A prayer

Dear God, please do not let me EVER, EVER come across an Eshelman micro car. I'm afraid a would happily pay ridiculous sums to acquire and restore such a piece of 50's perfection
I weep joy just looking at it. More after the jump

Well that's a relief.

Looks like times are tough all over.

"Citigold clients may also receive free non-standard checkbooks if they maintain a combined average balance of at least $500,000 two calendar months prior to placing the order."

That's kindofalot of scratch for free checkin'. Heck, If I had that kinda hay sitting around in my checking/savings, one would presume I had significantly more stashed in accounts bearing a little more than 1.01%.

Feeling a little, well, guilty.

Pictured is my oldest girls first bike, a 16" Trek "Mountain Cub" given to us by a neighbor. Yep. 23.56 lbs.

From March 22, 2009

I think it should be rebadged the Trek "Tiger Tank". Seriously. I pretty sure it's cast iron. I can't imagine schlepping that anchor around the playground all day. It's comically overbuilt. I swear I've seen these frames being used by CalTrans in bridge retrofits. When my daughter started riding it, she was probably in the 30-35lb range. My rain trainer weighs less with fenders, a pump and seat lump.

From March 22, 2009

A lot less. Not to mention ...ahem...the race rig (ed. the vanity me made me post that)

From March 22, 2009

Her new 20" bike weighs mercifully less than the girder she'd been pounding. It's made of that new wonder material ALUMINUM and sports futuristic ALLOY components previously only found on the space shuttle and in top secret military applications.

From March 22, 2009

But I'm still not guilt free. Commiseratory me should be riding around on a 115lb albatross. Since that's not going to happen I'm considering maybe a three piece crank and an SRP ti bolt kit?

Happiness is a warm puppy...and apparently, so is working here.

My last post was a bit of a downer, but we're all getting better, thank you very much. It also helped greatly to swing by xtracycle and visit Pippi and PuddinPie. I knew they had moved to my neck of the urban woods a ways back and always wanted to pedal by. Pippi started working there awhile ago and PuddinPie just started Monday. I rolled up after a quick lunch ride and thought I'd drop in to say "hey". .You woulda thunk it was Christmas from the look on Puddin's face. It cheered me up lots. Then Pippi came out to say "howdy". She's still smiling. No tarnish on this honeymoon yet. There's an old Airstream in the parking lot about to be converted to a conference room and a couch on wheels. That right there is enough to show teeth. Seeing genuinely nice people being happy made me happy too. Thanks g(uy)al.

Nothing.

There's a reason no one tells you about it. The reason is that it cant' be articulated. There are no words that heavy. If there were, their weight would tilt the world on it's axis. Nothing can prepare you for the suffering of your own. Crushing, profoundly crushing.

May I present Bizkit, the sleepwalking dog!

This is funny until the very end...then it's just funny.

Words are useless....gobblegobblegobblegobble