I owe the title today to Kris who read me a cartoon from the New Yorker. Two dogs are talking and one says, "Yeah, I used to blog but it got old. I think I'll go back to my first love, barking incessantly."
You blog to pass the time, to tell the world your story, to take a side, or just to keep your head from exploding. What comes out may occaisionally be entertaining but more often it's just words of no lasting impact. I enjoy doing this but I don't think y'all are interested in, as Joe Strummer said at the Us Festival, "This and that and what's up my ass." (Family excepted mom I see you.)
iPhone says, "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe
"Now you don't have to call me darlin, darlin."
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
There's a red moon rising on the Cuyahoga river, rolling in to Cleveland to the lake ...
Sunny and COLD! Geez can't we just get to spring? Time change made the morning ride a very cold one even though it's totally clear. Reminded me, only slightly, of the ride to school in Japan although it was much colder there. Just above freezing as I recall.
Weekend was good, Amelia can count to 100 in Spanish. Jackson is working in math facts 8x6,8x7,6x7,7x7 seem to be the toughest so far.
Ok I have nothing else today so ... Top 5 , current, favorite reality TV shows:
5. Dog the Bounty Hunter - Can't .. Not ... Watch. Must be the last vestiges of redneck in me.
4. Deadliest Catch - Mike Rowe's voiceover work, nuff said.
3. Mythbusters - screw you it's made in SF, that's my reality.
2. American Chopper - Really, workboot wearing, cycle ridding, upstate NYers. I went to school with those guys! ... "fabrication"
1. Ace of Cakes - For no other reason than it's Kris' reason for trying to make her cakes.
iPhone says, "Pretty Maids all in a Row" by The Eagles
"Call someplace 'paradise', your kissin' it goodbye."
Weekend was good, Amelia can count to 100 in Spanish. Jackson is working in math facts 8x6,8x7,6x7,7x7 seem to be the toughest so far.
Ok I have nothing else today so ... Top 5 , current, favorite reality TV shows:
5. Dog the Bounty Hunter - Can't .. Not ... Watch. Must be the last vestiges of redneck in me.
4. Deadliest Catch - Mike Rowe's voiceover work, nuff said.
3. Mythbusters - screw you it's made in SF, that's my reality.
2. American Chopper - Really, workboot wearing, cycle ridding, upstate NYers. I went to school with those guys! ... "fabrication"
1. Ace of Cakes - For no other reason than it's Kris' reason for trying to make her cakes.
iPhone says, "Pretty Maids all in a Row" by The Eagles
"Call someplace 'paradise', your kissin' it goodbye."
Friday, March 6, 2009
White riot, I want a riot, white riot, a riot on my own ...
Hi-ho crime stoppers!
A day where it rained and still was a good morning and a good afternoon. Accomplished stuff and worked hard all week. Amelia be Kris are off to Alvin Ailey (Eh-ley,Aylee,Alley,Aillee?) Dance in SF courtesy of aunt Kama and J has his first Coach Ken Baseball practice tomorrow. Must be spring. I have no weekend plans as it is usually planned out for me.
Sydney is hurt. He did something to his paw and has completely shut down until he feels better. I took him to the vet last night and two shots later (and a humiliating shave of his back right paw) we went home. Today I hear he hasn't moved. Good for him except for the inability to get food. We plan on getting the tuna out for him tonight. Hopefully some comfort food will be appetizing.
Good weekend see you Monday.
iPhone says, "All the way from Memphis" by Mott the Hoople
"Forgot my 6-string razor and hit the sky. Half way to Mephis 'for I realized."
A day where it rained and still was a good morning and a good afternoon. Accomplished stuff and worked hard all week. Amelia be Kris are off to Alvin Ailey (Eh-ley,Aylee,Alley,Aillee?) Dance in SF courtesy of aunt Kama and J has his first Coach Ken Baseball practice tomorrow. Must be spring. I have no weekend plans as it is usually planned out for me.
Sydney is hurt. He did something to his paw and has completely shut down until he feels better. I took him to the vet last night and two shots later (and a humiliating shave of his back right paw) we went home. Today I hear he hasn't moved. Good for him except for the inability to get food. We plan on getting the tuna out for him tonight. Hopefully some comfort food will be appetizing.
Good weekend see you Monday.
iPhone says, "All the way from Memphis" by Mott the Hoople
"Forgot my 6-string razor and hit the sky. Half way to Mephis 'for I realized."
I hear that train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend and I ain't seen the sunshine since, I don't know when ...
Can't believe I haven't used that subject line yet. It feels like I could use it every day.
Either I am catching the early train more often or there are more people riding the train. Yesterday all seats had at least one person in the at one point. There are always 2 other cycles in the bike car, one belonging to an Indian woman who gets off at Cisco. I only mention this because she can't hike the front wheel up enough to hang her bike in one of the four parking spots so she is always sitting in the bike car and I have to excuse myself to get around her and park mine.
Today there's a guy in the bike car with just the frame to a dirt bike. It is painted copper with huge flakes. It looks like one of the Teutel's choppers gone bad.
Cut to a closeup of Paul Jr., "We sent it out for paint and chrome .... but something went horribly wrong ... fabricate".
iPhone says, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" by Warren Zevon
"I met this girl here in Buffalo, she took away my breath. She followed me to my hotel room, and she beat me half to death."
