SpartaBard
Well-Known Member
And it is official, winter off season has arrived.
Dragons are F'ing Awesome
- Thread starter Norm
- Start date
i think this was what gave the village people inspiration to write the song YMCA.
oh yes its fun to stay at the Y M C A.
Somehow I knew when Norm mentioned HIS balls everyone would be more than happy to share something about their OWN balls. I will buck the trend though. Instead I'll post a picture.
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pxs231
Active Member
Song about a slightly different kind of balls,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IY4QMoqwGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IY4QMoqwGg
soundz, the local expert on ball evenness . . . :hmmm:
rocknrollgirl
Well-Known Member
Holy Crap
I stopped by the site to see what was going on.... I say to Chris, "Hey look, Norm has a new blog about dragons, I am going to pop in and see what is going on"
And what do we have....an in depth discussion about Norm's nuts. Well and everyone else's for that matter.
I love this place, you can't make this shit up.
At least it is not another discussion about winter shoes.
Carry on.
I stopped by the site to see what was going on.... I say to Chris, "Hey look, Norm has a new blog about dragons, I am going to pop in and see what is going on"
And what do we have....an in depth discussion about Norm's nuts. Well and everyone else's for that matter.
I love this place, you can't make this shit up.
At least it is not another discussion about winter shoes.
Carry on.
so here's a story, and it's almost relevant considering how you've got this PR campaign going on to clean up your "i used to be a douchebag online all the time but i'm really not in real life, i'm a sweetie at heart. i promise." campaign.
so we (by we i mean steve, aka shaggz) brought norm into the fold of ownership here on the site within a year of so of us picking it up from the godfather, aka jason. this was right after the great avatar wars and the much talked about but thankfully never brought up 'winter shoes' thread.
i don't think you all really understand how close this site was to utterly self-imploding. the site was literally this close " " to being owned by heythorp, aka, aroundnj.com, aka ss hope aka insert your own description here. personally, the dude totally and completely played me for a fool. i'm way too trusting. always have been. i want to believe people will always do the right thing. the don't. people are for the most part scumbags. not you of course, valued reader and contributor here. the other people. he would have run this site straight into the ground, done an even shittier job than we are (especially shaggz 😀). there wouldn't have been short track. there wouldn't have been six pack. there wouldn't have been mooch. there would've been dead site.
anyway, so norm comes in. at first all is well but pretty quickly all is not. norm and i go into an all out war. he doesn't like me, i don't like him. it's blatantly obvious. we both have fairly strong personalities (and in truth, he is still angry i hold the title of drunken single speed hill climbing champion of mtbnj) and won't give an inch. it gets so bad that steve has to mediate. the only time norm and i communicate is though steve. to this day i don't know why it all happened other than it's the interwebz, and sometimes all the 🙂 😀 😉 in the world don't convey inflection and/or meaning.
so, you're probably asking, what does this all mean, basil? well, it means this: norm isn't a douche bag in real life, he just sometimes plays one on the interwebz. i know this to be fact b/c my daughters, who are the ultimate judges of bullsh!t and fcukery adore him. like LOVE him. i don't get it but whatever. 🙂
obviously norm and i make up. we pretty much figure out that we're both misunderstood idiots (me more than him. norm is smart as fcuk). in truth, i consider him one of my better friends despite the fact that the majority of our friendship is texting. hell, i gave the dude my furniture.
so the net-net is this: the interwebz is a tricky place. sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you.
so we (by we i mean steve, aka shaggz) brought norm into the fold of ownership here on the site within a year of so of us picking it up from the godfather, aka jason. this was right after the great avatar wars and the much talked about but thankfully never brought up 'winter shoes' thread.
i don't think you all really understand how close this site was to utterly self-imploding. the site was literally this close " " to being owned by heythorp, aka, aroundnj.com, aka ss hope aka insert your own description here. personally, the dude totally and completely played me for a fool. i'm way too trusting. always have been. i want to believe people will always do the right thing. the don't. people are for the most part scumbags. not you of course, valued reader and contributor here. the other people. he would have run this site straight into the ground, done an even shittier job than we are (especially shaggz 😀). there wouldn't have been short track. there wouldn't have been six pack. there wouldn't have been mooch. there would've been dead site.
