Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
check it
http://www.hulu.com/watch/107001/steal-this-film
and then go ride, its going to be a gorgeous weekend.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Be weary of intersections....
.... even when you have the green light, since there may be a giant white 80's Caprice Classic flying through the very same intersection against a/their red light.
this in turn may/will cause your asshole to pucker tighter than someone with a really tiny asshole, while you yell fruitlessly.
and as the car passes, a dumb-struck 'oh-shit' look grows on the drivers face.
you may even see this car again just a few blocks later. and against your better judgement, decide to chase them down and let them know how much of an incredibly fucking stupid, reckless, piece of shit they are.
the nice thing though, is that the beer in your fridge will taste just that much better.
be safe out their people
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
HFF-13
In summary, to quote a bearded nun:
"1) Patty should quit her job along with all other endeavors that don't involve carmel making.
2) Never bet a food service worker that she can not identify what a costume is that has to do with food.
3) Never try to pop a wheelie at 2:02 am at the corner of 2nd and 2nd on the day the clocks reset, because your chain will snap and you will have to scooter yourself home.
4) People are incredibly reluctant to accept baked goods from nuns with a five o'clock shadow, particularly if said nun is trying to give away 700 cookies, because that is just way too many damn cookies.
5) People are not, however, reluctant to exclaim the various sexual acts they have always dreamed of performing on a nun.
6) When you can't find your gloves check your pockets first.
7) Unless they are made with pot or mushrooms 700 cookies are just too damn many cookies.
8) You can NOT steer a tandem from the rear seat, even if you can turn the handle bar. Actually, turning the handle bars makes things worse.
9) When walking up and down muddy creek beds in the dark, take baby steps in case it is slippery or let Clay go ahead of you so you can tell the slick spots based on where he falls down.
10) Anything more the 700 cookies is just way too many damn cookies.
Those of you that were in attendance likely learned these lesson's with me or in some cases because of me. Hopefully, those of you that missed out can learn from my mistakes. I'm already working on an alternative to cookies for next year so far jello shots and homemade burritos is the lead contender. So we may finnally find out if there truely is always room for jello. I should mention the 11th lesson I learned from our own Stevie Bergman was that I have some pretty horrible ideas. "
more from the folks at 'we walk st.p'
Sunday, November 1, 2009
hmm
Depression link to processed food
Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.
What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.
Data on diet among 3,500 middle-aged civil servants was compared with depression five years later, the British Journal of Psychiatry reported.
The team said the study was the first to look at the UK diet and depression.
“ The UK population is consuming less nutritious, fresh produce and more saturated fats and sugars ”
Dr Andrew McCulloch, Mental Health Foundation
Dr Andrew McCulloch, Mental Health Foundation
They split the participants into two types of diet - those who ate a diet largely based on whole foods, which includes lots of fruit, vegetables and fish, and those who ate a mainly processed food diet, such as sweetened desserts, fried food, processed meat, refined grains and high-fat dairy products.
After accounting for factors such as gender, age, education, physical activity, smoking habits and chronic diseases, they found a significant difference in future depression risk with the different diets.
Those who ate the most whole foods had a 26% lower risk of future depression than those who at the least whole foods.
By contrast people with a diet high in processed food had a 58% higher risk of depression than those who ate very few processed foods.
Mediterranean diet
Although the researchers cannot totally rule out the possibility that people with depression may eat a less healthy diet they believe it is unlikely to be the reason for the findings because there was no association with diet and previous diagnosis of depression.
Study author Dr Archana Singh-Manoux pointed out there is a chance the finding could be explained by a lifestyle factor they had not accounted for.
"There was a paper showing a Mediterranean diet was associated with a lower risk of depression but the problem with that is if you live in Britain the likelihood of you eating a Mediterranean diet is not very high.
"So we wanted to look at bit differently at the link between diet and mental health."
