Cat Lovers: DO NOT WATCH!!!

No animal cruelty, I wouldn't do that. It was, after all, curiosity that killed the cat wasn't it?

Stolen from Dave.

Swifty Nifty

I hope not

I'm bar tending Saturday night at the Trail of 98 party. It's all in the name of service to the Lions Club. Same reason I'm growing a beard.

It's actually kind of cool. Back in the day -1898- Rockyford was settled. Supposedly all the men work hard just "givener" to get everything taken care of. They were without the amenities that would allow a man to shave his face. For about a month and a half.

Every 10 years (ones that end in 8) we celebrate this heritage by having a Trail of 98 Dance. Mid Jan to end of Feb, most men in Rockyford grow beards. Yeah, kind of weird, kind of cool (in a weird way).

I can only imagine what things will get like at a crazy ole party where everyone dresses up like it's 1898. This image isn't 1898, but it's what comes to mind...............

.........................oh dear.............

Time for a Change????

Yep. Miles and thousands of miles ago. Gross.

Running in the Mountains

Been busy lately.

Last weekend in Banff. Work like mad all week. Play hockey. Sleep.

I've officially started my marathon training again. I'll be doing the Calgary Full Marathon for the fourth time in July. Next January I'll be doing the goofy challenge in Florida. 1/2 marathon on Saturday, followed by the full marathon on Sunday. Yeah, that sounds goofy. My dad signed me up, what could I do?

I had a great run up in Banff last Sat. 7 miles, -27C light snow. Man I love running in the winter.

Off for some camping this weekend. Cheers.

Hill-Billy

Can't think of a title for this post

It's the truth. I just can't come up with anything that would work for this post. I always title my post before actually writing them, maybe that's the problem. Whatever.

Yesterday was my birthday. I'm getting to be an old old man. At least I think so. I even had facebook messages saying "happy birthday - OLD MAN"

It was a good birthday though. Didn't go in to work, just hung out with the family and did some shopping (for home-reno supplies).

I got a set of panniers that I've been hinting at for a while. Smudge was the first person I saw who had them and they looked pretty bitchen. Vik has some too I think. I hinted to my wife that they'd make a sweet birthday present. And they did. I also got a weather station (I asked for one fo these too) just becouse is so cool to know exactly what the weather is like right outside of your house when you jump on the bike. This is one of those things you need a bit of time to set up. Wind, rain, humidity and factors in the windchills and everything for you. I'm stoked to get it. Must be the old farmer in me coming out.

Lastly I did end up getting some profide for my loveley B-17. I've been agonizing over weather or not I should ride it until I get it lathered and then also just which bike it should done. It'll go on the fixie, just to keep it pure. I haven't been riding on it and won't until we get into some 700 X 23 weather again. I've got a set of 38 knobbies for the fixie, so I might just slap them on and hope the big B doesn't mind being broken in in the double - digits. It should be fine.

I started my running regeim again today. When I left at noon it was -13C with a light wind. I notice the start of a chinook arch in the sky. 40 minutes and 5 miles later, it was -1.7C when I returned home. Man, I don't hink it's been warmer than -15 for the last 2 weeks. Feels nice.

After the run, I jumped on the S/S to try out the new panneirs. Actually they only had the daily mail in them, but they are super functinal. I really like how they are on an off so easy and the clear my feet while I am spinning. Very important. I'm glad I was able to ditch the freezer basket I had on the rear rack. Talk about embarassing.

Cheers.

Correction: I just traced back, and I guess smudge doesn't have these panneirs. They look awfully similar don't they?

Correction # 2: Vik's are Ortliebs too. Dang I'm off tongiht

Me as a youngster

I can't play this well anymore, but boy could I ever rock.



UPDATE: just to avoid any confusion, this really isn't me. I did play a lot and I mean a lot of guitar as a kid, but this is not me. Cheers.

Apologize

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And lastly, another music vid from the producer of the Imagrey version (my favorite) of this video. Buddy here really likes playing with his camera.

SMUG JUGGLER

Fo Shizzle

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