Jesus Rays
October 31, 2010
Heather Pitre photo
A journey of 10,000 beers
begins with a single schooner
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jacked
October 31, 2010
this has been the stock Halloween photo since 2007
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just so we're clear on this, are we clear on this?
October 29, 2010
PayDay is the new Friday
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Kip Winger
October 28, 2010
tolerance interval
October 28, 2010
two-for Tuesday fades into double-shot Thursdaya mild satisfaction arises from the completion of a round tripcompleting the circleRe: cycling recycling the cat food bag to clean out the litter box I love it when a plan comes together
now
let’s take a moment to consider
the strength-to-weight ratio
of a carbon fiber splinter
embedded in a human finger
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adopt a storm drain
October 26, 2010
someday a real rain will come
and silence a neglected drive train
drown it out with water or whatever
or just take the earbud volume a bit higher
as if ignoring it will make it go away
stodgy mechanics and creeping decay
it’s a few zip codes removed
from the Zen master way
but as you know it’s hard
to quiet the mind and get to work on time
in dark October predawn rides
on janky worn out bike parts
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stoned garden stoned
October 25, 2010
Monday mornings easy like
no time sensitive matters pressing
only warm sun and fresh catnip
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catawampus
October 24, 2010
clamped in the soft jaws
of a bench-mount vise
gentle yet firm
form
technique
tweaked
cranked
cat piss sustain
kitty-corner refrain
catawampus in the rain
pouring right next door
continuing on on the
coffee-beer continuum
across the street
the grass isn’t always greener
but sometimes it really is
one shoulder will always be
lower than the other
asymmetrical
peripheral
spherical
maximal surface area
piqued to pick
just one point of contact
pinpoint pretty persuasion
like a little love tap
from a deadblow hammer
consistent accuracy
precise inconsistency
after the fact quality control
can’t go back and retroact
information readily available online
like the ERD of an ME14A
I can go for that but
recycled boiled linseed oil no can do
tangible results result
hands-on production produces
an indexed feel for friction shifting
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exploded head set case
October 22, 2010
just like Justin said there's no mathematical formula it's all feel
it's hard to quantify that's why they call it intangible
can't put a price on finesse
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Newton Meter
October 21, 2010
one size fits most
October 19, 2010
taken out of context
rolling over unfamiliar asphalt
on two contact patches the size of radishes
transferred in from out of stasis
used to just riding along a long line of rote routines where
every crack every expansion joint
every pothole every pitfall
every manhole every men’s room
was predictably familiar and on schedule
opposing counsel courtesy copy to C-203
shorthand shortcut shortchange
binder clip magic tricks get old quick
figuratively literally seriously
how many roadmasters is too many
how many cans can a canner can
how many ways are there to get to 1111
especially when overcooked and crusty
Foster Peppered to taste back in 1998
but now
right here right now
bunny hopped onto another learning curve
it’s coming up sixes everywhere
half dozens visible to the naked eye
while invisible nipple drivers pop up all around
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slow leaks
October 17, 2010
I was on my third beer before you sat down in church
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check the torque
October 16, 2010
Jenny Dailey photo
Smells like Saturday
in a crisp clear cold beer Oktoberfest way
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Duck Duck Duck goose
October 15, 2010
cinder
block
side
walk
weekend
warrior
workday
can could
shall should
may might must
get there from here
round tripped with beer
we’ve all been there where we’re
good to go north by northwest
down through Cool Guy Park in the dark
in the morning watch out for that bump on the right
onto the one way past Craig’s house the wrong way
six point six six miles to the underpass
pass over piles of 16 penny nails rusty
red shifts to blue seasonal affect Doppler effect
riding waves of last night’s dinner brown bag lunch
potential energy stored up wrapped up in tinfoil
buried in the bottom of a double strap backpack
parallax error reads me on your left
inside diameter ID
o u t s i d e diameter OD
obsessive compulsive disorder OCD
attention deficit disorder whatever ADD
permissible deviation from the specification ± .003
you talking to me
aerospace industry
u n b e l i e v a b l y
strong adhesive overlap
run out bleed out poke out spoke hole
small plastic stacking buckets
hold gently used Occam’s razors
parfum de fingernail polish remover Q-tip
dab behind the ear acetone splash clean up
rough up 80 grit wet-dry sand paper
smudge in the northwest corner
hand made in Seattle one
at a time four times a day
a little bit of wiggle room
regimented time to play
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bun in oven
October 14, 2010
please take a moment to complete the following survey
take a guess
make a prediction
flip a coin
read the signs
as if stars really do align
use your words
place your bets
Is it a girl?
