R.I.P

I must lay this blog to rest. After a couple of years blogging on monkeytron, I find it more of an after thought than a real blog anymore. Other things in life take priority now. It really isn't even that. It is more related to the things I want to blog about, I feel like I no longer can do that here. It was a good blog and I felt I have left a few small contributions to the progression of blogging. Monkeytron Sightings, Middle Finger Monday, and of course, WTF Fridays. So for now, Monkeytron is going underground. Another blog will be started, but I will leave no direction to get there. In the mean time....Fuck those fuckers

Do cabs have dice in the mirror?

Hypothesis: They do

Procedure: I whistled for a cab

Result: When it came near the license plate said "fresh" and had dice in the mirror

Conclusion: Yo holmes to Bel Aire

Back to the racing

First race of the year coming up. Just registered for the L'Alpe Bl'Huez I never thought I would do a time trial not on my time trial bike.

Bloody as hell or burnt to a crisp?

The latter for me. Seems to be that I forgot to put on some sunblock on the back of my left calf. Sunday was super nice so I went out for a 5 hour ride with boB, Ralph, and a couple of the Toms. The ride went well. My climbing skills are coming along, the rollers are flowing good. I just need to get some speed for the Tuesday night sufferfest. Of which, I will miss again. The sunburn is very bad and want to keep it covered up for another day.

Lesson learned

There is nothing more scary than a rabid raccoon on fire running your way spitting flames at your feet.

Star Wars

Darth Vader: "Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father."

Luke: "He told me enough! He told me you killed him!"

Darth Vader: "No! I am your father!"

Luke: "No, it's not true! It's impossible."

Darth Vader: "Search your feelings; you know it to be true."

Luke: "NO!"

Darth Vader: "Yes, it is true and you know what else? You know that brass droid of yours?"

Luke: "Threepio?"

Darth Vader: "Yes, Threepio, I built him when I was seven years old."

Luke: "No."

Darth Vader: "Seven years old? And what have you done? Look at yourself, no hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your own ship out of the swamp."

Luke: "I destroyed your precious Death Star!"

Darth Vader: "When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed a Trade Federation Droid Control ship!"

Luke: "Well, it's not my fault."

Darth Vader: "Oh, here we go. 'Poor me, my father never gave me what I wanted for my birthday, boo hoo, my daddy's the Dark Lord of the Sith .. waahhh wahhh!'"

Luke: "Shut up."

Darth Vader: "You're a slacker! By the time I was your age, I had exterminated the Jedi knights!"

Luke: "I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon!"

Darth Vader: "Oh, for the love of the Emperor, 10 years old, winner of the Boonta Eve Open. Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer, right here baby!

Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step toward it.

Darth Vader: "I was wrong. You're not my kid. I don't know whose you are, but you sure ain't mine."

Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges down the shaft.

Darth Vader looks after him.

Darth Vader: "And get a haircut!"