Horrible Job Market
Damn, it's tough out there...
Random Observations
So the Guerciotti I bought of craigslist showed up via UPS a couple days ago. Not bad, but not as nice as I had hoped. It's got a couple of really nasty patch spots, one on the back side of the seat tube that is horrible.
Overall it's a nice frame with a matching fork, and it's the correct size, but not totally sure I'm gonna keep it. I think I'll just offer it up on craigslist.
I'm really in search of a nice track frame, but since they are popular now they are super hard to find.
WOW
After watching your waistline very closely, scientist found that just a little jiggle around the middle can increase your risk of six different cancers.
“But the main thing to focus on is keeping your overall body weight down,” said Dr. Anne McTiernan. The recommendation is to shed those unwanted pounds. Weigh now what you weighed when you were 18 years old.
“If you are normal weight when you were 18 the goal is to stay within 5 to 10 pounds of that weight and not do what most Americans are doing which is gain weight over time,” said Dr. McTiernan
Do you? :) I do now. Plan to stay there
Nuff said twice. Big snow yesterday, big snow tonight.
Spent 2+ hours shoveling our driveway, and the sidewalk of the old folks home next door. First day was OK....today was tough.
Nuff said. Big snow yesterday, big snow tonight.
Spent an hour shoveling snow.
Heard back on the last interview that I did. Head count got pulled, just like previous roles. MSFT is clamping down and it's not gonna get better anytime soon. Damn.
Oh, I get this email.
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Wild on so many levels.
Got out on the singlespeed for a nice 4 hour ride today. I think the weather's gonna change and we're gonna see some big rain or snow.
Got my single speed Bianchi back from UBRDO today. James did a pretty good job of getting my rear wheel back into some reasonable shape...Now waiting on replacement bearings from WTB.
Sold my good old ride, Klein Palomino today. I just wasn't riding it, and I've got other project bikes in the works. Young guy who's wanted a decent bike and can't really afford something super pricey got a nice used bike for 725. I originally paid well over 2700 for that bike 4 years ago. It's still got lots of life in it.

Wait staff shook my hand. Head waiter said it was impressive. More impressive? I ate about 10 desserts @ the Xmas party 1 hour later. I found (what I think) is a 10 year old Guerciotti frame that is really clean and nice as a project bike. It's nice columbus tubing and hopefully is really nice and straight.
I've also started building out my Colnago Master. This was my first "real" frame, and although I had it repainted, it's still super sweet. I should have left it alone, but the repaint was at least 10 years ago.
Litespeed found a new home today. Guy's gonna use it as a rain bike. He got a fantastic deal on a really decent frame. Fix the paint gashes and she's a pretty decent looking bike.