Bowtie--when are you going to come up so we can get Potty Emergency! together?

Or, my sis lives in Lincoln, and I need to pay her a visit. You'd get along with her well.



ooooohjhhhhhhhhh, TOP!

Up until a year or so ago, I had no idea what I had been missing. You can't pay for this entertainment. Well, I guess yo do pay in woots... So tonight we nearly killed off a 2009 Raymond chard, totally dusted an OWW 2010 RRV Pinot Gris, quite tasty, a glass of something else I forget that was open, and washed it down with some MM 2008 Zin port. Almost opened a Duke. We'll save that. All in all, a very good evening.

bhodilee wrote:I am drunk. My wife is not getting me dinner. There will be much divorce in my future

Yea! Drunk bowtie!!!

otolith wrote:My face is numb from all the beer we drank tonight for hurling practice*. I also opened up an Italian IGT for the pizza we had. Pretty good, but it needs more time in the bottle...wont' keep notes on this one. The Duchesse sour beer is excellent, btw. Damn, does it go down well...




*hurling practice=book club for guys...book club just isn't manly enough for a guys' book club. And, we read "Better" by Atul Gawande. Great book that's provided me inspiration to do more with my career.

Umm, I hope that means you're practicing for after too much drinking ... oh, never-mind. I thought you meant Curling. Although I really do like Men with Brooms.

klezman wrote:Oh yeah, so it's official. I'm moving to LA at the end of March. Probably in the Culver City area, but if anybody has particular insight into better places to live close to National/Jefferson or National/Washington please let me know.

At least I'll still be in San Francisco every 4th week

Culver City is a cool spot, I enjoyed staying there when I visited. Lots of things to do around there. Make sure you check out Father's Office if you haven't yet.

klezman wrote:I look forward to catching up on this tomorrow! I'm off to a wine tasting of "highly rated wines", so this should be interesting.

So this was interesting. The highest rated wine (93 pts, Beringer Reserve Chard) was damn near undrinkable. Tasted like an oak tree. The best were the way too young Bordeaux, a 15 year old Sauternes, and L&L Toccata Reserva that our leader had relabelled for a client.

Cesare wrote:Culver City is a cool spot, I enjoyed staying there when I visited. Lots of things to do around there. Make sure you check out Father's Office if you haven't yet.

Almost got dinner there last time but wasn't feeling it. I'm sure I will check it out in full detail soon enough!

I missed all the fun last night! Booooo! For the record, SpaghettiO's > chicken goo shaped like dinosaurs.

Trying to figure out why I ordered 2 of the Glow in the Dark Volleyball sets.


Edit: And why do I keep thinking that the current offer is going to attract drug users???

this weather is too weird!! It is in the upper 80's wind blowing like crazy, pretty humid... and tomorrow it will be in the upper 60's! I was trying to get some outside jobs done... but it is almost too windy... We actually had to turn on the air thur. night, there was a huge brush fire about 45 min away from us. That night we had really bad fog, and it brought the smell of the smoke right into the house....made it hard to breathe!!


if it rainy and cold tomorrow... I am staying in bed!!

mommadeb1 wrote:this weather is too weird!! It is in the upper 80's wind blowing like crazy, pretty humid... and tomorrow it will be in the upper 60's! I was trying to get some outside jobs done... but it is almost too windy... We actually had to turn on the air thur. night, there was a huge brush fire about 45 min away from us. That night we had really bad fog, and it brought the smell of the smoke right into the house....made it hard to breathe!!


if it rainy and cold tomorrow... I am staying in bed!!

Tomorrow we start training for the MS bike ride. Thursday's snow has mostly melted. Will be about 40 with 9-10 mph winds when we go out. Gotta love layers. And a balaclava.

Care to join us?

polarbear22 wrote:Tomorrow we start training for the MS bike ride. Thursday's snow has mostly melted. Will be about 40 with 9-10 mph winds when we go out. Gotta love layers. And a balaclava.

Care to join us?

If I can be the chase (motor)cycle!
WE rode in freezing temps on route 66 last week. Today here it is heaven.

I need a new balaclava. Mine is wearing out. No one carries it anymore. A lightweight, simple 1/2 face, nylon style.

sanity wrote:If I can be the chase (motor)cycle!
WE rode in freezing temps on route 66 last week. Today here it is heaven.

I need a new balaclava. Mine is wearing out. No one carries it anymore. A lightweight, simple 1/2 face, nylon style.

Might be one here worth your while. Maybe not.

polarbear22 wrote:Tomorrow we start training for the MS bike ride. Thursday's snow has mostly melted. Will be about 40 with 9-10 mph winds when we go out. Gotta love layers. And a balaclava.

Care to join us?

Thanks for the invite.... but I will pass!!

But I hope you do have a good ride...even though it is CRAZY to go out in that cold weather, let alone bike in it!!

If the weather isn't too bad, I might go buy a kindle touch.... Thought I wanted the Fire, till I realized how much of a glare there is, and it is too hard on the eyes to use just as a reader.

polarbear22 wrote:Tomorrow we start training for the MS bike ride. Thursday's snow has mostly melted. Will be about 40 with 9-10 mph winds when we go out. Gotta love layers. And a balaclava.

Care to join us?

I would! I'm biking, just indoors...holy crap do the rollers make you sweat.

bhodilee wrote:Might be one here worth your while. Maybe not.

The one I have doesn't cover my nose, just my chin. It is made of thin nylon,. It comes down to cover my neck, not onto my shoulders. Cycle gear used to carry them, but no longer. I have tested everyone out there, to no avail. I will probably end up buying fabric and making my own. I know they are available somewhere, just can't find them!

sanity wrote:The one I have doesn't cover my nose, just my chin. It is made of thin nylon,. It comes down to cover my neck, not onto my shoulders. Cycle gear used to carry them, but no longer. I have tested everyone out there, to no avail. I will probably end up buying fabric and making my own. I know they are available somewhere, just can't find them!

