Swinging on things.

Swinging on things.

Welcome to day one hundred and something of Upsidedownbizarroworldwhatthefuckisevenhappening Land.

No, seriously. Every day is a fresh new hell, and with every piece of news that crosses my radar I think to myself "surely this has to be the thing that turns the tide. Even the most unreasonable individual has to see the absolute insanity of this", and every day I'm stunned that things are even more bananas than they were the day before.

Case in point- Over the weekend, my friend Carla had a story posted about a long-time love of mine, R.E.M., and I thought it might be nice hearing something about them to clear my mental pallet.

Alas, I was wrong;

Now, the above included video was the CBS Morning segment detailing the above included link about the band re-releasing their song 'Radio Free Europe' in order to help finance the institution which the American government has just defunded. 

I have no idea why the video was taken down.

My god, everything's so stupid.

In an attempt to move on to news of throwing whatever mud at the wall I can think of in order to stay afloat financially, how about buying yourself this fetching number for any an all formal or informal occasions?

Want one? I got the Mob Mask V.2 for you right here.

Buy one or wait until the next thing.

In other news relating to sitting on a pile of dirt and losing my cares if even for a moment, I present to you this;

 

On this day I unfortunately left my little sandwich bag of 24th scale miniatures at home, but I'll likely do a recreation of this clip with them included soon.

Any way you slice it you can never go wrong with Monster Magnet though.

Transitioning away from that distraction to another one, I wanted to ask folks if they drive a pickup with a camper shell, and a bike rack, and have been stymied by the fact that you can't drop the tailgate. In the 2018s or so, I certainly was, so I bought an item called a swing hitch, which I ended up selling when I got my popup camper. 

Upon recently retrieving my hardshell again I realized if I need to get into the back of my truck, and I don't want my tail gate getting screwed up leaning on the rack, I was going to have to reinvest in that previously procured hardware. Thankfully Yakima came through for me in a big way;

How cool is that? If you feel like a swing hitch might make your life easier, go give Yakima a look-see.

Also, I should mention I get no kickback or whatever from Yakima on the mention. They just did me an industry solid, and this particular accessory has made my considerably easier, and if it makes my life easier, maybe one might do the same for somebody else.

Real quick, I'm going to mention that I got as heads up from Hodala Sally about a ride they were doing called Quatro Demario, in which they ride to every Mario's Pizza location and eat a slice. Last year there were five locations, and a couple of people ate six slices just out of spite. This year we went to four locations, and I only ate three slices but concluded it with two hamburgers, which you can do when you ride about 40 miles, which of course is a lie and I'll probably have a heart attack before the conclusion of today's post. 

For those who might be curious what it looked like, I got you covered here;
They were the best of times, and they were the heart-burniest of times.
The moral of the story is go ride bikes with your friends. 
In all of the change and turmoil in the world, at least we still have that.

Finally, as I have tended to do these last couple of years, here's one hundred and Lyle Alzadoth episode of Revolting;
It's the swinginest.
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2 comments

I gotta drive a couple’a days to drink a Hamm’s- but it’s worth it.

Rutter

The word “hell” is thrown about like the orca and the hapless harbour seal. That’s what PNW people think staring into the gloom over their oatmilk lattes of hellish things perhaps. Change is constant like “gravel” bikes being hardtail 29ers for these riders with the painted on kit. And so on. Life should be so interesting.

Jose Marin

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