Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Grow Little Tree, Grow



i know it's fall and not the best time to plant, but i just had to put this little ornamental plum in the ground. maybe if you all wish really hard it will blossom and grow to be higher than it's current mere 40" tall.

Saturday, October 06, 2007

A Little Island on a Pretty Day

Monday, October 01, 2007

Middle Age Crisis or Stupidity?

When a man reaches 40 (and you will notice I use the term A MAN here as I am certainly not referring to ME or my rapid decline into the shadow of life).... Anyways, like I was saying, when a man reaches 40, certain changes occur -- things drop, things expand, and everything starts to look a little blurry and center around food. Contrary to most reports, there is very little reflection about taking the wrong path in life or other esoteric musings of madmen; instead, there is an understanding of some sort of wisdom, like those grey-haired gorillas in the forest who get pounced upon by young, feces-hurling prodigies and still maintain a straight face.

But I digress....

Along with this zen-like calm comes a testing-point, like Dirty Harry in Chinatown, where one knows that they could beat the shit out of something IF they wanted to. But you don't actually need to. gritty machoism.

Me, I have one exception to this stoic way of being -- mountainbiking. It's the only time that I get to the point where I say to myself, "Self, what the hell are you thinking." It's where things come too fast and hard to react. No thoughts about health insurance or station in life...Pure Instinct.

I read a story today about some idiot (photo below) who decided to face this beast by mountainbiking down a ski slope -- at 130 miles per hour (212km/h) . I must admit, the guy has got balls, but there's a point, isn't there?