BOO........................

Clicky on the do-hicky........

I would upload more photos, but Flicker says I'm cut off until November 1st unless I give them $20.00.
My wife is also trying this strategy, but I'm holding out on principal.

I HAVE A SON..........................

Back in her freshman year, Meg and a handfull of her friends from school decided to grow their hair to donate to Locks of Love.
Fast forward to their junior year and today was the day to "girl up" so to speak and "git-r-done".
I think these girls deserve some props...I mean heck, I don't ever remember doing anything nice for anyone when I was in high school. I was just a smart-ass, snot-nosed punk.

AUTHENTIC...............

MIA.........


This thing is pretty funny.

More stuff here.

I WIN.....................

FOTO PHINALE...................

TIME FLY'S...................

When you're having kids.....

I like to think we are fairly good parents, I mean heck...we invited Jamie to our wedding.


And Megan too.

I LIKE COFFEE..............

That's right coffee, C-O-F-F-E-E....ok? I don't know much about all these nifty new coffee drinks like breve's, expresso's, latte's, etc., but I figure if John Wayne didn't need them, neither do I.

I've been a coffee drinker ever since I can remember, but only lately have I become "picky" to a point that I would rather go without than drink an average(or worse) product. Jamie started working for Alterra a few months ago and we now have a kitchen full of assorted fresh, high-end "joe" that quite frankly has gotten me a bit spoiled. You conessuers all know the brews.....Cafe' Voltaire, Blue Heeler, Punch in the Face, Dark Sumatra or Kama Sutra or whatever. And the list goes on. I actually had to pull some of the good beer out of the fridge to make room.

I've even recently warmed up to the whole "coffee shop experience" since Jamie is no longer working in the mall and is at the brand new Alterra on 92nd and North ave. ( A friendly enough outfit, but their MTB racing team could sure use a little help :).....It's gonna be a real nice pit stop this fall/winter when the trail rides get downright cold.

Hell, I might even try one of those fancy-schmancy coffee drinks one of these days....but until then I'll like my coffee like I like my women....

Handpicked by Juan Valdez

Strapped to the back of a donkey

Dragged on a 10 day trip across the Andes mountains

Above is the first and last time I will ever use that stupid sideways smiling face thingy :)

I'M PRETTY LAME..............

This baby sat, hanging in the basement all weekend while I painted.

MORE TATER PICS...................................

GRASSHOPPER.....................

I got a few photography tips from Rusty today.

GROW UP...........................

What's with the training wheels, cupcake??

CHEQUAMEGON 2007.....A NICE WEEKEND

Great weather and great company(all the usual suspects plus got a chance to meet and hang out with Sam Kuehnel and Mike Curtes...great guys). Spent a bunch of time with the Hayes guys riding, drinking, eating, drinkng, talking stupid and drinking. Those"stuffed shirts"really need to learn how to have a good time.

As for my race.....I was able to shave 21 minutes off last years time and moved me up 315 spots. I think having gears may have helped me a bit this year, but I would never admit that in public. As I told Mike Phillips....he's lucky that the race wasn't 5 miles longer because I was feeling pretty good out there. I also told him I was going to be gunnin' for him in his defense of the night race championship. (21 is the magic number of beers it takes to get me talking that kind of smack.) You know he's scared now...I mean..DANG..I look pretty fresh up there for just finishing a 40 mile race.

Like all the big shots, I should thank all the folks that make me look good out there........ Superfly for the nice photo, Big Dale for the Spotted Cow recovery drink, Mt Borah sausage casings for making me look like I mean business, and who wouldn't look like Clint Eastwood when your horse is a nice bike from Gunnar?

The above is entirely true except for the part about Sam and Mike...They're really not all that nice of guys.

MOVIN' ON UP ?????..........................

I'm looking to move up about 350 spots or so this year at Chequamegon, however I will be handicapped this time around by having multiple gears at my disposal to really confuse me.

Wish me luck.

TAKE THAT..........

I flickered....... Check them out. If you like em'...take em..

I'll post a ton more later....

HEY...............

A little less hamming it up for the camera and a little more pedaling the bicycle!!

SHE'S A BEAUTY...................

My brother called me and said," I was reading your blog"... I said "yeah ?" ....... He said " It's nothin' but a bunch of guys in tights"

So there you have it.

AROUND....WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN ?......................


Here and there.....This and that.
A few things happenin'.
The Surly sold to the first guy that came and looked at it. Now, with the wife's new "bike in- bike-out" policy, that means Bubba is officially shopping. With the ass pounding I took at the Smokin' Spoke and 6 hrs in the seat at Stump Farm I'm kinda thinking this would be nice, but I'm gonna go SS.
I'm staining a house for some ex-neighbors of mine and I figure by the time these three get done bleeding me of cash, I should still have enough left over along with the dough from the Surly to fund a bike purchase.

That 6 hr solo at Stump Farm was fun. After about 4.5hrs of riding every muscle I have was barkin' at me. Surprisingly, I recovered really well and was feeling fine the next day.
Murphykate and Meg rolled pretty well and won the 6hr duo. Of course they had this guy riding with them acting like this guy.
Looking forward to Chequamegon and am going to shift gears for the first time.......maybe. Not really looking forward to Sunburst, but I'll probably go if the kids want to race. That Palos race sounds pretty cool, but I can't eat up that kind of time right now or I'll still be painting in January. Either way I will get down there and ride soon.

Bummer about Marko..........They run that race 10 times and he's right in the thick of it 9 of em'. Something tells me he'll have his day.

I'm thinking about trying to trying to host some of our photos on a public internet thingy so you can see how silly you all look, but lucky for you I'm a complete dumbass when it comes to computers.