Hoth


Yep, its that time of the year again. The time of the year where I no longer live in a pleasant world, but rather an icy and bitter cold world, not dis-unlike that of the ice planet Hoth.

Yes, I'm a nerd. Deal with it.

Its -8F at the moment, with a wind chill of -21F.  Our low tonight is projected to be -20F and the high tomorrow is -3F. Though, it doesn't look like it'll hang around all that long. We'll have double digit high temps by Wednesday again.

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Past plans of buying a new bike have been put on hold. For the time being. With that said, I think I may try to see if I can't put a few pennies together and try to find a used Fox G2 fork. Or maybe even a Rockshox. Something to change the front end on the Fisher.
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Decided now is the time to do my yearly reading of the book "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"

If you haven't read this bike, I would certainly recommend it. Not only is it such a simple and great read, but it provides you with an amazing picture of what hundreds of thousands of Russians went through post World War II. It also is just a masterpiece portrait of how the human spirit survives through horrible conditions.

Anyway, just my two cents worth.
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Ok, I have groceries to put away. Happy 2010 again.

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