or
Is it a boy?
results to this point are fairly even, much like a theoretical coin toss in your probability and statistics textbook, where trends tend towards 50-50, if you ever feel like spending a weekend tossing a penny 275,000 times and tallying the results
the actual boy-or-girl thing will be revealed next week
really
what you hear me saying is
pilderwasser is an expectant father
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traffic's a real bear
October 12, 2010
What you are looking at
October 11, 2010
acetone daydream
October 10, 2010
woke up one morning and looked at the clock
noticed 13 years had passed but I was
still sitting in the same spot standing by
with more tattoos a few wrinkles around the eye
where have you been?
how long were you there?
what exactly were you doing?
what did you plan on doing after that?
feels like leaving 13 years of marriage
to reënter the dating pool
looks like leaving the witness protection program
to reënter the work force
the career path appears circular with a hole
in the middle winding back upon itself
round and round holding 120 psi
clinchers… 700 c that’s 622 bsd
winding up stepping down
transitioning from the streets
hitting the handi-ramp hard
catching some air landing who-knows-where
have to start someplace
pick a landmark on the horizon
a point of reference like the valve stem
go back two spoke holes counterclockwise
on the upstroke down by the river
I’ll meet you there where
close enough is ± .003"
just because
you can’t see it
doesn’t mean it
isn’t there
smell that smell on the breeze in the air
burning neurons
bonding lifelong connections
connect the dots
acetone daydreams fade into caffeine sleep
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former Messenger Appreciation Day
October 9, 2010
cleaned up is not the same as washed up
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laser focus splatter pattern
October 7, 2010
it’s kind of like when you’re supposed to meet a rookie for a handoff and you wonder what could possibly take them so long to make two drops and one pick at 801 2nd and meet you on the backside of 999 and then you think back to your first few days on the job when you made a drop on the 22nd floor and you had a pick on 21 so you took the stairs down one floor to find a locked door then went back up to the locked door on 22 and then found locked doors all the way down to the lobby level and finally at parking level D you found a door that exited into the alley and the fire alarm went off and the security guard tried to stop you in the lobby when you came back in to make the pick on 21 after the fire department finally shut off the false alarm and that’s why your simple pick and drop took so long
it’s kind of like at the end of the day when the amount of work that gets done is similar but the amount of energy expended is much different because of all the misdirected overextended backtracking trial and error where the rookie is winded and sweating but proud of themselves for completing the task while the old vet is sipping a cup of coffee half smiling and scratching their head but relaxing because they’re already ten steps ahead and waiting for the FNG to catch up
it’s kind of like that
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carbon fiber footprint
October 5, 2010
Now, make yours look like mine
mechanical aptitude mental acuity
feats of strength and much much more for the FNG
burning new neural pathways in Lower Wallingford
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the raw and the cooked
October 3, 2010
Q: How many beer cans does it take to shim a 25.4 bar up to 31.8?
A: a few, and you’ll need to drink a few more after that until you start to feel like a big fat shim fest is a good idea.
So have another cigarette and keep holding that cell phone upside your head. Or whatever’s clever. If it seems OK today
Ask me about my asbestos pajamas
Q²: Are you always pissed off because you drink so much?
Q³: Do you drink so much because you’re always pissed off?
The fixie kid you wanted to yell at yesterday on the Burke-Gilman trail turned out to be your girlfriend’s sister’s husband’s boss’s favorite boy barista. It’s a small town. Things come around.
Q: Is there a Starbucks around here?
Sometimes you want to go where wearing the same pants everyday is A O K
Q: What’s that smell?
A: that’s dog shit, you stepped in it
Perhaps you need some SPD compatible loafers with the new pilderwasser patent pending dog-shit-shedding-tread® design
words
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hand to mouth
October 2, 2010
Correction occurs with time away
down time off on holiday
peer into the rearview mirror
enhanced hindsight focus on
the signs that say over the next hill there's
a vantage point view of the bigger big picture
relax recover return to earth
like a lawn dart
Come to base
Complete the roundtrip
no need to worry about PoD
what we have here is
a textbook case of messenger induced myopia
Corrective lenses were put in place
Circumstantially and quickly discarded
the stigmatism is in remission
the stigma remains
Crusty
Crack and peel the hard outer shell
shed the waxy yellow buildup
another prime example
an unhealthy sample set aside
for further analysis another day
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black socks, they never get dirty
October 1, 2010
what it never was
what it has been
what it is
what it will be
what it could be
trial and error
please make a note of it
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