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(whisper) I'm touching Ayah's keyboard...
Gentlemen, I am living the american dream. I am in the holy temple itself. I did not spontaneously combust upon crossing the threshold, as I had feared. But I dare not relaxe yet. SPoet's on her way. With beer. Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day, Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day...
I am alive. As may have been mentioned, Phil and I braved the elements (and an uncooperative home-made bike loading ramp) to get all the way to within 100 miles of Boston, only to be stopped by one bitch of a traffic snarl. 4 hours to go about 30 miles, and hotels full or asking $100 a night. Enter SPoet to save the day. Did I stay in some shitball Days Inn off the pike? Fuck no. I stayed in a 3 story, 4-star vacation lodge on a hillside in Vermont, overlooking both a magnificent lake and a magnificent pan of Phil's holy-shit lasagna. We stuffed ourselves, drank good beer, and took whirlpool baths (separately, mind you).
Yesterday, I hadda be out of that place while some folks put new windows in, so I got on the bike and drove in a big circuit around most of southern VT. In the rain, but still. That state is fucking gorgeous. I stopped in Bennington and had a beer with a guy on a bmw bike. I drove into Green Mountain State Park accidentally, rounded a corner and hit dirt road. I figured "can't last long, right?" Wrong. Bout 30 miles of me piloting a cruiser bike on packed, muddy sand / gravel. If I'd wrecked, I'd still be there... didn't see a person or a vehicle for hours. Did the whole thing in 2nd/1st gear, never over 25mph. Finally it turned into a little town (about 6 houses' worth), and I asked for directions. Turned out I was about an hour north of SPoetLand, and I got back with a huge grin on my face.
Now, Ayah has taken mercy upon me, and I am back in Mass. "This is my Graceland, sir."
I am trying to upload pics, but I don't know how to resize them on a mac.
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[quote="Bloor"]He's either done too much and should stay out of the economy, done too little because unemployment isn't 0%, is a dumb ingrate who wasn't ready for the job or a brilliant mastermind who has taken over all aspects of our lives and is transforming us into a Stalinist style penal economy where Christian Whites are fed into meat grinders. Very confusing[/quote]
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