Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Thursday Sunset
I was riding home on my motorcycle when this happened, and I had to risk life and limb by pulling over not once, but twice, to take photos.
(Click on 'em to view 'em full size. Really)
(Click on 'em to view 'em full size. Really)
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
2008 In Review - By Larry Correia
I'm a big fan of the writing of Larry Correia (Monster Hunter International), so I read his blog frequently.
He had this gem sandwiched in his review of the year.
"And I would have to agree with you except for one thing. The economy runs on good feelings. No, seriously. If people feel upbeat, they continue to invest and spend. If people are freaked out, they hunker down. When everybody hunkers down and quits spending money, then people start to lose their jobs. With Iraq wrapped up, the media needed something to bitch about to get their guy elected, so they picked the economy. 24/7 we got to hear about how we were suddenly in the Great Depression. They just pushed and pushed and pushed, even when the vast majority of people were doing just fine.
So then it all spiraled out of their control, and now we’re hosed. True, we’re not even doing as bad as we were doing in the early 1980s, but that doesn’t matter. This kind of thing is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The economy is based on good feelings, (it sure as heck isn’t based on anything that makes sense) and the good feelings were destroyed out of political expediency and propaganda. Thanks a lot, idiots."
There's more, read it.
He had this gem sandwiched in his review of the year.
"And I would have to agree with you except for one thing. The economy runs on good feelings. No, seriously. If people feel upbeat, they continue to invest and spend. If people are freaked out, they hunker down. When everybody hunkers down and quits spending money, then people start to lose their jobs. With Iraq wrapped up, the media needed something to bitch about to get their guy elected, so they picked the economy. 24/7 we got to hear about how we were suddenly in the Great Depression. They just pushed and pushed and pushed, even when the vast majority of people were doing just fine.
So then it all spiraled out of their control, and now we’re hosed. True, we’re not even doing as bad as we were doing in the early 1980s, but that doesn’t matter. This kind of thing is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The economy is based on good feelings, (it sure as heck isn’t based on anything that makes sense) and the good feelings were destroyed out of political expediency and propaganda. Thanks a lot, idiots."
There's more, read it.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
New Year's Day Ride 2009
Okay, enough annoying animated Gifs.
Lee and Tom and did our third annual New Year's day ride, this time it was a bit dirty.
The Route. About 25 miles or so was dirt. There were several water crossings too.
The fearsome threesome. Note Tom's ST1100, looking a little "street-bikish" between the GS's. Tom has the mad riding skilz though, and rode everything gracefully, even the rutted uphills.
Little Joshua Creek, and short unpaved bit to get us started.
Since the cafe in Utopia stopped serving breakfast at 1100, we went to the Old Spanish Trail in Bandera. A nice older gent had to scrunch in with us to make room for another party, so we included him in the conversation. His two sons ride/rode bikes, and he's an old horseman, so he fit right in.
Mmmmmmm.
The John Wayne room at the OST.
Dust patterns on Tom's ST. tank.
Lee and Tom and did our third annual New Year's day ride, this time it was a bit dirty.
The Route. About 25 miles or so was dirt. There were several water crossings too.
The fearsome threesome. Note Tom's ST1100, looking a little "street-bikish" between the GS's. Tom has the mad riding skilz though, and rode everything gracefully, even the rutted uphills.
Little Joshua Creek, and short unpaved bit to get us started.
Since the cafe in Utopia stopped serving breakfast at 1100, we went to the Old Spanish Trail in Bandera. A nice older gent had to scrunch in with us to make room for another party, so we included him in the conversation. His two sons ride/rode bikes, and he's an old horseman, so he fit right in.
Mmmmmmm.
The John Wayne room at the OST.
Dust patterns on Tom's ST. tank.
Where Else but Bandera
Can you take three photos and get 13 trucks?
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Bad Day
Yesterday was a bad day. Oh, it had its good points: Seeing the family at the ranch, having lunch together. The bad part was later.
A couple of hours after lunch, Dawn and Al went down to check on the very pregnant goats, and perhaps make a prediction on who would deliver first.
They called the house a little while later. One of the nannies wasn't at the barn, so they went looking for her. They found her lying under some trees, and not doing too well.