anyway, so norm comes in. at first all is well but pretty quickly all is not. norm and i go into an all out war. he doesn't like me, i don't like him. it's blatantly obvious. we both have fairly strong personalities (and in truth, he is still angry i hold the title of drunken single speed hill climbing champion of mtbnj) and won't give an inch. it gets so bad that steve has to mediate. the only time norm and i communicate is though steve. to this day i don't know why it all happened other than it's the interwebz, and sometimes all the 🙂 😀 😉 in the world don't convey inflection and/or meaning.
so, you're probably asking, what does this all mean, basil? well, it means this: norm isn't a douche bag in real life, he just sometimes plays one on the interwebz. i know this to be fact b/c my daughters, who are the ultimate judges of bullsh!t and fcukery adore him. like LOVE him. i don't get it but whatever. 🙂
obviously norm and i make up. we pretty much figure out that we're both misunderstood idiots (me more than him. norm is smart as fcuk). in truth, i consider him one of my better friends despite the fact that the majority of our friendship is texting. hell, i gave the dude my furniture.
so the net-net is this: the interwebz is a tricky place. sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you.
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thedoner
Member
I'm going to pretend that all this testicular talk didn't happen and just get to the part about Dragons, or in this case, Dragon's Tale.
I did do it last year; pretty much just for training. As you've probably figured out by now, I tend to like really hard races, and this is no exception. But yeah, it's friggin' awesome! The plan is to do a team trip down there this year as part our VTC spring training camp. Here are some pics of, and words about the race:
http://gordondaviesmtb.blogspot.com/2012/04/dragons-tale.html
and the GPS:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/163973118
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ChrisG
Unapologetic Lifer for Rock and Roll
This made me smile. Thank you, Jake.
Wow! Jake is the ultimate softy.
When do we all hug?
And that Dragons Tail Race looks f'ing awesome.
When do we all hug?
And that Dragons Tail Race looks f'ing awesome.
the next time you buzz my rear tire and almost send me OTB i'll jump off my bike and give you a BIG hug. cool? 😀
SWWW
It was Friday. We were talking about my testicles. Rather, I was talking about mine, and other people were talking about theirs. I guess it's time to move on.
In non-ball related news...
Friday Andy & I made dinner and drank a bottle of red wine. It was a nice night and great end to the week. There was no biking done on this day. But since we're not always talking about bikes, I figure this all works into the format these days.
Saturday we managed to get out for almost 2 hours on the road. It's been a busy/hectic few months and we're trying to establish some patterns on the bike. Last year she rode 0 times in Jan/Feb/Mar combined. So 2 already this month is progress for sure. It was good to be out in the daylight.
Sunday I met with Utah & Kirt and rode Ted from Utah's house, on some big road/dirt combo loop that rang us up for 36+ miles in just under 3 hours. Then Utah & I got lunch at The Barn, which is a place I drove by 80 times when I lived with Bill but went to 0 times. We watched the first half of the football game then went back to Utah's place to watch the 2nd half. I have to admit it was a good game and I enjoyed it.
Not riding today. Maybe Tuesday/Thursday this week.
Comments
Mandi - Andy mentioned having you & JPLT over for dinner one of these nights, presumably when there's no hockey on... Anyway, not talking about my balls would be great! For that matter, we should probably leave your butt out of the conversation too.
Jake - I have found the cure for my night eating, at least I think I have. I need to do some further market research on this but I'm encouraged by the early results. The only problem is, it really only works for me. But if you don't have a night eating problem then I guess you don't have to worry about anything.
But who wants to wake up and eat celery & carrots? Blah!
Robin - Duly noted. I like both liver and tripe, and intestine for that matter. Actually intestine is really tasty stuff. But I'll admit it's on the edge in terms of what something looks like. But yummy yummy good. I think I saw something recently about how a study confirms that the color of a food does affect the perceived flavor. This goes with my wine theory. Anyway, I wonder if the look also plays a big part.
Carson - My left hangs lower, your right. I hope this doesn't end up on a police report going forward.
pxs231 - Not really sure how to respond to that, have to be honest. Best of luck with further research on the topic!
Ruth - Hey! How are you! Long time no see! You do have a point, at least it's not winter shoes. I guess someone tries that every winter but it never really takes off like everyone expects it to. I guess we all know better just to ignore it now. That's for the best, really.
Jake - I have to say that I honestly don't remember us ever being that at odds. But I tend to forget a lot of that kind of stuff and move on. So it could very well be 100% accurate but I just have no real memory of it, which is probably best anyway. Anyway, yes, for some reason I don't understand, your girls love me. I think it's kinda cool.
