the battle for wall street continues...

oh, the humanity!!!

from the headlines

news from arizona, and

news from the classroom [out of the mouths of babes, you know?]

guess who's the happiest person in THIS photo?

rory SAID he was fit, but this is not bad after 19 months away from competition.

change IS a good thing

you know, even if the kid's parents' generation isn't quite ready for it, THIS kid's generation is. this scene fuckin' ROCKS; i can't help it. for funny--or at least amusing--comments, read here.

just in [300 pm] GUILTY on all counts

oh, the crook on the right, i mean. i haven't heard any real jury verdicts yet on the other guy, although i have my own feelings...

i had to check

and

FLASH!! this just in from the igloo

from the "it takes one to know one" file, this not-surprising and yet relieving endorsement: the anchorage daily news.

f-f-f-f-fashion

i'm just a guy. a guy who prefers wearing old shorts, t-shirts, and sandals,



when i'm not wearing cycling clothes--bib shorts, jersey and shoes and socks. i don't really know what's it's like to have that instinctive gut for buying bags full of designer shit.

if i spend more than a hundred bucks for clothing, it had better be something i can ride in, and it should last for years.

last winter, i bought new cycling shoes--time rx something, e or s, nashbar, on sale, spent about 80 or 90 per pair, bought two pair, and saved over $100 per pair. last pair of road shoes i had i got from ordinary bike shop, in maybe 1991 or so. good shoes. my cross shoes i bought at rassy's in fall 2000. still work just fine.

so when i read and hear about folks spending $150,000 for clothing--for one ditz from alaska, i kinda lose my shit. wtf? one hundred and fifty fucking thousand dollars in two months? for HER? but then i read this and realized that 150 k is nothing, when the queen bee spent 300K for HER convention attire ONE EVENING.

god help us all.

hop on the mccain band wagon

it's still not too late to get on the "straight talk express!" countless "regular joes" are doing just that, admitting that maverick john is the man; that his accumulated wisdom and insight, as demonstrated during the course of this arduous campaign, are PROOF POSITIVE that he will be ready on day one to take the helm of the ship of state. let's hear what just a few of those who know him best have to say about why THEY support mccain-palin. "joe the advisor" says THIS. "joe the statesman" says THIS. "joe the mccain volunteer" says THIS. joe the blogger says this: it's gonna be an interesting week and a half, folks.

will you have extra time on your hands after the election?

try redecorating your vehicle

narcolepsy claims the free world [and everyone else, too]

"i screwed up. i went for a bike ride, got cold, took a warm nap, and didn't wake up in time. what can i say? i screwed up. it's not like i blew off letterman!"

things one can find on google maps, street view

1--kids riding bikes in front of the merle hay bike world, and

2--snow dog's house, with the infamous truck in the driveway.

see for yourself!![enter these addresses and look around at street level: 1-- 5772 urbandale avenue; 2-- 3038 40th place]

what can YOU find on google maps?

queen for a day?

or PRESIDENT palin??

[fantasize away, guys and g.o.p.-ers]

will she win or lose?

i mean, other than funerals, what DOES a veep do?

spreadin' the wealth [a fashionable commentary]

ya gots to be careful these days. them socialists are everywhere, even in our public schools.
this idea of taking money from one person and giving it to someone else in a terrible insidious notion.
yeah, baby, ya gotta watch out for them creeping socialists. they are kinda like shape-shifters, and can take all sorts of forms. can't be too careful, can we?

thank god we've have some keen-eyed republicans on the watch, ever-vigilante guards against taking money from one source and giving it to someone else.

CAUTION: NON-POLITCAL POST!!

the mccain strategy, in two parts

part 1 [things look bleak]


and part 2 [the picture gets rosier]

it all seems so obvious now, doesn't it?

a note to my friends of genesis

i KNEW i'd seen mccain's expression before!

look what PETE'S right wing press is up to these days!

presidential endorsements roll out...
[with more to come as the weekend progresses]

race like a kid!!

what a great reason to ride a bike, eh?