She had apparently aborted, and her uterus was prolapsed, i.e. protruding outside her body.
We called the vet, and he told us what we could try to do to help her, but warned that it was very difficult and unlikely to work. Al also was not optimistic. He had seen a cow with a prolapsed uterus die, and it was long and painful.
After a long discussion, we decided that it was best to put her out of her suffering.
I was the one who had to do it, and while it was a good thing to relieve an animal's suffering, it was still a bad day.
A couple of hours after lunch, Dawn and Al went down to check on the very pregnant goats, and perhaps make a prediction on who would deliver first.
They called the house a little while later. One of the nannies wasn't at the barn, so they went looking for her. They found her lying under some trees, and not doing too well.
She had apparently aborted, and her uterus was prolapsed, i.e. protruding outside her body.
We called the vet, and he told us what we could try to do to help her, but warned that it was very difficult and unlikely to work. Al also was not optimistic. He had seen a cow with a prolapsed uterus die, and it was long and painful.
After a long discussion, we decided that it was best to put her out of her suffering.
I was the one who had to do it, and while it was a good thing to relieve an animal's suffering, it was still a bad day.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
MotoHank
My friend Hank is riding his BMW solo from San Antonio to the tip of South America. Stop in and read his postings from the road, and drop him a few words of encouragement...
http://www.motohank.com/Blog/Blog.html
http://www.motohank.com/Blog/Blog.html
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Big Apple
(Several of the photos in the post are not displaying correctly. Click on them to view full size and see the entire shot.)
Driving into the city on Friday afternoon, the colors seemed a little off.
Ahhh! Spiderman has us in his web!
Amy found something she liked at the M&M store.
There was a life-sized T-Rex wandering in one of the stores...
Marvelous pizza at Lombardi's!
The Beaver Building. Not really. I don't know what building this was.
I love the zoom on my camera.
Despite temperatures in the 30-40's, there were a few bikers about.
Are we not the most stylish brothers you have ever seen?
No comment.
There were two girls joined at the hip standing a few feet over from this sign. Not really.
Classic motor.
Rockefeller Center.
Skateboarding Santas in Times Square.
Driving into the city on Friday afternoon, the colors seemed a little off.
Ahhh! Spiderman has us in his web!
Amy found something she liked at the M&M store.
There was a life-sized T-Rex wandering in one of the stores...
Marvelous pizza at Lombardi's!
The Beaver Building. Not really. I don't know what building this was.
I love the zoom on my camera.
Despite temperatures in the 30-40's, there were a few bikers about.
Are we not the most stylish brothers you have ever seen?
No comment.
There were two girls joined at the hip standing a few feet over from this sign. Not really.
Classic motor.
Rockefeller Center.
Skateboarding Santas in Times Square.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Mysticism.
We prepared to drive into the Mystic, Ct. It was chilly.
I love seeing battlements on the hillsides.
I don't know what bridge this is, but it's beautiful.
The Mystic Drawbridge.
And Pizza.
I love seeing battlements on the hillsides.
I don't know what bridge this is, but it's beautiful.
The Mystic Drawbridge.
And Pizza.
Friday, December 05, 2008
New York Reedys
Greetings from New York! Amy and I are comfortably settled in Hopewell Junction, enjoying (is that the right word?) the 33 degree morning temperatures.
We have been to the town of Woodstock, Mystic Connecticut (no, we didn't have any pizza!), and Newport Rhode Island.
This is like a whole other country!
It was cool to see a familiar logo in the Baltimore airport:
My brother Bruce and Amy:
Those quirky little coffee shops sure have some cool flyers:
"The "The Band" Band" ????
Captain! There be hippies here!
Feline Illuminati, or should I say, "illumicati?":
We're off to the Big Apple this morning!
We have been to the town of Woodstock, Mystic Connecticut (no, we didn't have any pizza!), and Newport Rhode Island.
This is like a whole other country!
It was cool to see a familiar logo in the Baltimore airport:
My brother Bruce and Amy:
Those quirky little coffee shops sure have some cool flyers:
"The "The Band" Band" ????
Captain! There be hippies here!
Feline Illuminati, or should I say, "illumicati?":
We're off to the Big Apple this morning!
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