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Monthly Archive for July, 2008
Mrs. Shoo has been making good use out of her sewing machine I gave her for Xmas. I’ve been impressed with what she’s put together. She’s put together several shirts and a skirt. I think she’s working on a tote bag right now. I’ll shoot a few pictures when she’s finished.
I can wire an outlet, but there’s no way I could sew a seam.
Tonight Mrs. Shoo and I went next door and played with Belle. The kid is freak’n adorable. We played ‘Head, shoulders, knees, and toes’, hi-five, low-five, helicopter, and we made funny faces. Ahh, to be a kid again.
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“Did you reboot your PC?”
“Ya man, you always tell me to reboot my PC.”
“How many times?”
“Three, you always tell me three.”
I’ve been using Dave Heinzel’s bike tool since 2006 and if I were on an imaginary route from LA to New York, I’d be in Amarillo. This year I’ve putting on a lot more miles since I am trying do the Springfield Century (100 miles) by the end of the summer.
Today I did my longest ride… ever. 43 and a half miles. Closest I’ve got on record was 40.3 miles back in 2006 when I did a shortened version of Springfield Century on my mountain bike. Now that was a long ride.
Mrs. Shoo gets a kick out of the bike wear. I can’t post what she has said about it but yes, I’ve got the spandex and bike jersey. I think it’s essential if you’re going to have any street cred. And the butt padding helps out.
A while back I read a book on completing a Century and the basic consensus of the book was to ride a lot. So that’s my training plan - riding a lot. That and some energy bars and sports drink to keep the legs going.
Expect a few more bike posts.
I’m moving spfldbloggers.com to another server tonight. So far, everything has gone seamless and I am waiting for the DNS to work it’s way out.
BTW - It’s official. I am in the basement. AND, wearing boxers and a tshirt. Happy now, IT?
I am hoping by tomorrow morning everyone won’t even know the difference. If you see anything quirky, let me know.
Edit: Move complete.
I am heading up north next weekend for Lollapalooza. I’ve got a few delimas on who to watch. Who better to ask than my loyal readers. Warning, I may have already made up mind, but I can be persuaded.
The Raconteurs or Bloc Party
Duffy (she’s the sober version of Amy Winehouse) or Louis XIV (I’ve got an album of their’s)
Rage Against the Machine or Wilco
John Butler Trio or Brazilian Girls
Nine Inch Nails or Kanye West?
I am moving the site to a new server tonight. Worse case scenario it won’t be up till tomorrow morning.
One from the archives. I went for another ride tonight and I had work to do afterwards. AND…. (pitty patrol watch out) I gotta be in at work aound 7am.
Calling it a night - early.
Today I did the Tour de Corn, a bike ride done in conjunction with the Chatham Sweet Corn Festival. The course was a choice of 20, 31, or 62 miles long. I did 31.
I was really tempted to do the 62 miles, but I haven’t gotten in enough rides over the 30 mile mark yet. If you saw the blurb about me in the SJ-R, I stated my goal is to accomplish a century (100 miles). I am slowly making my way there - this week I biked a total of 110miles including today’s ride.
Today’s ride was great, it was a beautiful morning, the rain clouds were still hanging around with a little drizzle so the humidity was low and the sun wasn’t shining down yet.
My coworker’s son just finished school learning 3D modeling and computer graphics design. Very cool stuff- I believe he uses Maya (a prominent 3D CG program).
He’s looking for a job - any takers?
Video of his work is after the break. Video autostarts.
Here’s his contact info: http://jmccarty.cgsociety.org/gallery/
Ok, maybe my tongue & cheek post was taken a little out of context and my wife is one heck of a wife when it comes to defending her husband, but things went a little overboard. Who knew a small blurb in a weekly tabloid could get so many people riled up? Actually… I did. This is what happened last time when the IT published a jab against those with web logs, play D&D, and live in their parents’ basement.
Turns out that quote came from no one other than one of the gaggle of nerds, BFS, at the baseball game. Knowing Dan and his humor, I could see him saying what was quoted in a very satirical manner.
I am just going to go ahead and apologize for everyone to the Illinois Times. And even suggest with as much response as they got from a negative blurb that they consider doing a feature on some of the local bloggers. I can’t say enough about how many talented people there are out there publishing to the net.
In a token of forgiveness - I give you this IT: Sorry.
Well, the Illinois Times’ Cap City section picked up on the soul of Springfield again detailing the Springfield Bloggers and their adventures. I don’t know if I should be awestruck or flattered. I guess when you’re as popular as Gus Gordon, at least that’s what I keep telling myself, you’re fodder for the tabloids. I can see it in the headlines, Blogger Doesn’t Pick Up After Dog with a shot of the incrementing evidence and a less than photogenic portrait of yours truly.
I do want to set the record straight, I do blog with pants on and although it may be in a basement, it’s my basement. In fact, most of the time I do wear pants. The only time you would catch me with my pants down would be when I was reading a copy of the Illinois Times. Of course, that’s when I “do the business”, “take a load off”, “dropping the Cosby’s off at the pool”, “taking the Browns to the Super Bowl”, “communing with nature”, “making some fudge”, “going to the office”… if you get my drift. And if you do get a whiff of my drift, I apologize a thousand Rick Astleys.
So in a less than welcoming regard, thank you Cap City for taking the time and energy to publish a blurb about a gaggle of nerds. Mom said she’s going to post this one on the fridge.
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