pretty not good

Bring 'Em

2012-02-02T13:44:00.000-05:00

Donuts, man.

Bring donuts...

To me.

Bring me some donuts.

Am I getting through to you?

Donuts, bring them, to me.

Groundhog Day

2012-02-02T12:38:00.001-05:00

Oh, it is Groundhog Day...

I guess I usually post about that, huh?
Let's keep this brief, as I have things to do.

Here, this sums up my mood...

Looking at Things

2012-02-01T13:42:00.000-05:00

I was worried that the new Kim leading North Korea would not have the serious experience it takes to run an entire country...

It seems he has gotten training in the one thing his dad was famous for (except being a loon) - looking at things.

For your reference, here is Kim Jong Il looking at things.
See how adept his son is at the same deal?

Who I Am, What I Want

2012-02-01T13:08:00.002-05:00

Two Wheels Tuesday

2012-01-31T12:53:00.000-05:00

The greatest.

California is a Place

2012-01-31T11:55:00.000-05:00

Bluebird from California is a place. on Vimeo.

Group B

2012-01-30T14:07:00.001-05:00

More Group B goodness!

Bad Ass?

2012-01-30T13:15:00.000-05:00

Maybe, maybe not.

Considerations-

First off, who hangs out with another dude-friend around the house shirtless?
That is just weird.
Put a shirt on, man...

Additionally, sandals with socks?
Dude, seriously...
That dude has got to be the one to keep an eye on.

Paint it Black

2012-01-29T16:18:00.001-05:00

Well, I have made that transition to shitty rattle can paint job Sportster guy...

It was only a matter of time, right?

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Sunday Funnies

2012-01-29T14:27:00.000-05:00

Sunday Drive

2012-01-29T12:31:00.000-05:00

Wake me up when we get somewhere...

Creep

2012-01-29T12:03:00.000-05:00

Weekend Plans

2012-01-27T17:57:00.000-05:00

Just so you know...

Feeling Cool?

2012-01-27T12:44:00.000-05:00

Nuff said...

Figured

2012-01-26T13:43:00.001-05:00

Fuel TV - Deus Ex Machina from Deus Customs on Vimeo.

I still think this bunch has shit pretty well figured out...

Where is Bali, again?

Life Lesson

2012-01-26T13:04:00.002-05:00

Just Wondering

2012-01-26T12:10:00.000-05:00

Footsie

2012-01-25T23:02:00.001-05:00

Hey, why did that footpeg stick out so much?

I don't know. I never used that outside inch+ or so. I was always in, to cover the brake.

Fuck it. Cut it...

Sure, it looks odd and does not match the other side.

It works though...

I may have to cut some off the other side, on principle.

The primary sticks out, over there. There may be some fat to trim, just because.

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SOTU

2012-01-25T12:23:00.004-05:00

Yes, there has been a fair amount of political jabbering here before.
Yes, I am paying attention to that stuff still.
I am also about as disgusted by the whole deal as I could be.
So I am just not talking about it...

I do want to mention, however, that though the Occupy movement which has been largely discounted and generally reported on as a mix of public nuisance and circus sideshow - has provided the key talking points for nearly every national political figure speechifying in recent days, one way or another.
I don't think those politicians will actually do anything to help out much of the 99%.
Just something to think about the next time you see some Occupy coverage that only reports on the traffic delays some protesters caused.

On Edge

2012-01-25T12:07:00.003-05:00

Exhausting Cont'd

2012-01-24T21:26:00.001-05:00

After a lot of trimming, looking, thinking and repeating...

I think I am about satisfied with this.

Things are about as tight as they can get, while still leaving room for mounts and passenger footpegs.

I will stare at it some more, before fitting gaps and starting welds.

I think I like it, though...

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Vikings

2012-01-24T14:25:00.001-05:00

I have decided that wizards are passe...

The new coolness, Vikings.

Trebek Tuesday

2012-01-24T12:03:00.001-05:00

Trebek looker!

