Adjusted rear brakes on my bike before riding today. They actually work now! 97 degrees and sunny. Rode out to Hamilton Station on the W&OD. When I wasn't in the shade it was like biking in an oven....(which is going on currently). Paeonian Springs, VA RideTime: 1:29:17 AvgSpeed: 12.11 MPH MaxSpeed: 26.4 MPH Dist/Day: 18.03 Miles YTD     : 402.78 Miles

Stolen from bigbluefox ... Where will you be most of the time during the day/s? As usual, I'll be trailing rigelkitty around most of the time. If you find him, I'm probably not far...con business or watching UKSH or something, sure! If you want to talk about fetishy stuff with me, please be discreet about it . (I don't mind talking shop, but there's a time and place for it.

Executive summary: Manitou Copper Mine Abandoned insane asylum Renfield working on his Cuda Abandoned iron ore mine with bats Abandoned industrial building Detailed report later. I have about 400+ pictures to sort through.

As a follow-up to Word Disassociation, we bring you this: Next month I will be participating with xydexx in PiaNoWriMo . The goal is to see if you can push 100,000 pianos into the Grand Canyon in one month. Wish us luck!

75 degrees and sunny. Far too nice a day to spend inside working on the Anthrocon conbook (and I can do that later this evening). I rode out to Milepost 38 , then rode back via Dry Mill Road, which...Milepost 38 on the W&OD Trail, looking toward Clark's Gap. RideTime: 0:50:50 AvgSpeed: 13.81 MPH MaxSpeed: 32.6 MPH Dist/Day: 11.70 Miles YTD     : 355.26 Miles

Beautiful 73 degrees and sunny. rigelkitty has given me a list of chores to do while I'm not deployed, one of which was to bring our plastic bags to the supermarket to be recycled, so I killed...pony. A shambling mound of debris near Hamilton, VA. RideTime: 1:53:15 AvgSpeed: 11.67 MPH MaxSpeed: 27.6 MPH Dist/Day: 22.03 Miles YTD     : 303.50 Miles

Nice day for it. 70-something degrees and sunny. Warm. T-shirt and shorts. Nice. Rode eastbound on the W&OD out to Herndon. Stopped at Great Harvest Bread Company again to pick up a loaf of X-treme Cinnamon...and a pickup truck parked out front, so I didn't explore further. RideTime: 2:14:12 AvgSpeed: 13.19 MPH MaxSpeed: 33.2 MPH Dist/Day: 29.50 Miles YTD     : 270.37 Miles

It was a little cool today, so I brought my disintegrating plaid shirt along with me for today's ride out to Milepost 38... and then further out to Hamilton (because I had to pee). The porta-potty there...and squirrels. Abandoned house, Hamilton, VA RideTime: 1:44:30 AvgSpeed: 11.99 MPH MaxSpeed: 31.8 MPH Dist/Day: 20.89 Miles YTD     : 122.31 Miles

I love old stuff. I love the internet. And I love it when old stuff makes its way onto the internet, so I can stumble across it unexpectedly and share it with you: It's truly a great time to be alive.

MESSAGE TEXT Folder: INBOX Message 1 of 1 ALL Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 00:45:47 -0400 From: GOD To: xydexx@[OLD EMAIL ADDRESS] Subject: Inflatable Reindeer Just one word on your Inflatable Reindeer Puzzle Page: Brilliant. The world would be a far better place if more people displayed a sense of humor like yours. I love it. Just thought this ought to be documented somewhere other than my hard...