Just Recently I’ve had a new carpet put in my studio apartment. After moving the bed out of the area where it once stood I’ve never put it back because in reality I need a new bed. Why put a 10 year old broken box spring and bed on a brand new carpet anyway? In the mean time I’ve been crashing on my new carpet with only a pillow and a comforter. After 2 weeks of doing this new sleeping method I never felt better! My back and legs feel stronger and I wake up feeling more refreshed. Perhaps sleeping on the floor is better than my old worn out bed, or sleeping on the floor is better for my body altogether?

When I was riding home from work this evening I felt a weird sensation coming from the sole of my right shoe. At first I thought my old timberland shoes were finally falling apart making my foot to slide off the petal, but as I look down to my surprise the pedal was bent. Being that I was approximately 6 miles away from home I really had no choice other than to ride the rest of the way. When I got nearly 3 blocks from my apartment the pedal finally pooped out of the crank arm rendering it useless. I tried to screw it back in the hole but the aluminum was so badly shredded it was totally imposable to fix. Walking that three blocks seemed forever as I was cursing to myself.

From what I can remember I did see a Shamano crank arm at Performance Bikes for about 100 dollars. My question is should I attempt to pull the crank arm off myself or have a mechanic do the job? Pulling and installing it looks pretty harmless and effortless if you have the correct crank puller. I’ll have to see the mechanic’s rates before I decide. Welp, tomorrow it looks like I’ll have to take a taxi home from work, crap!!!

Yep, She now has a nice rack as you can see. I decided to put it on her yesterday. I even drove to work today without my shirt. It felt like a brand new world after I drove 8 miles under the Arizona sun.

Not wearing a hot ass backpack reduces the amount of sweat on my shoulders and feels great! I must say it was well worth the 32 bucks for that little bugger! Now I can ride almost naked without being weighed down. Whoopee!

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First and foremost I’ll have to say my favorite celebrity of all time has to be the lovely Lucy Liu. Of coarse she’s a knock out, but I’m not making that statement just because she’s a far out groovy chick, but only because all her movie characters are simply awesome. However, I wasn’t much of a fan of the TV series Ally McBeal, but loved her in “Play it to the Bone, Kill Bill, Charley’s Angles” and was totally blown away with her snake scene in Flypaper. Lucy Liu has that rock star status every time she pops up in any film, even if it just for a few seconds.

The Blues Brothers does indeed top the list of my favorite film of all time, so why not add John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd to my list of favorite celebrities of all time. Both John and Dan had block buster hits apart from one another, but the two comedians from the 70′s Saturday Night Live era together made the best damn piece of film nostalgia ever produced. Just writing about this movie makes me want to see this all over again. On another note, probably the only musical I could ever stomach.

The late David Carradine is a guy who could kick your ass but never brag about it. Playing the humble character as the Sholin Temple monk in the legendary TV series “kung Fu,” he went on to other great films, martial art related and many not. The list is too long for me to write. I would of loved to had seen the never going to be released film “Stretch” that was apparently going to be shot in Bangkok. While on location making that film Carradine was found dead hanging by a rope naked in his Bangkok hotel room’s closet. Rest in peace David Carradine.

Jack Lord, or Detective Steve McGarrett in Hawaii Five-0 was most definitely the best cop ever portrayed on American television. Lord played the classy swift detective that so many tried to imitate but never duplicated. The show always gave me a tropical Hawaiian crime fighting flavor from the beginning to end with that kick ass theme song. The show aired twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980. They just don’t make Television like they did back then, and Hawaii Five-0 was the best of its time.
Click the arrow to play the Hawaii Five-0 theme song!

Michael Richards, AKA Cosmo Kramer has to fall somewhere on my list of Hollywood favorites. Although I’ll admit I never really focused on his career outside of Seinfeld, no less Kramer was truly a hilarious class act. Many would agree that it would be very difficult for Richards to achieve main stream success again. In 2006 Richards made some extreme racial remarks on stage after being heckled by two African American men. Despite the racial slurs Richards made, it still doesn’t stop me from watching Seinfeld reruns and laughing my ass off at Kramer. At any rate Michael “Kramer” Richards is truly an original funny guy.

Being that I’m an owner of a iPod touch 3rd generation, which runs nearly bug free on Apple’s OS4. I must admit the Android 2.2 operating system that runs on the Droid X  has all sorts of bugs, but not enough to make you throw it against the wall. Comparing it to my iPod touch, which is basically an iPhone without the phone, the Droid X has a much better web browsing experience. At any rate the Droid X is a great smart phone but I still prefer my iPod to play music.

You can’t talk, I’m anxious, I’m off the walls, I’m right here just, come outside,
and see it, but pack your heart, you might need it.

I’ll find a way, I’ll confuse them, but I think I can try. I will save your life,
I will save your life. I’ll try for you.

You’re locked up, You exhaled, You did it before, I seen it. Come outside,
and breath in. Relax your arms, and let me in.

I’ll find a way, I’ll confuse them, but I think I can try. I will save your life,
I will save your life. I’ll try for you.

I know what to say to take you, Higher, higher. No one else can take you higher.
But I will try, for you.

Updated: August 11, 2010
Finally it looks as if the bus system is now resuming their regular daily schedule. Hey, I actually enjoyed biking to work for the 7 days they were striking. You know, I just might decide to bike all the way everyday regardless of their comeback.