Yup, Trebek Tuesdays...

I did warn you this was happening.

New Year

2012-01-23T14:58:00.004-05:00

STP

2012-01-23T12:14:00.001-05:00

What is more stunning?

A - This turbine (jet) engine powered Indy race car from 1967.

B - Those awesome crew uniforms.

Seriously...

Sunday Drive

2012-01-22T13:22:00.004-05:00

No, no. That is fine.

In fact, I think that is a good sign...

Not Rock

2012-01-21T13:00:00.001-05:00

It is not all metal bands with the word black in their names here...

Try this on.

It kind of makes me feel off balance.

That

2012-01-21T11:33:00.001-05:00

It is like that, here.

Again...

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Cardboard

2012-01-21T01:56:00.001-05:00

Remember that habit I had, engineering parts for the T with the cardboard from cases of beer?

Well, some habits die hard...

Alloy plate and tube is on the way, to make a sprocket cover and some stand off supports. Just trying to figure how to sort that out.

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Weekend Plans

2012-01-20T13:16:00.002-05:00

Not at all something like this.

Farades

2012-01-20T11:10:00.000-05:00

I just thought you should see this.

F1 - 1967

2012-01-19T12:57:00.003-05:00

All right.
This is some awesome footage from the 1967 Formula 1 race, at the Nurburgring...

There are four parts, if you look...

Awesomeness.

Hey Look!

2012-01-18T13:09:00.000-05:00

Ahahahaha!

You are looking at a picture of a shirtless Alex Trebek.

Hah! Trebek looker!

No, I will not explain why I have a picture of a shirtless Alex Trebek, or why I felt to need to share it with you.

This may be the start of a new post series, Trebek Tuesdays.

Not fully decided on that one...

FDR

2012-01-18T12:24:00.001-05:00

I like movies about history and shit...

Buttoned

2012-01-17T20:50:00.000-05:00

You didn't think I would let dumping a lifter on the floor bum me out, too long...

Right?

So, this is in place with only some bloody knuckles and heart ache. The only real delay was making sure I remembered where those cam dots were supposed to be. Most of the heavy lifting was already done.

That misaligned locating tab and I talked with the vise and the mallet. Things got sorted out with some coercion.

That little hook at the front is not the norm for cam cover chops, I suppose.

I think about things, as you know if you are here much. Usually, dudes just cut straight along the bottom. That is great for them, but I think the curves on the front of the case seem unresolved that way. Thus the little hook. All the lines get to meet up, before they stop.

Odd, maybe. It just makes more visual sense to me. Those curves are distinctly Sportster, in my head. Disrupting them makes it seem like trying to make it look like a big twin, sorta but not really. So, I did that...

There will be a sprocket cover/heel guard over that ugly belt bit. I just needed to see what this looked like before I put any heavy thought into that. There is a kind of over-all vision I have going, but sometimes you have to let things reveal themselves before you react.

One step at a time...

Two Wheels Tuesday

2012-01-17T12:42:00.002-05:00

I am so compelled by this machine.

Oops

2012-01-16T19:08:00.001-05:00

I have some extra parts here...

Pulled out a cam, while swapping on this cover. I will probably need that later.

Oops.

Anyway, I wanted to see what this might look like. Here are a bunch of loosely fitted parts. Really loose. Need to reread the cam install section of the manual, I guess.

Things wouldn't have just bolted on, anyway. That locating tab has definately moved, by about a quarter inch. So, I need to decide what to do about that. Right now, I lean towards cutting it off. I can ponder that while reading about cam orientation, I suppose.

Two steps forward, two steps back, or something like that...

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Melrose Missile Monday

2012-01-16T12:28:00.002-05:00

Sunday Drive

2012-01-15T13:18:00.001-05:00

Some sort of visual metaphor here...

Ten Long Years

2012-01-14T12:14:00.004-05:00

Hey, a band without "black" in the name...