It is not yet clear why some foods may protect against or increase the risk of depression but scientists think there may be a link with inflammation as with conditions such as heart disease.
Dr Andrew McCulloch, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: "This study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health.
"Major studies like this are crucial because they hold the key to us better understanding mental illness."
He added people's diets were becoming increasingly unhealthy.
"The UK population is consuming less nutritious, fresh produce and more saturated fats and sugars.
"We are particularly concerned about those who cannot access fresh produce easily or live in areas where there are a high number of fast food restaurants and takeaways."
Margaret Edwards, head of strategy at the mental health charity SANE, said: "Physical and mental health are closely related, so we should not be too surprised by these results, but we hope there will be further research which may help us to understand more fully the relationship between diet and mental health."
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
right smack dab on the head....
Monday, October 12, 2009
goggles....
... wish i had worn them today. it may only be mid-october, but it looks like late november.
thinking i may get a whistle, had one truck and one car pull out in front of me on my way in this morning.
thinking i may get a whistle, had one truck and one car pull out in front of me on my way in this morning.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
2 months?!
After two months of 'nada', I'm hoping there aren't any grand expectations for what might be spouted on this here 'webloggery'.
summer's flying, but my cohorts and i have managed to do a decent job of avoiding the bummer life, if i may borrow the term.
there are a bunch of photos in the following...the climbing pics were stolen from Patty, the Bergman's, and Mrs Austin.
all the good photos from the Chippewa triathlon came from my buddy Tony.
enjoy!
Kelly demonstrating "how its done"
Steph laying it back
andrea (above) steve (below) - this ceiling/balcony/whatever gave us all trouble
Patricia not seeming terribly convinced
Kelly playing in the fire
Jared stomping it out
The next few are from the Chippewa Triathlon. Now, i'm no 'triathlete' by any stretch of the word, but a co-worker asked me if i'd like to do the bike portion as part of a relay. It sounded like a good time so I said "Sure!"
It turned out to be an awesome time, and we managed to take 3rd in our division (competitive relay). The "mountain bike" course had a bit of everything, which made for an exciting and challenging 28 mile ride. What made it even more challening was the rain we had gotten the night before, and sporadically during the race. Tons of mud, sand, some single track, about 9 miles of paved trail, most of which ran through the Chippewa National Forest.
Am hoping we get the same team back again next year.
i'll let the photos talk now....
This is the switch-off point between the canoe and bike portion of the race.
It was cool out, about 50, but that was for the best. I was so anxious i was taking a piss
about every 5 minutes.
The first canoers in
me coming into the bike finish... i dont think i was smiling.... the last 4 miles i had been chasing a dude i couldn't catch. my comp said i was going ~26 mph, and i wasn't gaining any ground. but after riding that hard through that gnarly of terrain for two hours, i shouldn't be too suprised.
this dude came in shortly after i did
washing off the 'check and her new wheels. rick was a bit nervous about me running
new parts for a race, but i told him we had nothing to worry about. Thanks Jim!
Tony taking off for the run
Tony finishing the 7 mile run in 46 minutes. it was the farthest he had ever run.
Rick enjoying the northern minnesota sun
gathering wood after the potluck
And a random photo, just to remind you how awesome cargo bikes are.
summer's flying, but my cohorts and i have managed to do a decent job of avoiding the bummer life, if i may borrow the term.
there are a bunch of photos in the following...the climbing pics were stolen from Patty, the Bergman's, and Mrs Austin.
all the good photos from the Chippewa triathlon came from my buddy Tony.
enjoy!
Kelly demonstrating "how its done"
Steph laying it back
andrea (above) steve (below) - this ceiling/balcony/whatever gave us all trouble
Patricia not seeming terribly convinced
Kelly playing in the fire
Jared stomping it out
The next few are from the Chippewa Triathlon. Now, i'm no 'triathlete' by any stretch of the word, but a co-worker asked me if i'd like to do the bike portion as part of a relay. It sounded like a good time so I said "Sure!"
