Dec
31
Strange juxtaposition
December 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I suppose that for one week, the most popular video watched on the internet won’t be something Britney Spears-related. (How does she remain the top Google search? Madness.) Instead, the world’s computers are busy watching silent footage of the moments before Saddam Hussein’s hanging. As a punishment tactic, I think hanging kinda sucks. Why not [...]
Dec
30
Charlton Heston made some damn weird choices
December 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I love Netflix, but I never do know what it will bring me next. Probably because I made up my Q-U-E-U-E (I love that word) so long ago. Today I watched “The Omega Man,” another astonishing piece of crap about a post-apocalyptic future in which a beefy Heston bared his hairy chest and rubbed his [...]
Dec
28
Yes, it’s true
December 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Every posting previous to this month is G-O-N-E. Into the internet ether.
Cleaning up a little bit, here. I leave the last month for a little context, I guess.
Feels good to get rid of all that shit.
Dec
27
Holidays = boring
December 27, 2006 | 3 Comments
Wow, no one’s in town and I have no plans and all the TV shows are on repeat. It’s gray, I can’t seem to force myself to finish some small boring jobs, and filling up the day consists of riding my bike for long hours. Which is okay, except I didn’t do it yesterday so [...]
Dec
23
2006 was vile
December 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Boy, am I glad this year’s nearly over. Let’s see, what happened this year? Hm, a breakup, joblessness, rejection and failure, depression and alcoholism. Yahoo!
Mind you, I am working again and drinking only a beer here and there, so there has been some improvement. But I still have to send a big “fuck you” in [...]
Dec
21
Happy shortest day of the f’ing year
December 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
4 1/2 hour ride, yay! 51 degrees, yay! The sun is setting ten minutes after I got home, bummer.
It can only get better from here, right?
Dec
18
I am that driver
December 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment
You know how you’re driving down the highway at night and you’re really tired and all you want to do is get home? And there’s a car with only one headlight on behind you, and you think to yourself, “That’s stupid, get the damn thing fixed, idiot”? And you know how sometimes the car behind [...]
Dec
16
Maybe I don’t like ‘cross that much after all
December 16, 2006 | 1 Comment
I went down to cyclocross nationals at Roger Williams Park outside Providence to watch the collegiate women’s race. I had the chance to chat with some of the wonderful folks I’d met during my stint in the bike industry. The course was the same as last year, so there wasn’t anything to explore there. It [...]
Dec
15
Begining of year-end lists
December 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I like making up “best of” lists in my head all the time, so what better time to project that globally than the year end, when all the newspapers and magazines will be following suit?
I’ve been listening to an iPod a lot while riding my bike. That and whenever I drive, which isn’t a lot. [...]
Dec
14
Cyclocross Nationals 2007
December 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year again. For the second consecutive year, Providence, RI will be the destination of the nation’s ‘cross fanatics. Pleasantly, the howling blizzard conditions of last winter will not be repeated. My fingers and toes are celebrating.
I haven’t been to a single ‘cross race this year. And I do enjoy spectating, having [...]
