from Yameek
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:34 AM

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“Bertin” <yameek1@hotmail.com>
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Brief introduction
My name is Mr. Yameek Bertin Konan from Ivory Cost. I got your contact through Mr. James Hanva
who runs business overseas. He told me to contact you with my proposal. I planed to handle this
business with him but unfortunately he was killed [...]

Booze Cruze, Frederick, MD, originally uploaded by surlyauls1nglespeedryder.

Ok, there isn’t much to recap, really, but: Started at Alex’s fine casbah and drank some beer standing on his ridiculously shiny kitchen floor. We somehow gathered a ton of bikes together for all the non riders, and headed to brewer’s alley. To say it [...]

mel blows some ribbon candy out of her nose, originally uploaded by jamesjohnsonart.

mel and i are fixated on making ribbon candy. its rather archaic, which adds to the appeal. there seem to be only 3 recipes on making it, which adds to misery…er mystery. recipes have helpful hints like: you will need [...]

hey we NEED to have an xmas party here at ridelugged HQ.  that said, most of the contributors to the blog wont be able to come.  so lets just call it an xmas party for bike riders who like to drink too much.  it WILL have really antiquated hot xmas-y drinks: grog, wassail, hot toddys, [...]

“NRDC and Ecos Consulting performed the first ever comprehensive study on the energy use of video game consoles and found that they consumed an estimated 16 billion kilowatt-hours per year — roughly equal to the annual electricity use of the city of San Diego.”
full article here.
this ties nicely into my campaign to make kids into [...]

Lugs look lovely.  Let us not overlook this basic truth.  Even the crudest lug has character to it, a statement of purpose defining the form and lending a degree of individuality to even the most mass produced joint.  What is truth in art?  By calling something beautiful rather than as Kant put it, visually agreeable, [...]

two upcoming cross races that we are gunna spectate at:  elkridge on the 2nd of Nov, and some sorta championship in taneytown on the 30th.  who’s in?  we will not go if:  it is nice out, and has been nice for a few days.  we want mud, and broken 1000 dollar wheelsets.  rain and sleet [...]

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Hey all,
had Mel’s Soma Fabrication baby blue singlespeed stolen from our front yard last night.  It has a red suspension fork, black bits, paul levers, and so on.  Its way too rad to let go, so we’d like to get its ass back.  Holla if you find it, have tips, etc.
this makes me slightly sick….