It turned out to be an awesome time, and we managed to take 3rd in our division (competitive relay). The "mountain bike" course had a bit of everything, which made for an exciting and challenging 28 mile ride. What made it even more challening was the rain we had gotten the night before, and sporadically during the race. Tons of mud, sand, some single track, about 9 miles of paved trail, most of which ran through the Chippewa National Forest.
Am hoping we get the same team back again next year.
i'll let the photos talk now....
This is the switch-off point between the canoe and bike portion of the race.It was cool out, about 50, but that was for the best. I was so anxious i was taking a piss
about every 5 minutes.
The first canoers in
me coming into the bike finish... i dont think i was smiling.... the last 4 miles i had been chasing a dude i couldn't catch. my comp said i was going ~26 mph, and i wasn't gaining any ground. but after riding that hard through that gnarly of terrain for two hours, i shouldn't be too suprised.
this dude came in shortly after i did
washing off the 'check and her new wheels. rick was a bit nervous about me runningnew parts for a race, but i told him we had nothing to worry about. Thanks Jim!
Tony taking off for the run
Tony finishing the 7 mile run in 46 minutes. it was the farthest he had ever run.
Rick enjoying the northern minnesota sun
gathering wood after the potluck
And a random photo, just to remind you how awesome cargo bikes are.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
this is what...
$130 worth of groceries looks like on an xtracycle......
this is what it looks like on the ground.....
not REALLY my bad, when i lifted the bags out of the right freeloader, the kickstand sunk straight into ground.
do yourself a favor and read the next post
this is what it looks like on the ground.....
not REALLY my bad, when i lifted the bags out of the right freeloader, the kickstand sunk straight into ground.do yourself a favor and read the next post
http://twincities.indymedia.org
Where there's smoke....
Anarchism after the RNC
I.
We've got the numbers, they've got the guns..
Our chants reverberated under the St. Paul skyway. The 2008 RNC protests were underway, the culmination of two years of anarchist/anti-authoritarian organizing materializing before our eyes. For once, we were many, and they were few... or maybe not. With 3500 cops and an uncounted number of National Guardsmen and Secret Service agents on the streets, this time they had both the guns and the numbers.
Overwhelming force was only one element of the state's repression strategy. The main hub of direct action coordination– the RNC Welcoming Committee– had been infiltrated by at least one undercover cop and two paid informants almost a year prior. On Friday night, the hammer came down with a raid on the St. Paul Convergence Center. Cops busted in the doors with guns drawn, forcing about 100 people to the ground, zip-tying them, and then photographing everyone and taking IDs. What a start to the weekend...
The next morning, I got a call from a friend alerting me that the cops were raiding anarchist houses across south Minneapolis. Eventually, four houses had been raided, and eight members of the Welcoming Committee jailed.
Over the next week, over 800 people would be arrested in conjunction with the protests. Many would be injured by rubber bullets, concussion grenades, tear gas, pepper spray, and other weaponry. The state imposed a high cost on expressing dissent....
rest HERE....
Anarchism after the RNC
I.
We've got the numbers, they've got the guns..
Our chants reverberated under the St. Paul skyway. The 2008 RNC protests were underway, the culmination of two years of anarchist/anti-authoritarian organizing materializing before our eyes. For once, we were many, and they were few... or maybe not. With 3500 cops and an uncounted number of National Guardsmen and Secret Service agents on the streets, this time they had both the guns and the numbers.
Overwhelming force was only one element of the state's repression strategy. The main hub of direct action coordination– the RNC Welcoming Committee– had been infiltrated by at least one undercover cop and two paid informants almost a year prior. On Friday night, the hammer came down with a raid on the St. Paul Convergence Center. Cops busted in the doors with guns drawn, forcing about 100 people to the ground, zip-tying them, and then photographing everyone and taking IDs. What a start to the weekend...