What's Cooking

2012-01-13T20:28:00.001-05:00

Karen is big on naming things, but I am not sure what it is...

A Mexican casserole?

Do I make casseroles?

Not sure...

Corn tortillas, ranchero refries with corn, veggie meat cooked in some Chinese bean sauce, lots of cheese, enchilada sauce and whatever else.

This was a night or two, though...

Man, I am hungry.

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Moonrise Kingdom

2012-01-13T13:03:00.000-05:00

Well, this looks entertaining...

Feeling Cool?

2012-01-13T12:22:00.001-05:00

Right.

Shocking

2012-01-13T01:51:00.001-05:00

So, I have spent a lot of time making this thing sort of low...

I just swapped on the last shocks I ran, which are about stock for the low models, or a bit lower. Maybe a few inches of travel, verses no real travel from the last ones that were there.

I did the shock swap just because it was something I had planned on doing for any real road trips. I know these longer shocks work...

Anyway, I think I love these with the new exhaust. It sort of becomes a sporty Sporty. Sort of a desert sled vibe. A rough city bruiser.

Totally digging this look...

Not cool, in a really cool way.

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Pizza Boomerang

2012-01-12T14:41:00.000-05:00

Trust me, you need to see this...

Unimog

2012-01-12T13:52:00.000-05:00

I have no real justification for this, but I think I should probably have a Unimog.

Not unlike this one, set up to go camping with. Real practical like, you know. An "end of the world" sort of rig, that could in fact drive to the edge of the world...

Of course, I don't really do much camping these days. I admit it. Probably because I don't have a trail donkey to carry all my stuff.

Or a bitchin' Unimog camper...

Banana Board

2012-01-12T12:53:00.005-05:00

GLOBE BANTAM from GLOBE on Vimeo.

I am pretty sure that there is some sort of subliminal advertising mind voodoo trick going on with this, because I really want one of these plastic banana board now...

Like, right now and shit.

Exhausting Cont'd

2012-01-12T00:48:00.002-05:00

Lacking a desire to watch the People's Choice Awards, I got to dealing with my exhaust situation.

Just roughing out ideas, this is no finished deal...

You might get the idea though.

Yes, I am standing on my tool box looking at it.

Sometimes, some distance helps. I cannot roll it outside at the moment, because I am too lazy. Just trust me...

I will make it cool.

There are thoughts for that sprocket area, and the new cam cover will go on soon. Then maybe this will all make more sense...

It will make more sense to me, at least.

Anyway, more cool coming...

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Gone Fishing

2012-01-11T12:43:00.001-05:00

I have noticed that all of the really cool motorcycle blog things have been posting up random fish related images, in addition to the usual naked woman pictures.

Now, because I also want to seem cool and hip...

Here is a picture of some exposed female boobies and fish like things.

This is some high art kind of stuff here, not just some scan of some old magazine article about nudists going fishing. Because I try to keep it classy in this deal, you know, real classy.

Now that we have that out of the way, I will get back to posting my usual bull shit.

Frankenthaler

2012-01-10T12:12:00.001-05:00

Just learned that Helen Frankenthaler passed, a bit ago.
Missed that bit of news...

She is one of my favorite abstract expressionists.
Had her own thing going, her own palette.
All loveliness.
Go see some her work in person, this monitor won't do her justice.

Options

2012-01-10T11:29:00.000-05:00

Well, now that I think about it...

Doesn't sound that bad.

Exhausting

2012-01-10T01:48:00.001-05:00

So, my plan of modifying some after market pipes is not looking good...

The thinking was that I might use these with some shorty muffs and call it good.

I kinda hate it though.

There are bits I like, but mostly no...

I was trying to avoid full on exhaust fab.

Not sure I can get around it.

Sure this will not satisfy me though.

You can probably hear my heavy sigh, if you listen...

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Vancouvria

2012-01-09T15:05:00.000-05:00

OK, so this post may just be an inside joke...

