another great weekend...

...well, had to work saturday, but the rest kicked ass. Rolled out of work to meet the wife at home, pick up MOS, and head to Linda's for a Gin Party. Yeh, you read that correctly, Gin party. MOS won, with the wife in second. I had a solid finish but was the DD, no throw down on Gin and Tonics to the point of W.C. Fields. The food was fantastic. Linda used to own Vino, a wine bar here in Nashvegas. Unfortunately it didn't work out, but she still has what it takes to throw a party that brings you home at 1am.

...which ruined my plans of getting up and riding all day. I slept until 8. Then the wife asked if we could ride into downtown for lunch. Could we? Hell Yeah! So we rolled it to Sol Mio to sit on the patio and enjoy some killer food and great wine. The ride back was better then the ride there, and it kicked ass. Tailwind, cool temps, sunny and just nice. 79 degrees, yeah...in the south...on July 19th. Global Warming?

Back home the wife had plans so I spent a couple hours on the 'cross bike hittin' the local areas that really are good for a cross bike. ...where I met up with Bryan. He was on his way home from work, so I joined him for the rest of his ride home. He is really getting into shooting bikes. Not shooting cyclists with pellet guns, Bryan uses a camera. Not a Camera Gun. I think he has a great chance at making a good living doing it. The guy has got some skill.

So here I sit, pecking and stabbing at the keyboard to pound out this diatribe, hoping your weekend was as good as mine.

Here's to monday.


One of these days on the greenway, it will happen. I can only wish to witness it.

Late addition:

While reading over the rules of this event, it ended with this;

Rule Enforcement:

• The event officials have the authority, at any time, to overrule any rule or to invent a new rule based on extenuating, unforeseen, and unusual circumstances and/or to maintain the integrity and fair play necessary for the successful completion and continuation of the event.
• The event officials have ultimate authority in regards to all rules, their interpretation, and their enforcement. There is no "appeals committee" or "appeals process". All riders and their support crews willingly acknowledge this fact, as well as all other event rules by participating in this event, in any capacity.

Now, replace "event officials" with "government". I'm not making fun of the event officials, I just think that speaks volumes when you change that... it's poetry.

yeah, I know...

Before I moved to Nashville, I lived in Huntington West Virginia for about 18 months. This dude is not alone...at all. I wonder how they feel about the government these days...? There are people just like this all over the United States. Even in California. Check out the headlines.

Rockin' to the AARP

"I apologize for my belly. If you have a problem with it, see me when you're 48." -David Yow, last night at the Exit In.

The Jesus Lizard ripped the roof off of the joint. The sound was awesome. The band was awesome. My brother (back home in eastern PA) was jealous as hell when I called him from the show. I had never had the chance to see them live...ever, and this show took me back to when I was a teenager -late 80's- going to the Airport Music Hall in Allentown PA to see punk and rock bands before they really took off and made it big. Enjoy the video, it's as close as possible, even more than a decade old.



Pretty much the same... just older. If you can see them in Chicago or New York in the coming weeks, you better.

Speaking of the Airport Music Hall, I just found this which will give you an idea what that dirt hole was like. I remember that show happening, though luckily I wasn't there. I did get into a fight with a skinhead during the Helmet show, but much like any intelligent man after punching a skinhead in the face...I ran like hell.

people call me crazy

The government, which is run by big business (lobbyists), which owns all media, uses the media to rub what they are doing in your face. But the American public is so brain washed with TV and consumerism… aka buying shit…which was set up very easily by the government…who sets interest rates and did not uphold laws allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry a chance to buy a house with nothing down (these are the fuckwads that can’t even pay their minimum payments on the credit card bills for all the shit they bought, and don’t need…on credit…and are locked into a suicidal financial burden that they will never win) to keep them working for shit and wishing they could make more money. But when people start to pay attention, you get a recession/depression put on by the government in order to make you work to keep your job. Sometimes, they use war to give you something else to think about. George Orwell was not titling 1984 as if he had the date correct, it has always been like this. An Elite few controlling everything, religion, money, order.

Who controls the past now, controls the future. Who controls the present now, controls the past. (note the text at the end of the video)

I really like this graffiti.
(Obama pic credit: Southpark)

chilhowee weekend

with The Jeffrey leading the way...

... we got the perfect weather for a hammock to sleep in...

...Dug attempted to rescue the over cooked sausages (note smoke)...

...and praised Slayer...

...chilled at a killer waterfall...

...that's Dug for perspective...

...and more waterfalls...

...things just couldn't have been better...

...guess we should have taken more pics of us riding...

...next time, you should come along...