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It's here!

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About to commence

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Project V is soon to be underway. Nothing crazy, but fun nonetheless. I'm looking forward to playing around a bit. I have two things I want to do right away. Should cost a lot of money and doesn't really cost a lot of money either. A few mods I'd like to make will have to wait. Partly because it'll be winter soon and my garage doesn't have heat. Partly because it'll cost a bit more money than I'm willing to part with right now. Adios amigos.

Project V

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Project V is about to begin! Details to come.

Interlude

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In need

Sitting here at 11:04 p.m. 10.16.12 listening to Springsteen. Been thinking a lot lately. Thinking I need a project. I need something to build. The question is, what.

The Mad One

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2013 Trek Madone 4.5

11

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I am sure lots will be said and written about the World Trade Center attacks in New York City 11 years ago today. It is hard, in some ways, to believe it has been 11 year. In some ways for me it feels like it was only a year or two ago. In other ways it feels like a dream sequence. Regardless of how it feels, the simple facts tell me it's been 11 years. I can still recall waking up and getting ready for what seemed like it would be just another day at the bike shop. I remember the skies were very bright and clear and blue. It seemed to be shaping up to be a gorgeous early fall day in the upper Midwest. My roommate called me and told me I needed to turn the TV on and keep an eye on what was going on. I was watching the TV as Tower 1 burned and saw the plane fly into Tower 2. I remember thinking "it accelerated just before impact." It also didn't seem real. When I saw the second plane fly into Tower 2 I felt sick. I figured at that point it wasn't just ...