First, you probably need to live, or have lived, in Portland.
Then, you need to have knowledge of the show Portlandia and maybe watched a few episodes.

With that, this is funny.

If you have never heard of the show Portlandia, you should figure that out.
Or not.
It is funnier after hanging out in Portland...
Probably funny, either way.

Sunshine and Flowers

2012-01-09T12:03:00.000-05:00

Not in the mood...

Blow it out yer ass.

Makeover

2012-01-08T18:47:00.001-05:00

Been oddly warm here, but I have gotten some rides in and declared it winter.

That means getting to a winter makeover, peeling of some stuff, making and modifying other stuff.

It all seems more serious and urgent once the tools are out and the parts are scattered...

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Sunday Drive

2012-01-08T13:48:00.000-05:00

Some stretches are like this...

Fools

2012-01-07T13:46:00.001-05:00

New Hampshire

2012-01-06T13:30:00.000-05:00

And the candidates trudge ahead into New Hampshire...
I would rather watch this, than hear anything about it really.
There is more value to this video than...
Well.
Anyway.

I just read that there are a number of state legislators in New Hampshire sponsoring a bill that would require any new state law to provide grounds for its necessity by quoting the Magna Carta. Do you remember reading the Magna Carta? It is perhaps a bit, you know, dated. That might give you a read on what the hell is going on in New Hampshire politics.
Our whole governance apparatus is so fucked...

Remind me again how states like Iowa and New Hampshire are the crucial states, providing a representation of average voters, in this nomination process?

Poncho Tigre

2012-01-05T13:21:00.000-05:00

Gr-rrr.

Whistle Pig Wednesday

2012-01-04T16:21:00.000-05:00

I didn't know that people called groundhogs whistle pigs...

I mean, until today.
Who say you can't learn anything from booze?

Twiki Tuesday

2012-01-03T14:28:00.001-05:00

I will readily admit that I dug this version of the Buck Rogers television show.
You know, I was a kid - it had robots and space ships and hot chicks in tight, shiny space leotards...
That pretty much fills out the list of things that would motivate me to watch a television show to this day, now that I think about it.

Anyway, two things about this show.-

Rainbows, they were every where. Flags, uniforms, all over.
Not in a gay way. Rainbows weren't all gay, at that time, just kinda.

That robot sidekick, Twiki, had a penis shaped head and nobody talked about it.
Just look at that noggin, man. Yeah, penis.

Unrelated thing that always bugged me about this robot, it stuttered. Why would you not just reprogram your robot so it wouldn't stutter?
Maybe, in the future, a person just does not have time to do anything but pick up their shiny, spandex, rainbow bedazzled space suits from the cleaners and cruise for the hot intergalactic ladies. No time for robot maintenance. Nobody mentions that the robots have dick heads, in the future...

Iowa

2012-01-02T13:07:00.000-05:00

So, am I the only person really stoked for Iowa right now?

They are getting sooo much attention, which is awesome. We only really talk about Iowa when there is some catastrophic flood or college sporting event...
And every four years, of course, when the nations most kiss-assy politicians descend on the state like vote whoring locusts.

Iowa.
Thanks for taking it up the butt, for the rest of us.

By which I mean, thanks for living with those fuckers for the past month or so.
Sure, we get to hear all about it. Every slack jawed political analyst, who has not suffered a horrible facial disfigurement, has been on some kind of news show spitting up about how important this moment is in the campaign.

But Iowa, you are there living with them. The candidates.
I assume you have lots of farms, Iowa, so the elephant stench might be less offensive to you than the rest of us. Still, you have my sympathy for enduring all of the dunderheaded attack ads, talking points pissers, robo-calls and diner visits of those slimey, invasive fuckers, their staffers and the herds of imbecile journalists.

With any luck, a few of the contemptuous candidates you are harboring will be discouraged enough to slink back to their home state fiefdoms and shut the fuck up, after your goofy caucusing.

