GUS'S LAST HURRAH......................

Yup.....Gusto is going to finish his "stretch" on this piece of spinning dirt at Casa de Bubba. We adopted him from HAWS and brought him home today. He was found as a stray and was not claimed. Gus is O.L.D. old. They guess around 12, but I would say he's closer to my age. He had to have been a great friend to someone for a long time, but nobody came callin' for him. They tell us there many reasons why people would abandon an old dog with his best years far behind him, but whatever the reason...... Gus got screwed bigtime. So we will just spoil the shit out of him for whatever time he has left (hopefully more...maybe less).

Jack seems really cool with the whole thing, but I'm sure that's in part because he doesn't have to worry about losing any foot-races to a fresh stack of cat crap in the litter box. Hell....he might even share.

BIG STORM??.........................................

How cool would it be to blast around on one of these this weekend?

I think they are a bit pricy, and I wonder how much use you would really get out of it.

Pretty interesting bike though.

DOUBLE DUTY.................MOONLIGHTING AT THE RUSTY TOOL SHED

I found this on the web while searching for something to jumpstart this CRAP that my blog has become. Type in "dork"...click "images" and presto..........

So, he finds the glasses I busted last Saturday, throws some dye in his mop, and gets a part-time job at Copps serving burgers and thinks he's under cover.

I wouldn't mind a new Waterford either, but geeez...........

So next time you go to Copps for a sundae or bannana split, look him up. I'd do it myself, but I've been hitting Coldstone hard lately......really hard.

I WAS WAY AHEAD OF MY TIME WITH THE AUSTIN POWERS LOOK.....................

MEGATRON'S FIRST BIKE......................

I have access to a scanner now, and have challenged my brothers and my Ma to find the most embarrassing photos of the creeps they can.

DONE.......

Last week when Russell busted his sheeeet on that low branch I remember saying to myself " I better take that down before somebody important gets hurt" Well....I forgot and sure enough, somebody important got hurt. Me.

No, I didn't break any teeth like he did, but that is most likely because my mouth was closed when I hit it. I do have a pretty stiff neck though. It hurts to even eat, but you can bet I'll find a way.
I plan to treat my stiff neck the same as I treat a stiff.....................Ya know, It kinda sucks that my kids and some of their friends read this lame blog. You would think they have better things to do.

NOT AS PRETTY AS I ONCE WAS.....................................................................

ITALIAN VALENTINE............................

Screw Valentine's day..................

I really don't mean to offend anyone, but I am a good son, husband, dad, friend, etc. exactly 13 days per year and DAMNIT...I'm going to pick which 13 days. ........not Hallmark or FTD.

End rant.

Oh....By the way I will be taking my family out for Mexican tonight. If I must blow my hard earned cash on an over-commercialized holiday, I'm gonna get a plate of enchilladas out if it.....that's for sure.

Out.

SHEBOYGAN 06..........................

Speed guaranteed..

I call this one.... Double-mint commercial gone terribly wrong??

Tosa-cross-dresser made a rare showing.

The SS ate her up that day.

Looks like an old guy pulling a couple young guys.

I call this one .....Winner?..Loser?.....Take your pick.

Extreme Rig addiction.....Why does mine look noticeably cooler than the others??

I'M BORED..................I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Things are really boring lately. Bored at work, bored at home, even bored reading blogs. No offense, and all due respect, but it's just a bad time of year to have a blog with a spin on cycling unless you do BMX.

I've always been a fan of Iggy Pop. In 1977 The Idiot Tour was launched with (remember who??) on keyboards. I was 13 years old and thought Rock and Roll had hit it's pinacle. They actually played the Oriental Theater in 77. I was not in attendance.............drag.

What were you listening to at age 13??

REMEMBER WHEN SUPER BOWLS WERE SUPER?..............

LAME...LAME...LAME..

Is that the best the NFL has to offer?? Fer-crissakes this was more entertaining. You would think the Bears would have put on a better show (being The Monsters of Midway and all). Well..... Midway through the 1st quarter, this monster took his advice and headed for the snacks.

Speaking of lame.....Did you ever go back and re-read your blog??? Rarely does one put together a string of good posts. There are always lame ones mixed in to keep to keep a guy (or gal) humble. I thought I had a pretty good September 2006, but turns out it wasn't even really that good.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL PICTURE DAY..........................

Get over it boys and girls. Your going to have to deal with him for a while yet.

And do yourselves a favor.......Hide your lunch money.

ALL DUDS AT THE BARN.........................................

Not the clan.......but my pictures. This is about the only decent one I got all night. In my defense, I've heard people say it's tough to get good shots in there.

There's one in every crowd.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS.................

Well...I jumped back into the home improvement projects at Casa de Bubba after about a year break. On the plans for this winter is the master bedroom (or as I like to call it...The Workshop), replacing all of the interior doors in the house, and installing closet organizers in 3 or 4 closets. Saturday I will be traveling south of the cheddar curtain to pick up some materials here for the closets. The project also includes bustin' down walls (to make some closet door openings larger), refinishing hardwood floor, painting, and staining., new ceiling fan....well you get the idea. I will be enlisting the services of this guy for some of the pretty work. I'll handle all the breakin' stuff myself (I hope his woodworking is a whole lot better than his blogging or I'm in deep shit) I'll post pics.of my progress... I mean hell...this blog can't get much worse. Trying to get motivated to GIT-ER-DONE should be easier now that I've kicked the flu bug. I just rubbed some dirt on it....I don't understand why he can't.

TOP SECRET TRAINING......................

NO.....I'm not training to be a homosexual disco recording artist (not that there's anything wrong with that). In fact, since I've joined I have not seen these YMCA front men even once. I have bumped into this guy a bunch of times though.

I've been working out pretty regularly this winter (spinning class, body pump, and swimming) and have not lost a pound. However, now that I'm the second comming of Mark Spitz, my neighbor is trying to get me to do a triathlon. Does anyone know the distances for swimming, running, biking?? Or does it vary from race to race. He assures me I do not have to look like one of the Village People to do a triathlon. HMMMM.

THEY WOULD SELL BETTER WITH MY PICTURE...................

Meg got a very nice e-mail from Don Edberg yesterday congratulating her on having the above picture chosen for a CycleOps ad to be seen in the new WORS handbook.
She was going to immediately reply with a "show-me-the-money" e-mail, but I talked her out of it.
She printed off a bunch of copies and I think plans to wallpaper the halls at school.

She was feelin' fine on cloud nine until I reminded her that we have had that exact trainer in the basement for 3 years and to date she has logged an impressive 14 minutes total on it. PUNK..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA..........................

My youngest is now a teenager and I am officially an old kodger.

HE'S FROM BELGIUM..................................

I kicked a few bucks Tristan's way. I don't know Tristan personally, and I only donated enough cash for a helping of brussels sprouts or so (for me that is....maybe he can get a little more mileage out of it), but hey......this is good stuff.

Be an athletic supporter.

I'M AN ATHLETIC SUPPORTER.....

Why not back the black???
I drink this like it's goin' outta' style too.
These just slow me down.

BAD PARENTING

No wonder the kid can't be trusted.....................