Archive for September, 2004
Sunday, September 19th, 2004
A catalog of details
It was my treat day at work on Friday, and The Lovely One provided some most excellent chocolate-chip oatmeal cookies. Saturday morning I did my usual club ride, though it was a mere five riders until we picked up a sixth at the halfway mark. Relatively easy going, and the weather was unexpectedly good. A […]
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Thursday, September 16th, 2004
A rare divergence from the course of good sense
The first rule of posting stuff to the web: don’t talk about your work. One thing will lead to another, your co-workers and bosses will read your blog, you will say something stupid, and then you’ll get fired. I really, really don’t want to get fired. That said, and putting this as cryptically as possible […]
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2004
In Knots
Argh. This post will shortly degenerate into self-pity. but first, updates! Here’s the pictures from the weekend Escape Velocity Reunion Ride in Langley. Apologies for the non-interface. The last few are from the bikes I bought at the garage sale I hit on my way out of Langley. I found a Motobecane from the 70s. […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2004
Not much to report
I have spent most of this evening lying comatose in front of the television set. Maybe, like eating fried chicken, I have it out of my system for a while. I did go out for an entertaining club ride today. All the fast guys stayed away (well, one came for the first 20 minutes, and […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2004
Wine Whine
(Yes, from now on it’s all bad titles all the time. Sorry. -RjC) Thursday was my glorious flex day, and as usual, I frittered most of it away. But in the evening, I got a little busy. It was more than time to finish primary fermentation on the crab apple wine project. By the time […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2004
Pain in the neck
So, at my leisure, I thought I’d elaborate on my pain in the neck. Because you all want to hear about my soft-tissue maladies, right? Hah. I seriously considered not coming in to work today, but annoying neck pain met none of the key criteria: I could still do my job, my neck wouldn’t get […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2004
Augh!
Busy busy busy. This is the busiest week of the year at work. I occupied much of the long weekend by taking on a last-minute but well-compensated side job. I have a meeting tonight, and I was working on lawnmowers in the free hour I had last night. Then my neck seized up so badly […]
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Friday, September 3rd, 2004
It’s Not…
…A good time to be in Florida. (Link goes to a satellite picture of hurricane Frances; I’m not sure how persistent this link will be).
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2004
Proximate Drea’s Little Sister’s fancy black Nishiki
Ooh, it’s a Landau: Hm. That’s a pretty tiny picture. But what you’re looking at is a Nishiki Landau, a bike that must date from sometime in the mid-1980s (the surest sign being the midrange (V-GT) Suntour drivetrain), but it shows some notable details for such an old bike, the most interesting of which is […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2004
End of the season
Argh. I’m in a funky, bilious mood, mostly due to work-chaos and the sense that I’m buried by badly-handled responsibilities in both work and at home. Nothing big is going wrong, but aside from the sheer volume of tasks, I feel beset by stupid screw-ups on all sides (many of my own making): -I finally […]