I do enjoy looking around the room at the subtle looks and signals given during some speakers' less than honest comments. I'm glad that the pointy hairs cannot understand nonverbal (or verbal) signals given by those who ignore them. -- anonymous feedback from a recent meeting. No, it wasnt me.
::: Tower View :::
Where Is My Hammer When I Need It?
I know that everyone isnt perfect. I dont expect people to be. What I do expect is for people to show some common sense, especially when I'm in my self-righteous mood. Which apparently is all the time.. Heh.
I cycled in a training ride this past weekend. The best part about this was that it was free and several teams participated in this event. There had to be nearly 70 cyclists, which is pretty good considering it was really a small event.
The bad part was having to put up with the poor etiquette that some of the other teams allow from their riders. Prime example was the guy riding with his headset on.
Alot of riders use headsets while cycling, myself being one of them. Granted, these are illegal by most state standards, but most riders are smart enough to use the split headsets and only using one ear bud or hang them around the neck with the sound turned up.
This bozo was using the full noise suppressing headphones that would normally be used for a home stereo system. I'm not referring to the small ones like you would see on a computer system, but the full cup, heavy headphones that professional dj's use.
What made it worse was the fact that he was weaving back and forth across the lane, blocking off the road from all the other riders.
When our team captain tried to pass him on the left like she was supposed to do, he swerved over and almost hit her. She was able to avoid him by sliding over to the left hand lane, just in time to get honked at by a car coming up behind us.
Then when she finally was able to get around him, the headset rider simply says "Oh? Was I in the way?"
Its no wonder many driver's think cyclists are stupid. We do it to ourselves.
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Test This
Hat tip: Fury. Damn we're good...
| Your IQ Is 135 |
 Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Exceptional |
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::: Out In The Yard :::
Spin picks "Ok Computer" as the best album in two decades. **cough bullsh!t cough**
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Aitor wins the Tour of Switzerland. Its amazing what adjusting your seat will do for you.
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::: Background Noise :::
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Paul Anka
With the lights out,
Less dangerous...
Here we are now,
Entertain us...
I feel stupid
And contagious
Here we are now,
Entertain us...
During lunch, Robbie and I caught Anka's performance on The View on the restaurant's tv. Anka was singing this same song in order to push his latest cd, Rock Swings.
I was curious so I ummm.. retrieved a backup version... of the cd. All I can say is that Kurt Cobain must be rolling in his grave.
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* Days go by
* And still I think of you
* Days when I couldnt live
* My life without you
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