The next morning, I got a call from a friend alerting me that the cops were raiding anarchist houses across south Minneapolis. Eventually, four houses had been raided, and eight members of the Welcoming Committee jailed.
Over the next week, over 800 people would be arrested in conjunction with the protests. Many would be injured by rubber bullets, concussion grenades, tear gas, pepper spray, and other weaponry. The state imposed a high cost on expressing dissent....
rest HERE....
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The People's Bailout: A May Day Speech*
By Paul Street
..... {rest HERE}
I'd like to thank Wild Rose Rebellion and others who participated in planing this May Day event for inviting me to speak on this day that so few Americans have been allowed to know as the original labor day, born right here in the United States in connection with the struggle for the Eight Hour Day - for a human work day.
TIME, DEMOCRACY, AND CAPITALISM
You know, if you go back and look at the original arguments that working people and their organizations - unions - made for shorter hours, you find something very interesting. They didn't just talk about the physical and psychological and family problems that came with constant overwork under the control of their bosses. They didn't just talk about the fact that the bosses cheated them out of extra hours and minutes every day. They didn't just talk about how shorter hours would mean spreading out the work which would mean more jobs and thus less unemployment and poverty for working people.
They talked about all of that but that also said two others things that are worth remember and reflecting upon today. First, they argued that you can't have a democracy if people don't have the time to participate in it. They said that the democratic promises of the American Revolution didn't mean anything for people who are denied the free time and the energy to study and discuss and organize and form associations about the great issues of the day.
..... {rest HERE}
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Why Ride?
This is why....
the 'check on her first off-road excursion
@ Battle Creek
'roller on the bridge at sunset
minneapplenuts in the background
Rachel's spoke card
days like those more than make up for the shitty stuff....
bikes are freedom, get some ;)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
z whore
i know, i know, "get another news source already", but i'm a creature of habit.
JUST READ IT ;)
-c
"...It is the elite that have caused the crisis..."
JUST READ IT ;)
-c
"...It is the elite that have caused the crisis..."
The Global Economic Crisis and the Fourth World War
April 16, 2009
By Shawn Hattingh
Shawn Hattingh's ZSpace Page
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For the last three decades a vicious war, the Fourth World War, has been waged on the people of the world by the global political and corporate elite[i]. They have unleashed a whole array of economic weapons, from trade liberalisation to privatisation to financial liberalisation, to enrich themselves at the expense of the vast majority of people. As part of this onslaught, welfare systems have been attacked, workers rights have been undermined, and environmental legislation has been savaged. The aim of all of these measures was to spread capitalism into every aspect of people's lives. Everything, including culture, social relations, the environment, water and even air were turned into commodities to be bought and sold. While the richest 400 people on Earth used this system to amass vast amounts of money (more money than the poorest 3 billion people combined), over 18 million people died every year for the last 20 years because of poverty[ii]. When people protested that all of this inequality and deprivation were unfair - and demanded that people should be provided with quality education, quality healthcare, food, and clean water; they were told by the elite not to be ridiculous. In fact, people were simply told that no-one had the money to provide such ‘luxuries' as food, quality healthcare and quality education. Yet, when some of the largest companies got into trouble in the last 20 years, states have rushed to bail them out. For instance, when the savings & loan debacle erupted during the Bush Snr years, the US government spent at least $ 200 billion in public money bailing out some of the corporations involved[iii]. At very the same time, Bush Snr and then Clinton were working hard to attack the poor through cutting welfare. Such is the world we have come to live in. It is a world where profits have been privatised for the rich, while losses and misery have been socialized for the poor - a world of the Fourth World War.
Rest HERE.
Rest HERE.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Nationalization
"The second type of nationalization is what the establishment equates with Armageddon: the state seizing control over key institutions and running them to the benefit of the majority of the population. Of course, such a nationalization would likely never occur under the kind of state structure that is currently in place. It could only happen as the result of a mass movement demanding its implementation.
the rest here
ZNet
Sunday, April 12, 2009
photo dump
A few photos have been snapped lately with the intention of creating individual posts....but I never got around to it. so here's everything..... ;)
first off, Steph's new bike.....
