Two Wheels Tuesday

Foot down, full on, fuck yeah.

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Cold

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

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

Did that sign say anything important?


I wasn't paying attention...

Dead Milkmen

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

Can't undo it, just live with it.

Dig it...

Stretch

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

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

Something like this.

Fins

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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