA..........how do you think something like this would go down? I would like to say it would be successful, but I have my doubts. I don't really think that many riders here would be interested in trying it. I'd sure like someone to prove me wrong though.....
I read a lot of cycling related stuff. Mostly magazines and good books on the history of cycling when they are published. I usually only run into this problem with some of the British magazines but sometimes they will print the text of an article over a picture and it's hard as hell to read........thing is, the British mags are far and away better then 90% of the stuff written here in the USA. Dirt Rag rules. I guess I better get better bifocals.
Pussy Wagon. Get your mind out of the gutter already,huh?
Thanks for reading.
It's 4 pictures I stitched together. I took it on my ride up at Rocky Ridge on Sunday. It is from the northern overlook looking north. If you look very carefully, you can see Three Mile Island cooling towers to the right of the powerline support. I have a few more on my Flickr account.
I was planning on a road ride on Monday but since it started raining just about the same time I was ready to go out........I had to hit the "No" buzzer and pack it in for another time. Yea, I'm a fair weather rider- sue me. I don't like getting wet and I'll only ride in the cold if it's a big social ride so I can share the misery.
And now for something completly different. I'm sure it it's fun to ride, but not in traffic.........could you imagine having a few beers and then hopping on? Not me.
People like this scare the crap out of me. Since I live in Pennsylvania-there are plenty of them.
Unfortunately Mitch Hedberg ain't around anymore, too bad-he was funny as hell.
I'm not sure what this is all about, I'm one of these. Except I'm really shitty with tools.
Another religious joke........
How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb?
Charismatic : Only 1
Hands are already in the air.
Pentecostal : 10
One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness.
Presbyterians : None
Lights will go on and off at predestined times.
Roman Catholic : None
Candles only.
Baptists : At least 15.
One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the potato salad and fried chicken
Episcopalians: 3
One to call the electrician, one to mix the drinks and one to talk about how much better the old one was.
Mormons : 7
One man to change the bulb, and six wives to tell him how to do it.
Unitarians :
We choose not to make a statement either in favour of or against the need for a light bulb. However, if in your own journey you have found that light bulbs work for you, then you are invited to write a poem or compose a modern dance about your light bulb for the next Sunday service, in which we will explore a number of light bulb traditions, including incandescent, fluorescent, 3-way, long-life and tinted, all of which are equally valid paths to luminescence.
Methodists : Undetermined
Whether your light is bright, dull, or completely out, you are loved. You can be a light bulb, turnip bulb, or tulip bulb. Bring a bulb of your choice to the Sunday lighting service and a covered dish to pass.
Nazarene : 6
One woman to replace the bulb while five men review church lighting policy.
Lutherans: None
Lutherans don't believe in change.
Amish:
What's a light bulb?
Hey, don't blame me, I didn't write it-I just stole it and posted here.
WTF?
Just started experimenting around with Bit Torrent, I downloaded a couple of TV shows I missed this summer.............pretty cool stuff. If my computer had a DVD burner, I could burn stuff to a DVD and go watch it on TV instead of my computer. I no expert at it but it can't be rocket science if I figured it out..............just look around on Google, you'll find everything you need if you're interested. I guess you could also download just about any song or piece of software written if you can find at least one seeder, but I suppose we won't get into that right now.......
This is well done video concerning Critical Mass. For those of you that live around here in York, PA..........how do you think something like this would go down? I would like to say it would be successful, but I have my doubts. I don't really think that many riders here would be interested in trying it. I'd sure like someone to prove me wrong though.....
I read a lot of cycling related stuff. Mostly magazines and good books on the history of cycling when they are published. I usually only run into this problem with some of the British magazines but sometimes they will print the text of an article over a picture and it's hard as hell to read........thing is, the British mags are far and away better then 90% of the stuff written here in the USA. Dirt Rag rules. I guess I better get better bifocals.
Pussy Wagon. Get your mind out of the gutter already,huh?
Thanks for reading.
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