Baby-less

This weekend our kid was taken out to the west side of the state which left us with some time do "whatever the hell we want". Friday night for no good reason we decided to go out to the Red Eye bar for a beer or two, which was decent. Saturday night was Ang's work christmas party out at Dakota Vision Center....this is a good time. The mother of an employee whipped up a MASSIVE schmorgasbord of excellent food and I also managed to find myself more than a few Amstel's at the bottom of the cooler....not too shabby. The night ended with a small group of us going to Woodys Bar....the new Liebrary replica across from the Thirsty Duck. I will say, I was pleasantly surprised....it wasn't exactly how it thought it was going to be and actually had some patrons who hold doors for crippled types (a.k.a. ME). A couple of Blue Moons with orange slices went down nicey nice (high five) and all was well.

Lee Majors

Today was my day to have the busted ass ankle that I own fixed. Check in time was 9:45 am at the Sanford Surgical Tower, which led to an IV and some TV watching. At roughly 11:30 I was wheeled into the operating room and I hopped up onto the table with youthful abandon. The next couple of minutes were the strange ones. An anesthetist explained how a drug to make me drowsy was coursing through my veins as we spoke and as the mask pumping pure O2 was put over my mouth I was told to take in a few deep breaths. It only took two breaths for my face to start tingling and in an attempt to be a complete smart ass I attempted to give the ol' Borat two thumbs up and say "nicey nice"....I'm pretty sure I managed to get out "ni.......". The cool and/or goofy thing about being put under is how you manage to lose so much time...I mean, one second I'm on the table and it seems like 3 seconds later I am in Recovery talking stupid to the wall....when in all actuality its been over an hour and I have what looks like a caterpillar for a leg. All in all, with all of the new additions to my ankle area you all might as well start calling me Col. Steve Austin.

No good...no good at all

Things have been going pretty well lately with finished projects and plenty of things going on at work. I guess I should have figured that something bad would happen. On my way out the door to work a shift at TNT earlier tonight, I managed to find a small patch of ice on the last step that caused me to snap my ankle like a twig. That was by far the most pain I have EVER felt in my existence and was actually the first bone(s) I have broken in my 28 years on this planet. The Medial and Lateral Malleolus suffered fractures and need to be repaired via titanium pins....joy. At the moment I am feeling OK, as the Vicodin is coursing my my brain. Do yourself a favor and salt the hell out of any area that might be icy in your neck of the woods.

Finito

I have finally finished the Project RFX and I must say, I am certainly happy with the results.

The build was a bit different than originally planned, but I think its also a bit BETTER than planned so...here goes:

2006 Turner RFX in British Racing Green
2010 Fox Van R shock
2007 Fox Talas 36 RC2 fork (20mm) w/upgraded Enduro seals
Hayes Stroker Trail hydros (8") w/ upgraded Goodridge steel braided lines
XT rear derailleur and shifters
LX front derailleur
Thomson setback post topped off with a Brooks Swift
Race Face Diabolous crankset w/ Dangerboy toothed bash guard
Hadley Racing hubs laced to DT Swiss EX5.1D hoops via DT Swiss spokes
Continental Rubber Queen tires in 2.4 width
Oury grips on a Syncros Gain riser bar all hooked to a Hozfeller stem
FSA Pig heavy duty headset

My favorite part of the bike is the bolt on thru axle for the rear, should stiffen things up nicely back there. Now....to ride it! On a side note, the Surly Karate Monkey that was once mine....will be mine once again. It never ends.

Alive-ness

It seems I have fallen off of the radar AGAIN for an extended period of time, shit'll happen. At present things have been a bit busy in life...I have taken a second "fun" job as a liquor jockey at TNT Liquor in the Eastway Center. Aside from the second job I have been trying to find things to do at the shop (along with everyone else) as its somewhat slow. Lately I have been painting anything that looks like poop and changing it to Battleship Gray, not to mention putting the finishing touches on Project RFX. The 'ol Turner shaped up to be a bit different than the original list had it looking...but things are nice; I have all of the parts in hand with exception on the wheelset that should be showing up sooner rather than later. Much like Snakebite, my cronies and I have built up a list of spring/summer/fall type goodness involving two knobby tires...below is the list of things that are somewhat concrete:

may 14-16: FAST kick off (ie tim mutha truckin wegner)

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may 28-31: Black Hills Fat Tire Festival (BHFTF) http://www.bhfattirefestival.com/

--depart fri am / return sun pm

--stay at ross's or ant's pop's (ie free lodgin)

--enjoyin the culture of new belgium and the free guide service of ross sailor

--only payin for food and brews while gas is split 4-ways (volvo or taurus x)

--ant, jonas, adam, dana...?

--bee n friends may join from wy

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june 17-20:

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june 24-27: CO Front Range

--depart wed pm / return sun pm

--stay at scottie j's (ie free lodgin)

--meet with COMBA (similar to FAST)?

--ride Buffalo Creek and other infamous trails

--ant, jonas, adam, jon r, ross...?

--bee n friends may join from wy

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july 16-18: MORC trail ridin

--stay at Adams humble abode (ie free lodgin)

--ride Leb, Murph, Teddy, Afton, Hillside, etc...

--ant, jonas, chad (bee's lil bro), jon r, pierson, mikesee, etc...?

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august 27-29: Salsa 2-4 http://www.salsa24fest.com/

--stay at Adams humble abode (ie free lodin)

--registration is approx $85 prior to July 1st (goes towards MORC and get free socks and t-shirt)

--must bring all gear; night, cold, rain, summer, sleeping, etc...

--convince manya fans from sufu to join in the festivities

--ant, jonas, adam, pierson...?

So gnaw on that chunk o fatness and feel free to come join the good guys and help bring home the big win (my Full Metal Jacket way of saying "come along").