Thanks For being Manny

Today 7/31/2008 the Boston Red Sox traded Manny Ramirez. I have no poetic words for the action. Manny Ramirez was and is the purest hitter in all of baseball. He looked more like captain jack sparrow than a left fielder.

Today I mourn the loss of Manny. Thanks for being yourself. Thanks for being Manny. Because at the end of the day We all loved Manny being Manny

The Old West

In this day and age of communication its funny to me how many people don't really seem to get it still. What do I mean. Well between the cell phone, pager, home phone, e-mail , text messaging and voice mail and lets not forget Instant messaging for all you AOL dorks. There is basically nowhere to hide.



Have you ever been at home and your cell phone rings. you see the number and your like oh hell no. Then 1 minute later it's your home phone. Seriously.



See I liked the Old West. The scenario would have gone something like this . Hey old Two finger willie escaped and were getting together a posse. You would see the sheriff next week at the salon and your like damn what time was that . crap i though you said 1:00 at the old red barn.......Man I would have really loved to be there.



So here the deal unless you are forming a posse and The hooters bandit has escaped lets just go with the one form of messaging....and if nobody gets back to you in one day. Maybe there's a message.

THE 100 YEAR WAR " RIDER V. CAR "

To understand the the battle we cyclist endure every ride , you must first understand history. In fact you really need to return to the 100 year war between the English and the French. This war began in the 1300's

The Hundred Years' War was a time of military evolution. Weapons, tactics, army structure, and the societal meaning of war all changed, partly in response to the demands of the war, partly through advancement in technology, and partly through lessons that warfare taught.

But what the 100 year war really gave us was the " finger " . See the English had this weapon called the long bow. You would pluck the bow with your middle finger. When the French would capture a Englishman they would cut off his middle finger so he could no longer pluck the bow.

During a huge rally at the battle of Agicourt the English overcame a 20,000 to 5,000 man disadvantage. At the end of the battle all of the English would hold up there middle finger and yell " pluck you " , This gesture has now filtered its way some 700 years later to what we now now as the " the finger ". and of course the "pl " has been dropped and an "f " has been switched.

So next time a car or a Health net rider pisses you off, you can take pride in the gesture and understand the origin of its roots. So get off my wheel and " pluck you ".