CUTTERS!

hmmm...I'll take a stab...
Orc #3: "We bin eatin maggoty bread for 3 stinkin days!"
Orc mob: "Yaaaarrrr!"
Orc #5: "Legs? Wot 'bout them? He don't need his [goat] legs?"

oh, and wednesday, it seems, is the winter solstice. so, come celebrate the shortest day of the year. i think there will be plenty of us. game on.

7pm, home base. (not sherwood!)

Cool, we should go and perform a pagan ritual at the local obelisk

Did some one say, We should partake in the "sacrificing of a goat"

no more sacrifing goats until you finish the last goat!

New Year's Day - originally on the Winter Solstice, New years was considered the most powerful time for divination. A traditional New Year's divination was called podbljunaja (powd-blyew-NIE-ya) or "under the plate".

Podbljudnaja - (Pohd-blyood-NIE-ya) - "Under the Plate"

This form of divination should be done on Koliada and New Year's only. Each person takes a ring off their finger and places it into a bowl filled with water. A plate covers the bowl and songs are sung over it. At the end of each song, a ring is pulled out and the fate that the song is believed to apply to the owner of that ring.

so who is bringing the nomad and little speakers, i need drinks and music to sing.

Unless I can perform these rituals whilst riding I am staying inside with warm rum......yum.

edit: This one is for Chimbly, butter to rum ratio of 1:3

i think we should go back to the ellipse, we left as soon as i handed off travel scrabble last time.

and, on a completely non-winter-related, 6-months-away note...

we were talking about the iowa ride. here it is:
https://www.ragbrai.org/
this is the biggest freaking mardi-gras-county-fair-on-wheels featuring beer gardens in every town and a strict carry-your-own-koozie policy. lunch is pastafari, pork chop guy, or whateverthelocalchurchladies made, and there's pie galore. i'd be willing to do it again, that's for sure.

no need to make decisions until mid-March. but if you're planning your '06 vacation time, it's worth considering.

Damn that looks awesome. I already have a wedding to go to in Norfolk(UK) what a shame, but it is genuine pirate country Yarrr! Mondays suck and I need to ride today.

speaking of pie,,,

i just finished my second plate of hot apple pie and vanilla ice cream
oh my god it was good
i think i'm going to go back and grab a couple of those double chocolate chip cookies

hooray for holiday parties at work!!!!

ps
1400 I is where its at!
and I'm a huge fat ass.

Chimbly...I've been thinking about this one. I'll be in Madison then, so it's definitely a possibility. Want to do it fixed? Do you even own any gears?

--ninjacat

yes you are

Gosh, I must be the worst neighbor ever!

The party was great! THE PIES were yummy. the recycling bind overflowed w empty cans and bottles, the goat was and still is delicious (apparently we didn't cut into the really tender parts).

I'll be in Asia for 3 weeks, so my poor neighbors will have some rest. Chimbly, if you can take charge of the Mallets while I am gone?

But on the serious note: let's keep the noise and drinking INSIDE from now on. I really need to be a good neighbor and don't ever want another cop incident

Cheers

sorry BBike, no keys found as of yet, but your flipper is here

sure, i'll take the mallets. lemme know when to grab 'em.

today on my lunch break...
fixed/brakeless/celeste tires
https://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?65238+0+0

Those bars are sweet.

i'd rock those, seriously anybody want to bend me up some cubist bars like that?

I think they are solid cast iron bars...

like 53-7 gear ratio too.

Between Christoph + Feininger, i think i just came up with a name for my bike...Blaue Reiter!

OK I am heading to Hains Point tonight because I hear thats where all the cool kids hang out and I really want to be cool too. Maybe see some people there....let me know.

Probably get there about 6 and will ride until my legs turn into Jelly

word, nick. I'll check it out. What time you gonna be there?

ninja