More
I thought I had more to say today. Suddenly it's 3:00 and I need to get this out today.
No pic today, maybe tomorrow.
It was Friday. We were talking about my testicles. Rather, I was talking about mine, and other people were talking about theirs. I guess it's time to move on.
In non-ball related news...
Friday Andy & I made dinner and drank a bottle of red wine. It was a nice night and great end to the week. There was no biking done on this day. But since we're not always talking about bikes, I figure this all works into the format these days.
Saturday we managed to get out for almost 2 hours on the road. It's been a busy/hectic few months and we're trying to establish some patterns on the bike. Last year she rode 0 times in Jan/Feb/Mar combined. So 2 already this month is progress for sure. It was good to be out in the daylight.
Sunday I met with Utah & Kirt and rode Ted from Utah's house, on some big road/dirt combo loop that rang us up for 36+ miles in just under 3 hours. Then Utah & I got lunch at The Barn, which is a place I drove by 80 times when I lived with Bill but went to 0 times. We watched the first half of the football game then went back to Utah's place to watch the 2nd half. I have to admit it was a good game and I enjoyed it.
Not riding today. Maybe Tuesday/Thursday this week.
Comments
Mandi - Andy mentioned having you & JPLT over for dinner one of these nights, presumably when there's no hockey on... Anyway, not talking about my balls would be great! For that matter, we should probably leave your butt out of the conversation too.
Jake - I have found the cure for my night eating, at least I think I have. I need to do some further market research on this but I'm encouraged by the early results. The only problem is, it really only works for me. But if you don't have a night eating problem then I guess you don't have to worry about anything.
But who wants to wake up and eat celery & carrots? Blah!
Robin - Duly noted. I like both liver and tripe, and intestine for that matter. Actually intestine is really tasty stuff. But I'll admit it's on the edge in terms of what something looks like. But yummy yummy good. I think I saw something recently about how a study confirms that the color of a food does affect the perceived flavor. This goes with my wine theory. Anyway, I wonder if the look also plays a big part.
Carson - My left hangs lower, your right. I hope this doesn't end up on a police report going forward.
pxs231 - Not really sure how to respond to that, have to be honest. Best of luck with further research on the topic!
Ruth - Hey! How are you! Long time no see! You do have a point, at least it's not winter shoes. I guess someone tries that every winter but it never really takes off like everyone expects it to. I guess we all know better just to ignore it now. That's for the best, really.
Jake - I have to say that I honestly don't remember us ever being that at odds. But I tend to forget a lot of that kind of stuff and move on. So it could very well be 100% accurate but I just have no real memory of it, which is probably best anyway. Anyway, yes, for some reason I don't understand, your girls love me. I think it's kinda cool.
More
I thought I had more to say today. Suddenly it's 3:00 and I need to get this out today.
No pic today, maybe tomorrow.
rocknrollgirl
Well-Known Member
Nice to see all of you too. I have been lurking, checking out trail conditions and a blog post every now and then, xc ski conditions...you know, the usual stuff.
SWWW
We were not riding a bike. That's fine, I rode almost 5 hours over the weekend which is more than I had ridden the previous 3 weeks. I think. I didn't actually look that up.
Theory: To ride my bike tonight
Fact: It's chilly out there
Fact: It may rain and/or snow
Reality: You can do the math on this one I think...
But we'll see. I may just take Ted out and ride 2100 laps around a field so I can get 20 miles off road and score a few extra points. Maybe.
I'm in the city today. These days drain me so I may not want to go home and ride my bike. What was it that Utah said about your desire to ride being an inverse relation to the number of hours that have passed in the day? It's something like that.
Work is annoying me today.
Lima & Peru
So Julia is at the house a few weeks ago, and one of the things you want to make sure with a separation is that she's ok with whatever emotions she's got going on. So, if she misses mommy you tell her it's ok to miss mommy. It's ok to be upset at whatever. When you tell the kids it's ok, they react really well. If you try to convince them everything is fine when they feel upset, things aren't really going to go as well.
Anyway, I say to her the other day, "Julia, you know you can tell me anything, right?"
My intention here is to make sure she knows that if something upsets her, or she feels anything, she can tell me. I want her to feel like she can be honest. But when I say this to her, she hesitates.
"No," she finally says.
"But you can tell daddy anything, honey." I tell her.
She pauses, then states, "The capital of Peru is Lima!"