Either I am catching the early train more often or there are more people riding the train. Yesterday all seats had at least one person in the at one point. There are always 2 other cycles in the bike car, one belonging to an Indian woman who gets off at Cisco. I only mention this because she can't hike the front wheel up enough to hang her bike in one of the four parking spots so she is always sitting in the bike car and I have to excuse myself to get around her and park mine.
Today there's a guy in the bike car with just the frame to a dirt bike. It is painted copper with huge flakes. It looks like one of the Teutel's choppers gone bad.
Cut to a closeup of Paul Jr., "We sent it out for paint and chrome .... but something went horribly wrong ... fabricate".
iPhone says, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" by Warren Zevon
"I met this girl here in Buffalo, she took away my breath. She followed me to my hotel room, and she beat me half to death."
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Come out, come out no use in hiding ...
Yes it has been. What? No, I don't have a car.
Ok that's out of the way. There has been nothing to report recently. Kids are, healthy. Kris is doing ok. Lots of cakes shapes like other things (New York, Mardi Gras, Cow Skull). I've been hard at work. And it rains all the time. Sometimes it rains while the sun is out. Weather that schizophrenic can't be good for you.
So that's about it, rain last night should finally catch us up to normal on the year. I look forward to doing this in warmer weather. Remember y'all set your clocks forward this saturday / sunday.
iPhone says, "Beat Goes On" by The Kings
"Nothing matters but the weekend, from a Tuesday point if view."
Ok that's out of the way. There has been nothing to report recently. Kids are, healthy. Kris is doing ok. Lots of cakes shapes like other things (New York, Mardi Gras, Cow Skull). I've been hard at work. And it rains all the time. Sometimes it rains while the sun is out. Weather that schizophrenic can't be good for you.
So that's about it, rain last night should finally catch us up to normal on the year. I look forward to doing this in warmer weather. Remember y'all set your clocks forward this saturday / sunday.
iPhone says, "Beat Goes On" by The Kings
"Nothing matters but the weekend, from a Tuesday point if view."
Friday, February 27, 2009
Bases are loaded and Casey's at bat, playin' it play by play ...
Made the 7:40 today in one "Dear Mister Fantasy". New tires are ... different. They seem to roll kind of lopsided but hey they are new and black and shinny. Need to get a presta valve pressure gauge since I have no idea how much air I put in them. More air is probably preferred here as they are meant to ride on the flat part down the middle. Unless it rains, then more traction is the right choice.
It's Friday which means that I get a second crack at the IAC Valve tomorrow. I have a plan but it includes removal of the throttle body and I am unsure of how to accomplish that. I mean I can unscrew it but it won't budge. Any suggestions?
Just watched a dude who was too rapt in his laptop to realize that it was his stop until it was almost too late. He got up and ran for the door and dropped something, went back, got it as the door closing bell rang and dashed out as the doors closed. Whew!
iPhone says, "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel
"Brend-er and Eddie were the popular steady and the king and the queen of the prom."
It's Friday which means that I get a second crack at the IAC Valve tomorrow. I have a plan but it includes removal of the throttle body and I am unsure of how to accomplish that. I mean I can unscrew it but it won't budge. Any suggestions?
Just watched a dude who was too rapt in his laptop to realize that it was his stop until it was almost too late. He got up and ran for the door and dropped something, went back, got it as the door closing bell rang and dashed out as the doors closed. Whew!
iPhone says, "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel
"Brend-er and Eddie were the popular steady and the king and the queen of the prom."
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Takin my time, choosing my line, trying to decide what to do ...
Brevity.
(Sorry, I had to do that.) I need to boil down the information to 3 bullets and a simple chart.
1. I am not the best at boiling stuff down, I like lots of numbers.
2. Accuracy over simplicity
3. Fear of being incorrect in my simple form.
Now imagine a diagonal line chart, with a line going up and right, where the X axis says, "increasing simplicity" and the y axis says,"increasing discomfort". Huh. That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
Ok, so I just got a call from Jackson. He is the proud owner of $50 courtesy of Klutz Press. I kid you not. He was part of a ballon animal making session and of course is so cute that he got a picuter taken. We got a release to let them use the picture and a stipend of 50 clams if they do. And, BAM, today he gets a check in the mail and it's off to Wells Fargo with him. He now has a bank card, a passbook and the number of a personal banker. Amelia is setup too so now we have to fiscally responsible people at least as far as they are concerned.
iPhone says, "One More Saturday Night" by the Grateful Dead
"Dont worry 'bout it Georgie you know just what to do. Crank up that old Victrolla, put on your rockin' shoes."
(Sorry, I had to do that.) I need to boil down the information to 3 bullets and a simple chart.
1. I am not the best at boiling stuff down, I like lots of numbers.
2. Accuracy over simplicity
3. Fear of being incorrect in my simple form.
Now imagine a diagonal line chart, with a line going up and right, where the X axis says, "increasing simplicity" and the y axis says,"increasing discomfort". Huh. That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
Ok, so I just got a call from Jackson. He is the proud owner of $50 courtesy of Klutz Press. I kid you not. He was part of a ballon animal making session and of course is so cute that he got a picuter taken. We got a release to let them use the picture and a stipend of 50 clams if they do. And, BAM, today he gets a check in the mail and it's off to Wells Fargo with him. He now has a bank card, a passbook and the number of a personal banker. Amelia is setup too so now we have to fiscally responsible people at least as far as they are concerned.
iPhone says, "One More Saturday Night" by the Grateful Dead
"Dont worry 'bout it Georgie you know just what to do. Crank up that old Victrolla, put on your rockin' shoes."
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