After a weekend of working 12 hour days (with 6:30am start times) on my feet, it's nice to put my feet up.  Saturday I was so exhausted that I fell asleep in my comfy hotel room (with view of Inner Harbor) by 7pm.   Until fireworks woke me at 9pm, and i dozed off again.  I didn't bring Janie.  I worked.  Hard ( Read more... )

Molly's page now says "adoption pending."  Yup, that would be us.  I'm suddenly spending less time arguing with the chifg douchebag patrol and more time learning how to keep her happy.  Bliss.

Last night, in an attempt to give away the 4 gallons of degreaser that a team sponsor left at my house, we gave away some of the last of the High Life Lite as ( Read more... )

10 reasons why you're lucky you if don't have a track ( Read more... )

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after 2 years, my Conti Grand Prix 4000's finally blew out last Thursday in a dramatic gunshot-sound sidewall blow.  i figure they have at least 2000 miles on them, so they get the thumbs up.  i replaced them with the same thing, only 700x25 instead of 700x23, but they look significantly different than the old ones- reflective sidewall bands ( Read more... )

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i got a whimpery call around 9pm last night.  it was to be my quiet night home, and with both dog and boy out, i was enjoying a New Glarus unplugged (Belgian Quadruple) and laying around chewing on my toenails and such.  "can you come here?  and bring me a sprite?  i hurt myself ( Read more... )

i was elephantine slow at the track last night.  i realize it's because i'm not motivated to go fast at this point.  i'm seriously lacking the motivation- i have nothing to prove to anyone, not even myself.  i like to ride my bike.  i don't really feel like how fast i go has much to do with that.  no wonder i'm a great big DFL lately.  as far as i' ( Read more... )

i've lived in my place for a year and endured three days of 100+ degree heat with no AC, three midwinter days with no water, a stalker, locks being changed on me, $6K in lawyer fees, and just every day headaches.  i'm ready to just put this nightmare behind me ( Read more... )

it was a very molly weekend.  she came everywhere with us.  she helped us work a checkpoint at a race (checkpoint activity: shake her hand!) and she came with to Blood Mountain downhill bmx funness.  she is, in fact, several times more social than i am.  sunday i sat in the background doing nothing in particular; she barked at bikes and bit tires ( Read more... )