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fixin’ to fix stuff

In between relaxing and hiding in a movie theater, I spent some “getting-to-know-you” time with CB. Armed with a few new slip-on connectors, a crimping tool and a somewhat faulty thinking cap, I lunged headfirst into the mystery of the only occasionally front brake-triggered taillight.
My highly technical jiggling of wires hinted at a bad connection. [...]

everyday adventures

Want to feel more connected to the world? (In this sense, “world” means earth and her environs.) I would suggest riding a motorcycle.
After a few months of riding locally when the weather allowed, I put on my gear and left for work Monday morning. My only trepidation was the possibility of having to resort to [...]

ready to roll

No words necessary…

(Here you go, Pati.)

making it mine

I spent a bit of time with the motorcycle over the last few days. Picked up a battery tender on Saturday and spent a hour in the afternoon removing the old tender adapter and installing the new one. Got a bonus — when I removed the batter I found the original Allen-head bolts used to [...]

whadda Christmas!

After years and years and years and years of planning, plotting and hoping, I’ve got my motorcycle. Got the M1 endorsement in late November after attending the Motorcycle Safety Foundation class earlier that month and I had settled on waiting until spring to get a bike — when the weather is better and the inventory [...]