Hopefully, Iowa, you can weed a few out for the rest of us.
Because, frankly, I am tired of hearing about the whole lot of them...

Sunday Drive

2012-01-01T12:18:00.003-05:00

Happy New Years...

Wrap Up

2011-12-31T13:35:00.002-05:00

I had thought of blathering on about the year. Some sort of revisit of some of my resolutions from last year, a wrap up of where my head is and such. Maybe that is what this is, but I will try to keep it brief. There are only a few hours of this year left and I would hate to be the means by which you waste too many of them...

I am not really much of a resolution sort, to ring in a new year. The idea coming into 2011 was simply for me to be better. Just better. A better spouse, son, friend, person or whatever. I am not sure how I would score myself on that resolution. I suppose that would be more up to you, than me anyway.
I think I did better on most counts, sorta. Maybe not much better, but on some counts there was only room for improvement.
So, yeah...
I am probably heading into 2012 with the same resolution.

It sounds pretty simple, "be better."
Right?

It turns out it is challenging, quite.

I mean let us just start with the fact that I am an isolated, introverted, moody, contrary asshole. Prone to surliness and excess. Quick with an insult and all of that. I am pretty conscious of what a little shit I can be, but you know...
I am trying to be better.

Then there are the things I do daily. At what point does "being better" stop? I can also be quite compulsive, so the premise is right up my alley. Well, I am not really great at a whole lot of things. I get by, and I am getting better at some things. I am also trying to chill out on that compulsive part and be better at accepting good enough, when it is in fact good enough.
Trying to get better.

There is the thinking side of this process for me, too. Trying to reason some things out. Get better at thinking. You know, stuff like everyday bits. I have been trying to gain some grip on bigger ideas, as well. Shit like spiritualism and selfhood, big picture kind of stuff. I am not sure I have figured anything out, but I am making an effort at least.
Working on getting better.

Now that I have spelled this out, it sounds like some crap self-help book kind of fuck word pile. I got nothing to preach at you, here. I am just putting a bit of my personal weirdness out there for you to breeze over and maybe think about.

That's it, I guess.
It is sorta how I spent this year. What I have been trying to do...
I will keep after it.

Good luck, fortune and all of that in the coming year.

Cam Cover Chop Cont'd Again

2011-12-31T02:56:00.001-05:00

Why not one more?

The dog gets some meds at 3AM, with his current deal.

So, I am up...

Obsessive behavior can hide behind pet parenting, perhaps.

We are at 300 grit and those scratchy pads.

No polish yet, still shaping shit up.

A lot of Velvet Underground, beer and smokes in this.

But I need to medicate my dog and maybe sleep some, so this is where things are now...

That tab reaching the locating dowel may have distorted, early on.

That bums me out...

Some tension in the casting, maybe. Released when I cut stuff.

I guess I will see how it fits, later.

Maybe heat and move, or just cut the damned thing off. I want it, though. It helps locate things in the cam hoohah shit...

Anyway, I should go deal with other things.

You should too...

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Cam Cover Chop Cont'd

2011-12-31T01:09:00.002-05:00

I have something like this in mind...

More filing, sanding and shaping to follow.

I think you should be able to get what I am up to with this, though.

I guess it is the eve of a new year, at this point.

This is the sort of thing that makes me happy, most days.

Hopefully, I can do more of this sorta shit next year.

Maybe I will tell you about last years thought bullshit, later...

Things I meant to do, things I hope to do in the coming year.

Maybe.

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Cam Cover Cut

2011-12-30T17:10:00.001-05:00

Chopping down the cam chest cover has been on my list, for a while...

No real reason to do this other than saving some ounces, having something to do and looking cool.

This is a spare from a wrecked bike.

There is still a lot of shaping to do, to make it look right, but here it is today...

The final drive sprocket cover will get cut to go along with this.

Lots of holes, too...

Just trying to reduce extra mass and expose some mechanical attributes.

