Posts Tagged as ‘bikes’

November 23, 2009

The Great Turkey Chase

Dear besties, On a normal Saturday in November, I’d be sitting on the couch, twiddling my thumbs and cursing myself for ever moving to this god forsaken land of Canada Minor. But this past Saturday, I got up off my fat duff and did something productive — I rode in the second annual Great Turkey [...]

October 26, 2009

Why Do People Hate Safety? Or, How I Spent My Friday Night

Dear besties, Recently, I’ve been asking myself the question in this post’s title. Why do people hate safety? What is so offensive about trying to be safe and not die a bloody, mangled mess? Perhaps I should explain what I’m talking about. For the past couple months, the GF and I have been volunteering for [...]

June 7, 2009

Kids Today, or alternatively, Why I’m Never Having Any

Dear besties, Let’s bypass the whole “I’m sorry I haven’t written in a while” spiel. You and I both know I have more important things to do than write blog posts, like pick my toenail lint while waxing philosophical about geopolitics. And I know you have more important things to do than read what I [...]

October 1, 2008

Mud, Sweat and Tears

I’m going to tell you all a little story about a small personal triumph. I know that makes most of you want to stop reading and go barf somewhere, but I promise it’ll be mildly entertaining. But before we begin, I need to introduce you to the cast of characters: Lea- the pro Becca- the [...]