Bonus points

If you know what this is. But it's a surprise, so i can't say just yet

Photo backlog!

Bikes, food porn, witty commentary. C'mon, whaddya want? WE KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!

Pretty much just since this is the order these uploaded in, for no obvious reason, let's start with "ahhhhhh, shit" when Dollar General thinks this is the best way to advertise the fact that they sell death.

This is in a neighborhood right around the Dodgers game I went to a few weeks ago. I'm not at all convinced that there is any legal authority for this. 

More on the parking theme: I hope McDonalds doesn't mind that I wasn't a Drive-Thru customer.

But, hold on a second: why in the hell do they have parking for Drive-Thru anyway?

It's crass and kind of gross, but I felt like I had to document the immense amount of roadkill on Georgia 101 between Rockmart and Rome that made this incredibly narrow shoulder even less pleasant to ride on. And no, this isn't, by any means, the most graphic shot I could have taken. But this was about as close as I could get without retching. 

This is the lovely tempeh hoagie I had at Mellow Mushroom in Rome, where they happily held the mayo, and substituted Daiya for the cow juice cheese.

And finally, this is the assortment that I made my wrap for that tour from. And the last day ended with 57.31 miles ridden. And a slightly sore butt.

Headed to California tomorrow, so posting will be predictably intermittent.

Dirty Bastard

No it's not a Coors Light. It's half and half Guinness and Arrogant Bastard. Mellow Mushroom in Rome, Georgia: feeling pretty good about it!

Tonight a minor league baseball game. And a 7 mile ride back to the hotel after about 56 to get here. And another 56 or 70 tomorrow.

Good times!

Vegan lunch at mile 36 of the Silver Comet

On my way to Rome!

Food porn. Straight up.

Poblano peppers and onions, and tofu upper right. Yum.

bucket lists

On a recent road trip, J and I spent some time writing up our bucket lists. Mine currently has 37 items, broken out roughly in four different categories, and each with an "A" or "B" priority. Here's an "A" highlight from each category:

travel: Nunavut (the only Canadian province or territory I haven't been to)

skill: learn basic welding and metalwork

[check out this amazing image, which I don't want to rip off as it's surely copyrighted]

outdoor: hike from Badwater, Death Valley, the lowest point in North America, to the peak of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the continental United States.

(i couldn't find an image to adequately convey this. use your imagination.)

experience: work in a baseball stadium as a vendor so that I get to yell out "PEANUTS CRACKERJACKS POPCORN COLD BEEEEEEER!" or the like at the top of my lungs.

Today's study in contrasts is inspired by the fact that they are both roughly circular when you're only looking at thumbnail sizes in your photos folder.

First, some delicious FOOD PORN! (Oh, and to hell with those who say looking at food porn makes you fat: you're just not looking at the right stuff )

Anyway, above are vegan hot dogs from a couple nights ago. J's version on the left has (bottom) homemade sauerkraut, grilled poblanos, and dijon mustard; and (top) homegrown pineapple sage (about the most vigorous plant in our kitchen garden raised bed on the front porch), sweet (YUCK) relish, and dijon mustard. Mine on the right has pineapple sage, homemade sauerkraut, grilled poblanos, dill (YUM) relish, dijon mustard, and veganaise, with a side of grilled ONIONS!

And now to remind you of a previous fun topic, namely of the perils of not cleaning out your drains on a semi-regular basis (or at least the perils of you both growing your hair out.) The bathtub has been starting to not drain as quickly in the last few days, so this morning I cleaned out the drain. Big times here at Dangr-us Thoughts World H, lemme tell ya'.

Riding out now to bike bicycle tubes!

Garden porn!

Looks like we might have overwatered the red oak leaf lettuce - two plants died. But the (bolting) mesclun greens and herbs are going like gangbusters!

Dinnertime!

Grilled tofu, tempeh, onions, and poblanos, with tomatoes, brown rice, and Thai peanut dipping sauce.

Food porn

Ok,.fine, so I'm bored, waiting for the grill to cook. But that means you get MORE FOOD PORN!

Vegan grill dinner ATL!

J coming home soon. YAY! making grilled tofu, tempeh, onions, and poblanos, with brown rice.

Suitcase

Pretty good looking, eh? Yes, that's a key ring substituting for a zipper pull tab. I really hate throwing things out, and it functionally works fine.

And I hope the baggage crew at Delta gets a kick out of it now and then.

More silly cars & lumber

More adventures with lumber hauling. That's a piece of 4x8 3/4" plywood.

And in the interests of protecting the innocent and the guilty, I boxed out my somewhat astonished nephew's face.

Beer can porn?

Or, in the somewhat crass way it's said in the bar industry about empty kegs, dead soldiers?

For the sharp-eyed (or just ultra-critical) in the readership, no, I didn't drink the Coors. Except one, which I had to shotgun after I lost a silly bet that, surprise surprise, I can't remember what it was.

When buying beer for this, I tried really hard to get the more easily recyclable and much more regularly recycled aluminum cans, though I confess that a few glass bottles were harmed in the making of the fence.

Asparagus, yo!

Brussels. Fucking. Sprouts. Yo.

Got mushrooms?

Long but great day with family in the central valley of California.

Tried to go to the River Cats game with mom but it was rained out with zero played; still a fun time.

Cooking now as much for therapeutic value as anything else.

Vegan road food!

For today's drive to Fresno

Friday night, it must be Sacramento

Rebuilding a fence tomorrow.

What, you don't normally use a Hyundai Elantra hatchback for hauling lumber?

Where, friend, is your sense of adventure?

UPDATE: here's another shot that better indicates the, ahem, ridiculousness of this operation:

Fence = done. Mostly. I'm still not pleased with its unevenness on the east side, but that unevenness dates to five or six years ago: we mostly rebuilt the west side. Oh, and all of the struts. And the gate.

Oh, San Francisco

I think i love you.

Golden Road vegan beer & food

Now THIS is some fucking sold vegan food and beer. Golden Road Brewing, in the North party of LA (practically the San.Fernando Valley.)

Hallway dumpstered dinner!

Already ate the best part: olives, tomatoes, and bread.