Motorcycles always look better pared down, to my eyes...

Working on that this winter.

Trimming some fat...

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William

2011-12-30T00:04:00.001-05:00

I have been a bit silent lately, I know...

My little buddy had a health scare, Christmas night.

Somehow, he got doggy whip lash or something...

We think, or so we have been told.

Best guess shit, without an MRI.

So, I have been dealing with that.

Doggy parent stuff...

He seems to be on the mend.

Little dude is on solitary confinement and is supposed to be kept from doing pretty much anything that makes him happy, for fear that he may be paralyzed by just about everything...

So, we are all sullen and mopey...

Me, my main man, the misses, other pets.

The whole bunch here, but mainly William.

You don't realize quite how central your pup is, day to day, until you gotta lock them away from your world...

Like I said, he seems to be recovering.

I am very optimistic about that.

Just a bit distracted...

Wish well, for my dog.

He is about all that keeps me sane in this world...

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Sweet Jumps

2011-12-28T12:49:00.000-05:00

It occurs to me that there used to be a lot more car chases and jumps on television...

Has there been any car jumping on any network TV show, like in the past decade?
Not fake stuff, but actual stuntman wrecking a perfectly good car by jumping it over a fence or something...

I guess I remember one on an HBO series.
Any I have missed?

Two Wheels Tuesday

2011-12-27T12:32:00.000-05:00

Bob Gill Kite Cycle edition.

I, uhm, how exactly does...
What about the...

I have more questions than answers on this one.

Big Dick

2011-12-26T12:37:00.000-05:00

What did you get?
You know, for presents for whatever happy God hullabaloo you get down with...

Did you get a Big Dick?

I probably would have given you a Big Dick, if you had asked...
But you didn't.
Your loss.

Why the hell can't a decent American kid get a small machine gun any more?

Hell, we let kids shoot the shit out of stuff in pretend video game world, why not give the little bastards some small caliber machine guns, a few thousand rounds and send 'em outside to have fun?

That is a genuine question.

Holidazed

2011-12-25T22:20:00.001-05:00

I am confused...

And dazed.

It is some kind of holiday, I hear.

Movies and odd hotel food, not that we are travelling.

Just strangers still, in a strange place.

Home is where my heart is.

With my goofy family, the people who put up with me.

There is nothing quite like the family being transient provides...

Misfits and fuck ups.

Perhaps the only folks I relate with.

This island of misfit toys is about all I know, it seems.

No beaches or photo-op sunsets...

Just happy moments soon lost.

Good times chasing the dawn.

Forgotten names and numbers.

I can never quite figure if my life is magic or sad...

I lean on the hope that magic wins.

Otherwise, what is the point?

Merry whatever floats your boat, life raft or effluence...

The new year is coming.

The end of the world or another new beginning, depending on the camp you bed with...

Either way, I say fuck all.

Get on with it, get down with it.

Bring it on...

Happy deal, you bastard child of happy shit.

Keep merry.

Keep trying to make it better...

What else have we got?

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How Did You Know

2011-12-25T11:12:00.000-05:00

Greetings

2011-12-25T00:55:00.000-05:00

Angels

2011-12-24T09:51:00.003-05:00

Given that we are on the eve of Jesus and all of that...

I thought some kinda song about angels would be appropriate.

Tree Up

2011-12-23T22:05:00.001-05:00

Finally got the tree sorted out here...

I went to pick it up, along with some holiday spirits.
If you know what I mean.

Stopped off at a couple spots along the way.
Had s slice of traditional holiday pizza

Got to the spirit shop, grabbed the stash and hoofed it.
Man, bottles and trees are heavier than you think...

Priorities were assessed.
I am pretty sure the mystic tree spirit told me it wanted to be set free.

Free to share holiday joy with every passer by...

Happy holidays, folks.

X Mas Party

2011-12-23T10:05:00.003-05:00

Don't forget to bring some beer.

Knock loud...

