People, for the most part, enjoy bad news or discussing the negative aspect of things. It gets old fast. There are new times ahead, yet there seems to be this aire about here that denotes the desire to harken back or flatline in the now.
Here it is. A new time and age. Something that should always be. Give Thanks.

1. TiP - for the Armenian coffee. It hits the spot after 2 hrs of sleep then 8 hours of teaching.
2. s_9 told me about Blackfelt's Sunday jazz show - thanks!
3. Don Walker - who else buys house furniture from a liquor store?
4. Msngr - who else drops vital ounces of hair for the sake of humor?
5. Tomity and Ceya - knowledge.
6. the Chicago riders. blood is thicker...
7. The folks in CA - from Telegraph to Market to Sunset, it is always fun.
8. Marcus at Yojimbo's and John at Businesscycles. They both put "FUN" back in "I spend too much FU**ing moNey at bike stores."
9. Anyone who posts in here thanking someone else for their help or the like.

Give thanks.

10. thanks to the dudes at the LBS for being the **** and dealing with my ridiculous requests for parts without any whining ... and not making me put down deposits.

11. j. who none of you know but who makes me happy
12. good beer, and burritos, and the smell of roasting pork
13. sunrise over the bay and burning quads as you shout over the crest
14. spds, and the direct connection to the asphalt
15. chicago, with the windy lakefront, good bars, and really really good crew
16. msngr, 'cause yeah, he rocks
17. women on bikes
18. travis at freewheel, and everyone in sf knows why
19. everyone here who posts and teaches and learns
20. lugged, butted, seamless steel tubing

thanks to you, 165, for telling it like it is.
and thanks to EVERYONE who rides ANY KIND of bike ANYWHERE (except for bike cops), just for being part of something awesome and crucial.
thanks to thin lizzy, leatherface, the minutemen, captain beyond and s.t.r.e.e.t.s. for keeping me stoked.
thanks to good local microbrewries for weaning me off the king cobra habit for not much more $.
thanks to friends and family.
there's a lot more....

sorry for breaking the chain.... that was 20 - 25....

26. so. cal. mexican food
27. well-designed, well-built things, bike related or not
28. husker du

all for now.

29. for meeting a lot of awesome folks!

30. Thanks for the smiles I get from my kids when I get home from another day at work where morale has been in the toilet since 400 people have been outsourced to IBM.
31. Thanks for having a job at IBM and not being laid off.

32. my mom for the rice crispy treat heart
33. mike for the sewing machine
34. niles at recycled for countless awesome things.
35. mexican food
36. lex for introducing me to rogue deadguy ale and the frame
37. GHS for not busting us yet
38. Withnail for the bed (dude, check your pm)
39. gator beverage for having $.75 yuengling tallboys
40. to gwen for the vegan lasagna. mmmh
41. Everyone here who contributes knowledge

42. Sheldon Brown

thanks for comin' out to the Lakeside on New Years Eve Eve and saying hello.

Thanks to Comte Mede de Sivrac and Baron Karl Drais von Sauerbronn

thanks to everyone on the forums for...

-teaching me things about velo
-distracting me from work
-meeting cool ass people to ride with and hang out
-giving me a source of venting

Thanks to Karl Von Drais

Number whatever.
The sun was shining today, and promises to shine tomorrow. The Camellias are now in blossom. I have an appointment for my annual haircut tommorow at 1.

Thanks to for good friends who don't mind meeting up early in the day to "go for a ride" but then spend a good portion of the day sitting around drinking coffee and talking about bikes instead.

Thanks for people who have no agenda and no expectations, but just are.

To the dude at Slippery Pig who straightened my fork on Tuesday.

To Surly for making a frame that survives my inattentive dip into a pothole at 20mph.

To Giro for manufacturing the comfortable, inoffensive helmet that I now wear as a result of this dip.

To my son for reminding me why I ought to have been wearing a helmet in the first place.



To Mother Nature for the damp, overcast day on Thursday.

To my father-in-law for buying dinner and (copious) drinks tonight.

i would like to second, third and fourth number 18.

sun for shining when it does

rain for making the streets reflective and another way to watch out for cars.

LeWhiteRabbit for being ****ing awesome, as well as eating cake frosting straight from the can with me.

james joyce for writing my favorite book.

portland for being rad.

stumptown for good, cheap coffee.

triple crown market for $1.89 40oz bottles of magnum.

also thankful for the wide varieties of food that there are to eat. yum. thai, sushi, pizza, taquerias like king burrito or javier's

portland for having places like those taquerias, lots of bike riders, places like the avalon theater, arcades with alcohol, a sushi restaurant with a train that brings you food, a sushi buffet, pizza places like rovente's, bella faccia, pizza schmizza, and pizzicato. and bars like the matador, tennessee reds, capt. ankeny's, the yamhill pub, the alberta street pub, the twilight bar...breakfast places like fuller's and the 24 hour hotcake house. freight train yards with holes in the fence where i can watch trains pass from close up. cool people, good social activities, zoobombers, chunk 666, the clown house, pedalpalooza, the portland bike ensemble, the sprockettes, good microbrews and plenty of pabst, too.

i wish gator bev had the $.75 yuengling tallboys when i was living up there! damn!

- [165] - for the positivity
- BF FG/SS - for countless questions answered
- philadelphia - for cheesesteaks, yuengling & pretzels
- TLA video - for being open until midnight 365 days/year

138. 7inchpunk.com
139. ex-10th and dunn
140. shants, tea bag, juvi-style and other party peoples
141. the snooze button
142. the font 'ballpark weiner'

i'd like to thank god for, like, being god. oh, and for making diamonds. and big houses. and ferraris, they're neat. and bling, god got my bling yo. and mans asses, i like slapping them, thank him again! god put me here and made me good at what I do. not m y parents, or genes....only god. oh yeah, thank god for apple bottoms. and god. without god, god wouldn't exist to make me rich and who i am today. i'd like to thank god for getting me out of the ghetto! oh yeah, shout out to aspen yo!

thanks to this forum, or else I'd ended up with a overpriced pista.
to the crew at Mike's Bikes SF for workin it.
to my SF crew, Ki and Bishop for the inspiration and talking me into this crazy brakeless world.
to the local music scene, keeping me proud. Azeem is gonna blow...can I get a f*k ya!
to the many local roads where I can sprint without fear of traffic and lights.
to all the tourists in the marina that make the live video game worthy
to being spoiled by the local food supply's
to the club scene that keeps me gainfully employed
to the greater outdoors that make life worth livin
to finding the "inward path"

you play football?

nope.