The times they are a changin'

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The BABE is looking around at the Cooler Buddy Blog.


BABE
This is quite a blog you got here,
man. Completely unspoiled.


FRANK
What's your drink, BABE?


BABE
White Russian, thanks. How's the
boozing business, Frank?


FRANK
I wouldn't know, BABE. I deal in
Cycling, exercise, advocacy, and--


BABE
Which one was the last Pi Ride?


FRANK
Regrettably, it's true, standards
have fallen in our bicycling events.
It's this bar I have, BABE. Now that I have
another job, I can’t afford the time to invest
in BABE meetings, phone calls, email
distribution lists and in-depth blog postings
to get people interested in our rides.


He taps his laptop with one finger.


FRANK
People forget that the computer is the
biggest communication device--


BABE
For you, maybe.


He hands him the drink.


FRANK
Of course, you do get the good with
the bad. The new technology permits
us to do exciting things with
member communications with postings and text
messages. Wave of the future, BABE. 100%
electronic.


BABE
Uh-huh. Well, I still communicate
manually.


FRANK
Of course you do. I can see you're
anxious for me to get to the point.
Well BABE, here it is. When’s the next ride?


BABE
I thought you might know, man.


FRANK
Me? How would I know? The only
reason I ever know any of the rides is
because either I schedule them, or someone
calls me on the phone. But now, with
Facebook, anyone can schedule a ride and
everyone who’s in the Facebook Group will know
about it.






Okay, you get the idea… so go out and join Facebook, if you haven’t already, and start posting your rides and communicating with all. I hope it’ll help get everyone talking again, and keep so much being channeled through me, who simply doesn’t have the time he used to.






Ride on,
Frank


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Pi Rides R Back - Tuesday, January 19, 2010

I took off some time for the Pi Rides over the holidays, and again this week due to a very large project I was working on here at the, uh, facility.  Anyway, I'm ready for another Pi Ride, and in keeping the spirit of the Pi, want it to be in a place which I've never ridden.

The ride starts from here at 7pm this coming Tuesday, January 19, 2010...


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I don't expect it to be a long ride.  Hey, it's winter.  It's cold.  It's dark.  We're far way from home.  But you know what?  It'll be fun, I know that.

Let freedom ring!
Frank

Six Years

Six years ago, on a cold dark night, the BABE club was born, beneath a neon light.

Though the pace of our activities have slowed, it's a fine feeling to know we're still doing it. We're getting older, but we're still getting out there, laughing, sweating, drinking, shocking some, enticing others. The spirit and the idea, remain.  Countless have fought it, many have died for it.

I just want it to ring.  Forever.  Freedom.

The peaceful battle continues...

Frank

Happy New Year

It hurt today.  It felt great today.

More miles in Twenty Ten.  But perhaps not for a few days.  Brrrrrrrrr.

Frank

New Year's Day Ride - 2010

Weather's looking sufficiently cold enough to get a ride in on New Year's Day, if anyone is up for it.

Let's meet at same place as last year, Brady's Run arboretum parking lot at 11am. 

Come out, don't be baaaaaaashful!

I think she's startin' to turn....

"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are."
~ H.L. Mencken

Even before reading all of the Mencken quotes here and here (most of which I have long since subscribed, even before being aware of the man), I felt this quite strongly...

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
           ~ H. L. Mencken

It is nice, from time to time, to stumble upon wisdom, you know to be true.  Have I become a cynic?  You're damn right I have.


Christmas has past, and all I think about is the real meaning.  What Jesus did to offer hope for mankind to free himself from oppression.

I posted this link on Facebook and got not a single comment.  Not one. I doubt anyone even read it, and if they did, and understood it, how could one not comment?  Must have been too busy shopping.  For those of us with who understand Mencken, who understand Thoreau, it may even make us weep.

In Hoc Anno Domini
So the light came into the world.

What have we done?  Dear God, what have we done?

Merry Christmas! - A North Pole Pie

Krampus with your nose so bright, won't you guide my bike tonight!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - A North Pole Pie - Meet here and be ready to eat, drink, and be scary!

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