Through the mill from chris akrigg on Vimeo.
Let’s see, we’ve been “without government” for over a week now. Things seem to be going pretty well. I’ve heard that Disneyland has been shut down and that people are pissed off about their vacations being ruined. I get that. I felt like giving the Canadians that showed up the Tuesday after the “without government” time a hug. Luckily they were Canadians, so everything was fine and they had hope that things would get sorted out quickly. You gotta love Canadians.
Seeing that I only get my news from social media, the break down of the situation is as follows. If the Republicans fund the government, Jesus will blow up the White House and the Chinese will invade killing all the men, raping all the women and forcing all the children into slave labor. Of course, if the Democrats give in, it will be the Republicans invading, shooting up the place and wreaking havoc on the country. I guess we’ll just have to keep the government closed. It seems to be working so far. I haven’t seen the White House explode or any Chinese invading, so I assume everything is going well.
Seeing that we are “without government,” it seems only natural and appropriate that the Lounge be opened this Saturday. Come one, come all. As long as there are only 12 of you, because that’s how many PBRs I can afford this weekend.
In other directly related news, this weekend will give place, despite being “without government” to the Six Hours of frog Hollow. I have never been to this event, so as far as I am concerned it doesn’t really happen. But on the off chance that you are down here pretending to race for six hours, stop by the Lounge.
They have a website and a logo, so I assume it does in fact happen.
A few weeks back, the DMBTA got together and did some trail rehabbing. I don’t know the trail personally but I’ve heard it has had some serious drinking issues in the past. These issues make it hard for certain people to ride down the JEM Drop despite being super fast racer people. So we went out and gave the trail an intervention. I think everyone will be pleased with the condition of the drop.
You’re welcome.
As I was getting my super important news gathering on so I could be an informed citizen in this tyrannical state, I happened across an article on my favorite website BikeRumor about Performance Bibs and Jerseys. My first thought was, those don’t have any soul. And then after reading the comments, I thought, “You’re right. They don’t have any soul and they will take yours just for fun.”
I mean, read this.
As you can clearly read, or at least I assume you can seeing that you are here, Mindless has had his soul taken from him. And I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he had given it away for $5. On a completely unrelated note, the linked Simpson’s episode references Pablo Neruda who is pretty bad ass and with whom Bart is clearly familiar.
I think that pretty much sums it up for that.
After reading that I felt like my day was going to suck and then this popped up on Twitter where I was getting a different slant on the daily news. And by different, I mean it was from a different social media site.
I don’t ride Surly products, I wear some of them. But I do like the company and more importantly their view of the world and how they relate to it. I read through the FAQ on their website for a chuckle. Their a bike brand for bike nerds, if you’re not one, you probably won’t get it. And that’s fine with them.
Dealing with the public can fucking suck. I mean why did that dude feel the need to be a dick? Nobody was intenti0nally trying to confuse him. No one was even directly interacting with him, but nope, had to express those thoughts and most likely make someone else feel like shit. Why people feel the need to act this way, I will never understand.
And there you have it. Everything that you needed to know for the day. That is if you got past the video without the uncontrollable urge to go ride your bike and then didn’t read anything after that.
P. L. and R.