The Look

2011-12-22T11:34:00.001-05:00

The look...

If you don't already have one.

Krampus Carol

2011-12-21T10:52:00.001-05:00

Two Wheels Tuesday

2011-12-20T09:28:00.001-05:00

I have always had a thing for, uhm, these 750's...

Yeah, the Ducati 750 GT.

City Hall

2011-12-19T16:44:00.000-05:00

Went down to the exhibit our associate has the painting in...
It is in the city hall, here.
You know, mayors office and city offices kind of place.

City hall, here, seems to be in every vaguely Philly movie ever made.
Outside of dropping off that painting, I have never wandered inside. So, excuse to wander inside was acted upon.

I had to do some research on the damned place too, now that I have actually considered it at more than a tourist location and traffic obstacle.

It seems very Philly that it was built with the intention of it being the tallest building in the world, but that it took thirty years to finish the whole deal. Other buildings were taller by the time they got finished, so Philly folk made the distinction that it was the tallest habitable building for a while...

It is big, as far as city kinda buildings go. Seven hundred odd rooms, a number required with this city's famous political/bureaucratic systems I assume.

And it is old, like a hundred and ten years old. So there is that modern infrastructure layer on old building. Pipes painted to sort of match the detailed cove ceiling they hang beneath and that sort of thing. Plus the wear that one would expect in a century old office building, I guess.

There were a whole bunch of cops, too. Like a serious bunch of cops. A whole contingent at the entrance, plus one or two at every corner it seemed and at every hallway door. I guess that is a good thing? It sure didn't feel like public space, though. That kind of security made me wonder just who they think is gonna show up?

So, yeah. Field trip to the big old city hall you have probably seen in some movie. If you come visit, I will spare you the security check points and worn floors of a tour. Perhaps I will drive you past the place. You will have plenty of time to examine the architectural details as we sit the miserable traffic the building's odd location creates.

Oh, the train stops right there. We can skip the drive...
Or skip the whole damned thing.

Sunday Drive

2011-12-18T09:32:00.000-05:00

The important thing here is that we get to the part where you ask me how I am getting down to the shore...

Black Cobra

2011-12-17T12:59:00.000-05:00

My annual effort to provide with some relief from all of the damned Santa music...

I give you Black Cobra.

Stay Classy

2011-12-16T10:43:00.003-05:00

The Show Class dudes got something for you to do tonight...

Just up the pike, from me.

Stay classy Philadelphia.

Totally Radical

2011-12-16T09:47:00.000-05:00

Girl & Chocolate Trailer from Crailtap on Vimeo.

Dude...

Lakes

2011-12-14T16:16:00.000-05:00

I am not going to say much about where this came from, I only kinda know the story and not the guys involved...

Family footage.

History.

Get Some Wind

2011-12-14T11:03:00.000-05:00

Dogs in Cars from keith on Vimeo.

Dogs understand.

Wall of Death Wednesday

2011-12-14T10:33:00.000-05:00

Hipsters can ruin anything...

Two Wheels Tuesday

2011-12-13T10:30:00.001-05:00

Foot down, full on, fuck yeah.

2011-12-12T22:51:00.003-05:00

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Cold

2011-12-12T22:51:00.001-05:00

It is getting cold here, again...

All you people who say "oh, not really" or "hey, the change of seasons is nice" can stuff it.

I know what cold is, what seasons look like.

Save it for the people who buy that shit...

My nose runs at 65 degrees.

To me, that is cold enough...

You wanna prove how hard you are, in the face of cold?

Come watch my dog sniff a curb in thirty degree temperatures...

I invite you, welcome you even.

I will make some cocoa, while you are out doing that.

Because you are so tough and into chill weather.

Good on you, bad ass...

I know what cold is.

I do not like it.

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Atco

2011-12-12T10:17:00.002-05:00

Atco is really close by and still in operation...

Somehow, I was too lame to make it over there this summer.

Who doesn't love a nitro burning funny car?