(and she actually enjoys riding this one!)
another craigslist score. I swapped out the seat and pedals with those on her other bike, wrapped the bars in new tape, put on some fenders, new tubes, a set of used, but quite nice, Continental touring tires I got (along w/ the rest of the gear) from the fine people at Express Bike for $12, a new headlight and u-lock to boot. it came with the rack and "brifters"
next up is a quick lesson I learned today about cantilever brake adjustment.... here is how the F/R brakes on the cross check were setup from the shop....(this doesnt work that well) but according to a few peeps i've asked at various establishments, this is correct (note the ~90 degree bend angle of the cross-wire), and i'm told thats about all the braking performance you can expect from canti's. i thought that was a load of B/S.
I thought that the pull from the yoke should be more perpendicular in relation to wheel sidewall (braking surface) so i lowered the yoke, and shortend the link-wire. Also added Salsa's 50mm wide hanger. this setup brings this rig to a halt in short order.
next up is Jared's new Traveler's Check frameset, just outta the box from CRC w/ Chris King headset courtesy Hurldago.....
J, posing next to the xtra bringin' his baby home
My man Justin was in town saving the day again at the twinkies opener....
and semi-lastly, i'm all for more people commuting to work and all by bicycle, but when its not even april, and only 20 degrees outside, this is the last thing I expect to see. I might propose that those who commute via two-wheels year round get their own personal rack outside ;) (did i mention that this was at 7:20am to boot?)
wanted to make it climbing today, but didn't. last night went too late.
ALSO.... a word up for my man Ant. phucker kept the rubber side down despite some fascist-redneck-POS-pickup driving-ass hat clipped him w/ the sideview.
if you ever see a motorist do this to another human being, hold them in one spot till the cyclist catches up so she/he can promptly knock their fucking teeth out with their u-lock.
have a wonderful week.
first off, Steph's new bike.....
(and she actually enjoys riding this one!)
another craigslist score. I swapped out the seat and pedals with those on her other bike, wrapped the bars in new tape, put on some fenders, new tubes, a set of used, but quite nice, Continental touring tires I got (along w/ the rest of the gear) from the fine people at Express Bike for $12, a new headlight and u-lock to boot. it came with the rack and "brifters"
next up is a quick lesson I learned today about cantilever brake adjustment.... here is how the F/R brakes on the cross check were setup from the shop....(this doesnt work that well) but according to a few peeps i've asked at various establishments, this is correct (note the ~90 degree bend angle of the cross-wire), and i'm told thats about all the braking performance you can expect from canti's. i thought that was a load of B/S.
I thought that the pull from the yoke should be more perpendicular in relation to wheel sidewall (braking surface) so i lowered the yoke, and shortend the link-wire. Also added Salsa's 50mm wide hanger. this setup brings this rig to a halt in short order.
next up is Jared's new Traveler's Check frameset, just outta the box from CRC w/ Chris King headset courtesy Hurldago.....
J, posing next to the xtra bringin' his baby home
My man Justin was in town saving the day again at the twinkies opener....
and semi-lastly, i'm all for more people commuting to work and all by bicycle, but when its not even april, and only 20 degrees outside, this is the last thing I expect to see. I might propose that those who commute via two-wheels year round get their own personal rack outside ;) (did i mention that this was at 7:20am to boot?)
wanted to make it climbing today, but didn't. last night went too late.
ALSO.... a word up for my man Ant. phucker kept the rubber side down despite some fascist-redneck-POS-pickup driving-ass hat clipped him w/ the sideview.
if you ever see a motorist do this to another human being, hold them in one spot till the cyclist catches up so she/he can promptly knock their fucking teeth out with their u-lock.
have a wonderful week.
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