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Jason Chaffetz scares the crap out of me, but …

… I think he’s doing the right thing, here:

Chaffetz won’t earmark road funds, gives state cash – Salt Lake Tribune

Washington » Rep. Jason Chaffetz plans to punt about $15 million to the Utah Department of Transportation instead of earmarking it himself, saying merit — not politics — should determine what roads get built [...]

Video Poetry (Mad Edition)

Continuing a tradition wherein the cover version of a song is more powerful than the original … or at least different enough that it stands on it’s own as a new work.

GARY JULES/MICHAEL ANDREWS – MAD WORLD

All around me are familiar faces Worn-out places, worn-out faces Bright and early for the daily [...]

Another variant

Belgian Ink

Is a 43 year old man too old to be considering getting a tattoo (or in my case, another tattoo)?

About 13 years ago or so, I got my first ink … an abstract of a cyclist on my right leg, just above the ankle. It’s an abstract of a cyclist, leaning hard into a [...]

Drool-worthy reading

Drool-worthy porn, currently available from Amazon.com:

Custom Bicycles: A Passionate Pursuit    by Christine Elliott & David Jablonka

Cycling has never lost its appeal. Alongside mass-produced models, the craftsmanship of handmade bespoke bicycle makers has emerged to satisfy the passion of people who ride bikes as a means of daily transport, as a sport and for [...]

Poetry Friday

GOING DOWN HILL ON A BICYCLE

A Boy’s Song

With lifted feet, hands still, I am poised, and down the hill Dart, with heedful mind; The air goes by in a wind.

Swifter and yet more swift, Till the heart with a mighty lift Makes the lungs laugh, the throat cry:— “O bird, see; see, [...]

Video Poetry (Un-American Edition)

NOFX – FRANCO UN-AMERICAN

I never thought about the universe, it made me feel small Never thought about the problems of this planet at all Global warming, radioactive sites Imperialistic wrongs and animal rights! no!

Why think of all the bad things when life is so good? Why help with an ‘am’ when there’s [...]

Another trip around the sun …

CROSSROADS  

The second half of my life will be black to the white rind of the old and fading moon. The second half of my life will be water over the cracked floor of these desert years. I will land on my feet this time, knowing at least two languages and who my friends [...]

Four Corners … whoops?

I just hope they got the rest of the state right … I’d hate to find out that I really live in Wyoming; or worse … like Idaho.

Deseret News | Four Corners marker 21/2 miles off? Too late

The Four Corners, a famous and popular tourist spot in the American Southwest, is and isn’t [...]