Angie and I have been on a huge stuffed peppers kick lately. You can literally put anything is a damn pepper and even making them a little more on the "unhealthy" side still ends up being low carb - which is great because she's diabetic and I'm trying not to be such a fat ass.

Tonight it was chorizo and a top secret mix of cheeses and spices. Grilled, of course.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...izopeppers.jpg

:lol: they are great. My girlfriend and I made some once and I have wanted to make them multiple times since then but she isnt so into it

i tried to eat a 12 egg omelette today and failed.

Oof. I'd most likely fail too.

I could probably eat 12 fried eggs (over hard) but add cheese and some other stuff to the mix and I don't think I'd make it.

if it was all I was eating that morning, I feel confident in my abilities to own that omelette

I was bummed about getting turned down for a job that I wanted, so I got on the bike and went out for a wandering ride through LA. About 20 miles in I got a call for an interview at another place next week.

Ride bike --> Solve all problems.

Now I'm tired and in need of much crispy Stellas and cowboy rice. Also a shower.

I ate about half of it (plus all the hashbrowns that were underneath the omelette). I think what got me was that I ate a huge bowl of Frosted Toast Crunch right before I went. Plus, I am mildly lactose intolerant so all the milk from the cereal and all the cheese from the omelette killed my stomach.

you're a big dude, you could probably do it. one of my buddies said his friend did it in 8 minutes. i would have been a lot closer to eating 3/4 of it if there wasn't so much freaking cheese on it (which was really gross when it got cold).

I got hired during a ride once. Had just CXed through Forest Park, rollin' down Thurman, was covered in mud and a friend rolls up and says, "Hey, wanna do some screenprinting? Show up here tomorrow!"

I have cut off 17 of 32 spokes on a 21 year old wheel whose spoke nipples are completely and utterly rusted, corroded, and seized to both the spokes and the rim eyelets.

Now I'm taking a break before I cut off the remaining 15 spokes.

(I am trying to salvage the hub; I'm pretty sure the rim is a lost cause.)

Were you able to lower the tension on any of the other spokes? I wonder how much stress is put on a hub when spokes at full tension are just cut.

Not in the slightest. Trying to turn the nipples (first with spoke wrenches, then with pliers) would just strip them instantly.

I tried to compensate for this by cutting the spoke with the lowest tension each time. I also cut all the spokes on one side of the hub first, so that the other side would be effectively detensioned by the time I had cut out 16 spokes (this was a suggestion from an old BF thread).

I even found familiar faces in the old threads I was looking through: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1#post10018384
Using a screwdriver was even less effective than a spoke wrench/pliers, in case you're curious. ;)

The hub seems totally fine. The rim warped noticeably when some of the spokes were cut, so I'm reluctant to try salvaging it, assuming I can even get the stupid nipples out of the eyelets. :lol:

nice, although i dont think i know what im doing with this, i tried to use a few of them and it doesnt connect after i put in the ip
/noob

I had to do the same to view the Olympics. Double check your Firefox settings?

http://technicalbliss.blogspot.com/2...h-firefox.html

If you don't want to mess with a proxy, you can try this site:

http://atdhe.eu/

From what I can tell, the Olympic events aren't always labeled. I'd use adblock on that site if you aren't already.

Tonight, I'm drinking Scotch and watching The Goonies for the first time after wandering around the new neighborhood. Good times. I don't really get the appeal of The Goonies thus far.

Also, today I realized that a road I used to ride 3-4 times a week, and was a complete mess the entire time, is now freshly paved, yet I rarely have reason to ride it these days. Super lame.

Today I woke up and went for a bike ride down some country roads. Ate some good food, spent the afternoon getting sunburnt on a boat, and then grilled some kabobs and burgers. Good day.

Today on my morning bicycle bagel run I saw a guy riding no hands while holding a college size football and waving to everyone he would see and then fake like they should "go long" so he could throw it to them. He had a cowbell tied to his saddle and at every intersection he would reach back with his one free hand and "fondle" the bell to make a little noise. He was weaving all over the place and was even riding on "under construction" roads. No hands the entire time. He might have been dancing too I couldn't really tell. 8am on a Sunday in Chicago. Never a dull moment.

Today I tried and completed my first "quicksilver" dismount. Heh. Just thought of it at the last second as I was stopping and decided to go for it.

Today I also stumbled upon a very trashy FG bike site. thefixfixfix dot com. It's weird. Softcore dirty bike girl porn, kinda sorta. I don't wanna link to it because there are some shots that show nipple here and there but yeah, not exactly sexy or anything, just strange and kinda sad. It's just (mostly) trashy women posing with FG bikes.

Today I also had an idea for a thread. A "caption of the day" thread. Someone like Carleton or Scrod or whomever would choose an image to post for the day. The rest of us have to come up with the funniest caption. Just thinkin' out loud, might be fun. Doesn't nec have to be bicycle related images.

wget

cuz I'm not ashamed to admit that I like looking at pictures of naked ladies.

Today i realized that if i dont ride to work i never fully wake up, just took a nap in my car on my lunchbreak..

Only 3 more hours to go!

ZZZzz..

I just went to thefixfixfix for the first time in ages. To my surprise, the first chick on the page is the first person I lived with when I moved to Chicago. At the time she didn't have pierced nips, and she didn't call herself Phoenix, but that's definitely her.

got the 722ts out for my early Sunday cruise/church run. man i love that thing.

i commute on a singlespeed'ed Ridley CX. i think this winter's project will be a fixed CX setup. just have to sell off the non-transferable bits from my old commuter (the 105 drivetrain Nashbar steel CX) to make room/justify it.

n+1 is a harsh mistress.....

Today I was scolded by a very unfriendly group of 50-something year old roadies (after passing all six of them on an incline) about how I am "everything that's wrong with cycling today".

Really? Everything? :lol:

Lolwut?

Today I spent several hours this morning mowing, weeding, bathing the dog, and doing various other backyard related activities. Meanwhile my husband researched how to fix our broken dryer. Sigh. Sometimes being a homeowner isn't all it's cracked up to be.

I need a beer. Preferably, a sour one.

Sour cherry?

with great evil comes great responsibility.....

like the one day i don't wear a helmet, because i just didn't feel like it, i pass about 10 roadies who all scream at me. hrumph.

Should've called. I used to repair appliances for Maytag and have Petrus and Cantillion in my fridge.

lol, obviously you encountered the authority on whats "right" on the world via 2 wheels
love people that think their opinion matters to the rest of society

also: thx LL & tomatsu, got it sorted out, now to just get home at a time before the games are done for the day