The Water Has Passed Beneath Us

“Can’t complain…Look where I am today
Can’t complain…I have lived several lifetimes in the search for my own
Can’t complain…I am charming and handsome and eloquent and false
Can’t complain…I have postponed the future while running from my past
Can’t complain…Look where I am today”

Prisoners Of Technology

"Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind."

(Henry David Thoreau)

Mama...The Italians Are Coming

Be Careful What You Wish For

Mongo is constantly amazed by how far reaching my "juice" actually goes. It's one thing that my little blip of a blog has been viewed in sixty five countries and over seven hundred cities around the world (Thank you to all who have stumbled in the door)...but now I have the ability to affect the weather with my words. Imagine Al Roker as one of the X-Men.

A little over a week ago, in a quip, I lamented my wish to go snowboarding...but due to a lack of snow and the fact that I don't know how to snowboard, I went skateboarding instead. Well, guess what? Yesterday, after years without anything substantial, it snowed like a mofo here in Atlanta...and I went snowboarding...kind of.

I have an 8.5x32 blank deck that I'm waiting to build up...eventually...but I used it as a snowboard on my driveway. I was ripping!

Big Fish Small Pond

It's no Tour of Qatar, but Tom Boonen claimed his first non-Arabian win of the season at the Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne.

These Belgian mini-classics all kind of run together and team dynamics are often thrown out the window in favor of hometown interests...but somebody's gotta win.

BTW...Jeremy Hunt is a crazy(literally) looking f****r!

Black And White Gnar

Leonard Oglethorpe was putting in a strong second run until his tasseled loafers slipped off the pedals while attempting a Rodeo-Air.

Someone Else's Atrocious Stories

"What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us."

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

A Kings Mountain View

Man...If I didn't hate pretty much "everything" about Cervelo and their douchebaggy culture, I really could see myself supporting the new Cervelo Test Team. They've got a great mix of riders, and are already a serious threat in any Grand Tour for stage wins and GC podiums...And most importantly, my nominee for "Kit Of The Year".

Comeback cyclist of the year so far, Thor Hushovd, in the first of the Spring Classics, wins a very "crashy" Omloop Het Nieuwsblad...Formerly, the much easier to pronounce, Omloop Het Volk.

Just The Tip...Just For A Second

Bangers And Mash

Mongo may have found his new future wife. Continuing with my fetish/fascination for good looking, British, professional female cyclists, I ran across young Emma Pooley while I was perusing the Cervelo website.

Cute...Smart(Cambridge educated)...Talented(Olympic Silver medalist)...Where do I sign up?

Keyser Soze

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that white bar tape could be kept clean.

Concrete Jungle

"Troubled with the affirmation

Longing for the validation

Finding space in tight formation

Holding maps with no location"

The Natural

''When God decided to create skateboarding, he said let there be Jay Adams.''

(Stacy Peralta)