Sunday Drive

2011-12-11T09:54:00.001-05:00

Did that sign say anything important?

I wasn't paying attention...

Dead Milkmen

2011-12-10T16:10:00.001-05:00

Did I mention the Dead Milkmen are playing tonight?

Like three blocks from my house...

I have been in Philly for more than a year and I have still not seen them out.

Because I am a loser...

At least I am consistent.

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Done Did It

2011-12-10T11:24:00.002-05:00

Can't undo it, just live with it.

Dig it...

Stretch

2011-12-09T23:37:00.001-05:00

Our pal from London, Ella, was selected to be in some Mummers art exhibition thing here.

Spent the latter half of the day getting this stretched, squared away and retouching a bit of damage from shipping.

Been a while since I have stretched any canvas, let alone restretching a completed bit of work...

I have probably stapled a few miles of canvas to wood, though. Muscle memory may have assisted.

We are dropping this off at city hall tomorrow.

If you like art, or at least nice oil paintings of chubby Philly dudes getting drunk in satin dresses you should check the show out...

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Jesus

2011-12-09T12:01:00.002-05:00

Not sure where you stand on this campaign cycle.
I know I think it is a terrifying circus act myself...

I also know that this Perry commercial has been making the rounds, and giving him the honor of having one of the most disliked Youtube videos ever.
I just sort of read some of the reaction to it, until just a moment ago.
I clicked play...

Jesus.
What the fuck, man?

I mean really...
It is a majority christian country, as self identified census shows, dude. What is the deal with being "not ashamed" of being part of that whole big crowd?
Good for you and your team, buddy.
And those gays in the military, you know they volunteers right?
Some of them are probably even Christians...
And what the fuck does that have to do with Christmas for your kids, or praying in school?
I mean the Constitution is pretty clear on the whole church/state thing.
We kinda got through that some years ago...

That is your actual campaign ad?
Jesus fucking Christ, man...

And really, what is with the conservative christian under attack thing anyway? Separately.
Under attack from what, from who? Who is conspiring against Christians, really?
Where is this siege mentality based?

Is it just a general fear of Muslims, gays, brown people, Mexicans, hippies or anything beyond the distance one can hear a church bell ring on Easter Sunday? Is it the fact that all of those weirdos hooked up, had an orgy and now their kid is in the White House?

Who seems to consistently be on the attack, while playing the lamb?
The big ass majority, by my accounting.
Self proclaimed Jesus lovers.
How does that work, really, given all that golden rule horse shit?

Damn it, man.

I was in a good mood, too...

Weekend Plans

2011-12-09T11:54:00.001-05:00

Something like this.

Fins

2011-12-08T23:50:00.001-05:00

This is one of those deals that has been rattling in my head for months...

With my new found free time and a cold night, I just got to it.

I had this air cleaner from the T lounging on the shelf since I sold it.

Thought about adapting it to the bike, but never liked any way I could make it fit...

So, it sat on the shelf.

I have intentions to cut the cam cover on the bike this winter.

I also have a pile of points covers, which I kinda hate.

And I had this old finned tri-power, 2 barrel air cleaner I would never use.

I got around to trying to mill off the mounting hole for this air cleaner tonight, to repurpose it as a points cover.

My old drill press does not like being used as a mill, so out came a grinder and a beer.

A few holes later, for mounting screws, and my new finned points cover is a real thingy...

I need to grab some longer machine screws to hold it on and clearence the backside some more, but there it is.

I had almost forgotten how easy this shit comes.

Or maybe I had thought about it so long, it seemed easy.

It was good to fire up some dormant tools.

Better than buying some bit of crap, for sure...

I could never find a match for that air cleaner. It is some old odd shit from Eelco I think.

It has a new life now...

Isn't that what we all want?

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Two Wheels Thursday

2011-12-08T15:03:00.000-05:00

Let's go with some pared and spare Norton style, today...

Theory on this one.