I sat in the garage tonight, amongst the bikes. Some are the greatest things I’ve ever thrown a leg over. And some ain’t worth a shit. They are my friends.
I ran my eyes across the lot of ‘em, trying to keep tabs of which needed what, when I could do it, and [...]

I was transporting merchandise between two stores yesterday in a clapped out van, staring out the windshield and thinking of reasons not to drive straight off a fucking cliff. My mind wanders. Hillary came to mind. What’s with her (sorta) recent wacky denials of what appears to be irrefutable; her self [...]

I spend last Sunday in hiding. I avoided the telephone and internet, and most people truthfully, until the magic hour of 2:00 pm. For that is when the Versus channel played the delayed coverage of the Tour of Flanders, the storied 92nd Ronde van Vlaanderen. I wanted no spoilers to intrude on [...]

A whole lot has been written on this site lately, mostly in the comment section following bikepunk’s George Carlin is awesome post, regarding the concept of pride. Proud of this, proud of that.
KG commented: “It’s easy to understand why some people, especially those that contribute to this blog aren’t proud to [...]

Carlin on God Bless America
 
I still can’t manage to embed crap on this site. Don’t know why, I guess Im just retarded. I can do it on my site, if you care.
 
—bikepunk

Today makes five days in a row riding to work this week. And on five different bikes no less. I might be starting a trend.
Either that or the weather is finally nice.
Whatever.
Happy Friday, everyone.
It’s the first week of April, and that only means one thing: The shit hits the collective fan this [...]

I’m walking to work the other morning, I’m late, the sickness is just kicking in. Going back to bed seems like an excellent idea. At least it’s sunny.
On the other side of the street I see this dude in a black sweatshirt leaning over his bike and digging through a cardboard box. [...]

The one: You haven’t touched a bike all week. You’ve been drinking like a fish. You’re coming in a bit heavy.
The two: My wife drives to work, so I get a ride with her telling myself, if she’s already going that way… The liver is evil and must be punished… [...]

I can’t believe the “re-name big gay randy” thing was back in 2001.
Man, we’re getting old.
It seems Randy is sick and tired of being called “big gay randy”. He wants a better nickname. I think he believes the “big gay” thing is driving potential dates away. I’m pretty sure that has absolutely [...]

I have this seething temper that tends to get the best of me on occasion. Most of the time I can keep it in check, take a breath and then say, sometimes artfully, whatever it is I need to get out. Other times it comes out as a flurry of expletives punctuated with the occasional [...]

Teacher: I see your talents have gone beyond the mere physical level. Your skills are now at the point of spiritual insight. I have several questions. What is the highest technique you hope to achieve ?
Student: To have no technique.
Teacher: Very good. What are your thoughts when facing an opponent?
Student: There is no opponent.
Teacher: And [...]

Excellent piece in the NY Times by Morris Davis back on February 17th. Definitely worth a look:
Twenty-seven years ago, in the final days of the Iran hostage crisis, the C.I.A.’s Tehran station chief, Tom Ahern, faced his principal interrogator for the last time. The interrogator said the abuse Mr. Ahern had suffered was inconsistent [...]

From BBC News :

Kenya, where Senator Obama’s father came from, is not immune from this either, but here, another Obama is riding on the crest of a wave.
This one, though, comes in the form of a brown bottle and is called Senator beer.
In many slums and low income areas, people who find [...]

I am no longer reading William Kristol’s bullshit in the New York Times. There. I’ve said it.
Now we’ll just see if I stick to it or flinch like I did the last time I played a round of “nut ball” with Pineapple in Big M’s back yard.
Don’t ask.
Kristol’s latest screed is the brilliantly [...]

Charles Manantan has a new piece titled absolute bullshit over at pezcycling. I am with him for the call to create a stronger riders union that can represent the interests of the professional cycling athlete. There absolutely needs to be a strong, robust, transparent organization in place and pronto. Either through a [...]

Made it to Tucson last night. Raining like all hell out there at the moment. Race starts tomorrow at noon.
Looks like I’m going to get wet.
From: Loren
Subject: Shit going down in Portland
Hey man, I haven’t seen this story on your blog, so here you go.
bikeportland.org/police-victim-on-lookout-for-road-rage-attacker
bikeportland.org/police-question-hummer-driver-in-road-rage-attack
Get em smoky.
What the fuck [...]

A few thoughts that occurred to me as I was throwing up this evening regarding former President Bill Clinton: If Bill Clinton had only somehow been able to keep his backwater hand’s off every piece of desperate ass that crossed his path while he was in Washington, he could have been stumping for Al [...]

From: Nate
Subject: New Book; very interesting
So, this was on fresh air the other day. I was impressed. I have a huge problem with government involvement in industrial affairs (or lack of, likewise). For instance, govt subsidization of certain industries prevents alternatives from being seen as “economically feasible” or “sustainable”-like subsidizing [...]

dont forget about the mustache contest.
show up at the pay-n-take monday january 7th 2008 at 7pm freshly shorn.
there will be a 5 dollar entry fee, the winner gets it all.
and remember your glorious mustache will own shit.

Interestingly, when I google’d it, I only found news on it from NON-US sources.
(EDIT: Now it has a few… sorry.)
I seem to remember Bush campaigning on something relating to oil… what was it…???
Bush Criticized Clinton Administration For High Gas Prices

Bush In 2000: Bush Blamed Clinton Administration For High Gas Prices; Promised “Immediate Relief” By Using [...]