Saturday morning hunt for a new bike

This weekend I finally made it down to Destination Motorcycles.
I got to sit on a few bikes and talk to the owner. I have a little more respect for the Ducati Multistrada now that I've been on one.
But the real reason that I was there was to sit on the HyperMotard. Bad name, but a bad ass bike.

Any way, after looking around I asked the owner about it and he told me that someone had dropped it ( on a test ride I guess ) so it was ...

posted: 2009-06-08 20:40:49 502 comments Read More

Have we learned nothing?

I received an email from a real estate agent explaining some of the new housing rules.
Hot off the presses today - 'Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, on Tuesday said that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow home buyers to use the $8,000 tax credit as a down payment.'
Usually FHA buyers have to put down 3 1/2 % of their own money toward the purchase price of the house. If you are buying a $200 ...

posted: 2009-05-19 00:47:53 210 comments Read More

ifequal

More late-nite hacking.

posted: 2009-03-19 04:58:25 302 comments Read More

Do newspapers matter?

Princeton University has released this report on the effects of newspaper closings on local elections using the Cincinnati Post as an example.

if voter turnout, a broad choice of candidates and accountability for incumbents are important to democracy, we side with those who lament newspapers' decline.

posted: 2009-03-17 17:29:02 233 comments Read More

Possibly my last ride for 2008

Took my motorcycle out today for one last ride. I think the temperatures were in the upper 30's/lower 40's.
It went really well. At one point I was on one of Knoxville's many roads that run parallel to the rail lines and followed alongside the engine of a coal train for several miles. It was pretty cool, but this experience was marred by two things.

First, my winter gloves aren't winter enough. After about 30 minutes of riding my index finger started getting pretty cold ...

posted: 2008-12-14 03:42:27 121 comments Read More

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