A Nice Place to Fall ← The random musings and observations of an average wanderer. ← Page 18

Working from Home

Jul

19

2007

I’m lucky enough to work from home more than half the time. It means early starts (usually online before 7am) and long days (ending circa 6) but the breaks walking the dogs are so much nicer than hitting the Burritoville in the Chrysler Building (although they do have the best mass-produced burritos, and some of ...

Humid + Steam = yuck

Jul

19

2007

If you caught the news about the steam pipe explosion in NYC yesterday you probably saw photos/video of a geyser-like mess in midtown. That whole mess was actually the back door of my office. Thankfully I was working from home and got to watch the whole thing on TV, but my building was evacuated and ...

I Will Only Be Impressed When…

Jul

5

2007

Jeff and Glen navigate the Blackstone in one of these. Yes kids, this idiot attached a jet engine to a kayak. A what? A jet engine. In a kayak. Click to see the video. Share this:

Song of the Sausage Creature by Hunter S. Thompson

Jul

4

2007

Song of the Sausage Creature by Hunter S. Thompson There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them – but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one. That is why they are dangerous. Everybody has fast ...

Me on my motorcycle

Jul

3

2007

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I designed some silly motorcycle t-shirts

Jun

25

2007

They’re a little bit funny: “My boyfriend’s VFR is much sexier than your motorcycle” and my favorite “Your Bike Sucks” http://www.cafepress.com/muddyh2o (and cafe press couldn’t be easier to use. really. get your softball team t-shirts made there next year!) Share this:

some crappy photos

Jun

25

2007

They aren’t very good but it sure was fun taking them… Not sure that I like flickr so much, but you should be able to see the geotagged photos on the map, so you can see exactly where i took them. Share this:

this "historic" diner and the national register

Jun

24

2007

apparently (according to the natl register plaque) this diner (formerly the half-way diner) was the first in nys and the fourth in the nation on the historic register. now, it was placed there in 1986, so I can’t figure out if that means its the first place in nys to be added, or the first ...

from the road: red hook, ny

Jun

24

2007

no, not the one in brooklyn i’m on my second tank of gas and have just sat down for a burger in red hook’s “historic” village diner. I cruised up the west side of the hudson river through cornwall, which is an amazing ride and induced some significant vertigo. bad photos to follow. after cruising ...

Fast

Jun

21

2007