She thought I was saying that she knew everything in the world and if I asked her any question, she would know the answer. When I explained that I meant if she had any feelings she could tell me, she replied that yes, she knew that. I guess I should take this opportunity to enjoy the time in her life when she does not, in fact, think she knows everything.
Six Pack
Reg opens next week:
https://www.bikereg.com/Net/18269
Utah suggested a shorter format option but I'm unsure. Another thing to note is that I will likely not be there, as Andy & I have a prior commitment that weekend. But since it's nearly impossible to find a free date, this is what we have to work with. So it is what it is.
Bearscat
Nope, you're right, I won't. Even though it's a free weekend for us, I'm sure I'll be out doing something else.
Endurance mountain bike racing is not a strong point of mine. I've tried it, failed, and now I fully well know that I won't want to do the race. I'm perfectly fine with putting together endurance races and drinking beer while everyone else races. But for myself, I can't do them and not experience such astounding pain it makes me question why I own a bike at all.
Live & learn. I lived, I learned, and now I do things that are 2 hours or less. And even in cross races, I cramp sometimes.
Food
Randomly. Just to generate conversation, tell me the best thing you've eaten since the beginning of the holiday season.
Me: Venison in maple syrup, dinner we had in Montreal, on the night of 12/29. I've eaten deer meat all my life and never has it tasted that good. It was fantastic!
Pic
Me making dinner on Friday. Mushroom risotto. Andy says it was excellent. Considering I'd never made a risotto before, I'd call it a win! Recipe from Team O!
You love my socks. Admit it.
We were not riding a bike. That's fine, I rode almost 5 hours over the weekend which is more than I had ridden the previous 3 weeks. I think. I didn't actually look that up.
Theory: To ride my bike tonight
Fact: It's chilly out there
Fact: It may rain and/or snow
Reality: You can do the math on this one I think...
But we'll see. I may just take Ted out and ride 2100 laps around a field so I can get 20 miles off road and score a few extra points. Maybe.
I'm in the city today. These days drain me so I may not want to go home and ride my bike. What was it that Utah said about your desire to ride being an inverse relation to the number of hours that have passed in the day? It's something like that.
Work is annoying me today.
Lima & Peru
So Julia is at the house a few weeks ago, and one of the things you want to make sure with a separation is that she's ok with whatever emotions she's got going on. So, if she misses mommy you tell her it's ok to miss mommy. It's ok to be upset at whatever. When you tell the kids it's ok, they react really well. If you try to convince them everything is fine when they feel upset, things aren't really going to go as well.
Anyway, I say to her the other day, "Julia, you know you can tell me anything, right?"
My intention here is to make sure she knows that if something upsets her, or she feels anything, she can tell me. I want her to feel like she can be honest. But when I say this to her, she hesitates.
"No," she finally says.
"But you can tell daddy anything, honey." I tell her.
She pauses, then states, "The capital of Peru is Lima!"
She thought I was saying that she knew everything in the world and if I asked her any question, she would know the answer. When I explained that I meant if she had any feelings she could tell me, she replied that yes, she knew that. I guess I should take this opportunity to enjoy the time in her life when she does not, in fact, think she knows everything.
Six Pack
Reg opens next week:
https://www.bikereg.com/Net/18269
Utah suggested a shorter format option but I'm unsure. Another thing to note is that I will likely not be there, as Andy & I have a prior commitment that weekend. But since it's nearly impossible to find a free date, this is what we have to work with. So it is what it is.
Bearscat
Nope, you're right, I won't. Even though it's a free weekend for us, I'm sure I'll be out doing something else.
Endurance mountain bike racing is not a strong point of mine. I've tried it, failed, and now I fully well know that I won't want to do the race. I'm perfectly fine with putting together endurance races and drinking beer while everyone else races. But for myself, I can't do them and not experience such astounding pain it makes me question why I own a bike at all.
Live & learn. I lived, I learned, and now I do things that are 2 hours or less. And even in cross races, I cramp sometimes.
Food
Randomly. Just to generate conversation, tell me the best thing you've eaten since the beginning of the holiday season.
Me: Venison in maple syrup, dinner we had in Montreal, on the night of 12/29. I've eaten deer meat all my life and never has it tasted that good. It was fantastic!
Pic
Me making dinner on Friday. Mushroom risotto. Andy says it was excellent. Considering I'd never made a risotto before, I'd call it a win! Recipe from Team O!
You love my socks. Admit it.