What about this one? Looks like it covers your chin only.

It was one of the links off to the side on bowtie's link.

MarkDaSpark wrote:What about this one? Looks like it covers your chin only.

It was one of the links off to the side on bowtie's link.

I visited REI yesterday. They already removed winter gear from the sales floor (no matter we are still in the low 40's sometimes). This one is close, and I thought about ordering it. The one I have weigh's 3/4 ounce, no liner, no fleece, just thin nylon, like tricot. I swear I have looked at every balaclava available online. What happened to the container full of the one I have? Did all 250000 of them really sell out of every store?!

Just popping in to let you guys know that we reached our Kickstarter goal! Hooray! Thanks so much for sharing the link and for pledging funds. Even if I'm just a lurky wine.wooter.

There's still about 14 hours to get in and get posters/CDs, etc. You know, for those of you who are all into that classical guitar/voice thing...

Anyway, totally jazzed right now. And not just because I'm out in SD for the weekend doing 3 concerts in two days.

It's weird to want to get a little unbusy, so I can pay a little more attention to W.W without feeling guilty. XD I don't know how some of you do it with your hectic schedules. Maybe I need to drink more coffee (or wine?).

sanity wrote:I visited REI yesterday. They already removed winter gear from the sales floor (no matter we are still in the low 40's sometimes).

I think REI assumes that all outdoorsy-types plan ahead by months and months, and thus would have already purchased such gear.

I like REI, but I always feel "out of season" when I shop there. Like I just missed the sport I was supposed to be shopping for, or something.

sanity wrote:If I can be the chase (motor)cycle!
WE rode in freezing temps on route 66 last week. Today here it is heaven.

I need a new balaclava. Mine is wearing out. No one carries it anymore. A lightweight, simple 1/2 face, nylon style.

Look at what Pearl Izumi offers for cycling balaclava, the Transfer one. That is the new version of what I have. Sounds like it would meet your needs.

Moondragon wrote:Just popping in to let you guys know that we reached our Kickstarter goal! Hooray! Thanks so much for sharing the link and for pledging funds. Even if I'm just a lurky wine.wooter.

There's still about 14 hours to get in and get posters/CDs, etc. You know, for those of you who are all into that classical guitar/voice thing...

Anyway, totally jazzed right now. And not just because I'm out in SD for the weekend doing 3 concerts in two days.

It's weird to want to get a little unbusy, so I can pay a little more attention to W.W without feeling guilty. XD I don't know how some of you do it with your hectic schedules. Maybe I need to drink more coffee (or wine?).

Congrats!!

silly question... if we tried to back you before... are we still backers? or do we need to re pledge?

mommadeb1 wrote:Congrats!!

silly question... if we tried to back you before... are we still backers? or do we need to re pledge?

If you haven't pledged on the new project, you need to repledge. The old one is dead and none of those pledges will be charged. Only 3 hours left! ;)

Moondragon wrote:If you haven't pledged on the new project, you need to repledge. The old one is dead and none of those pledges will be charged. Only 3 hours left! ;)

Done. Kept wanting to ask for the new link.


Also, anyone interested in a new author, my nephew is also selling his new fiction works (collection of Lovecraft- and Poe-like short stories), The Dark Verse, Vol 2 & 3 on Kickstarter as well.

Moondragon wrote:If you haven't pledged on the new project, you need to repledge. The old one is dead and none of those pledges will be charged. Only 3 hours left! ;)

well crap....I am sorry, I went into town right after I asked the question... I missed it... but I am glad you got what you needed!!

Wholy crap it is cold!!! The winds have been blowing all day about 20+ mph and the temp has been dropping all day!! and of course, I get to teach outside all day tomorrow.... Definitely need to layer!!!d

I hope if anyone has friends/family in the tornado zone, they are all safe!!

mommadeb1 wrote:Wholy crap it is cold!!! The winds have been blowing all day about 20+ mph and the temp has been dropping all day!! and of course, I get to teach outside all day tomorrow.... Definitely need to layer!!!d

I hope if anyone has friends/family in the tornado zone, they are all safe!!

I still find a great deal of irony in the fact that you complain about the cold all the time, and you live in FL. You have no idea what cold is.

It was ~32* today, I had a sweater on when I went outside.

otolith wrote:I still find a great deal of irony in the fact that you complain about the cold all the time, and you live in FL. You have no idea what cold is.

It was ~32* today, I had a sweater on when I went outside.

And I wore two layers on the bike ride. Warmer here though, about 35.

otolith wrote:I still find a great deal of irony in the fact that you complain about the cold all the time, and you live in FL. You have no idea what cold is.

It was ~32* today, I had a sweater on when I went outside.

Oh, I know cold!!!!!!.... I did my time in cold states.... there is a reason I live in FL!! I still remember when I was younger...waiting for the school bus to come and the snow was piled up almost as tall as I was!!! oh, I have seen the cold!!!


I can't help it that you are crazy enough to live in a frigid state!!!

MarkDaSpark wrote:Done. Kept wanting to ask for the new link.


Also, anyone interested in a new author, my nephew is also selling his new fiction works (collection of Lovecraft- and Poe-like short stories), The Dark Verse, Vol 2 & 3 on Kickstarter as well.

I read volume 1 and enjoyed it quite a bit. He has a great imagination if not a bit twisted. Will defenitely have to check out his other volumes. Are they all from his podcast?

cortot20 wrote:I read volume 1 and enjoyed it quite a bit. He has a great imagination if not a bit twisted. Will defenitely have to check out his other volumes. Are they all from his podcast?

I think so, but I think he also has some new stuff there as well.