This ended up coating the sweet potato ravioli that Ashlinn and I made for dinner with my parents. Those were hard to photograph because they were gone very quickly!
Winter Cleaning
I tore apart the drivetrain of my Trek 520 yesterday to clean it. Once it was back together it was looking rather photogenic.
Valve stems at 6 o’clock, cranks at 3 o’clock, biggest chainring, disregard the jack stand.
I believe this is the first time I’ve showed off my new (old) headlight. I’ve had the dynamo hub since last June. I built up a wheel with it, but never bought a light. I had the shell of this old light and decided to replace the old guts with a new socket and wiring. It has worked incredibly well so far, but I’m looking to find a more aesthetically pleasing mount.
My sister got me a Thermos for Christmas. A couple days after Christmas I had to leave for a photoshoot at 5am. To prepare for it, I bought coffee at 3pm the previous day. It was still at tongue burning temperatures when I woke up.
One day, that adapter is going to come in very handy. Also, this rear light needs a cleaner mount as well….Hrmmmmm….
Perhaps It’s Time for Frivolous Indulgences
This right here is a $295 spoke tensiometer. This $295 device is the most accurate way to make sure your bicycle wheel is built with even tension throughout all of the spokes. It’s only $295. You can buy me one here. It comes with a spare battery.
Two Meals
Scrambled eggs with sautéed garlic, diced chives and shaved Parmesan. Pomegranate for dessert.
Pizza with green peppers, onion and fresh mozzarella.
Scarlet
Scarlet lives with Doug and Cig, who I got to hang out with last week. Go pre-order Cig’s new book.
Foraged Funds 2012
I’ve started foraging again! If you aren’t aware of what Foraged Funds is, it’s a running tally of money (usually coins) that I find (usually in the streets or sidewalks.) Last time I had a separate page just for tracking what I’ve found, this time I’m sticking to Twitter. You can see the tweets embedded to the right of this post, unless of course you’re reading this in an RSS reader. If that’s the case, feel free to follow @foragedfunds. As often as possible, tweets will be geotagged, maybe even with a picture, if it’s an especially ugly coin.
Currently I do not have an intended goal to reach. I’d be excited if I reached $10 again, but I bet I can go higher this year.
End of Year Wrap Up
Hey friends! I wanted to wish you all a wonderful New Year’s Eve-ning and also thank you for visiting this blog so much this year. I gained a lot of followers this year and I hope the trend continues. Last year I got a huge traffic spike due to thedailywh.at posting/linking to the Hatchet Key Hook post. This year, the same post made it to the front page of Reddit, which was pretty cool too. Maybe in 2012 I will find something new to bring the folks in.
I’ve certainly noticed that the last year of the blog has taken a very different direction than years past. Lots of pictures, especially food and bicycles. I hope you guys are cool with that, because it probably won’t stop anytime soon. Ashlinn says I need to write more, which I agree with, but it may not be strictly blog posts. I hope to be writing more in many ways, and I’ll be sure to share as much as I can with you all. I’ve even contemplated bringing back FrURLsday, but since leaving my M-F job, I rarely know what day it is until I realize there is a new XKCD comic.
Overall, expect to see more things that you would deem “Adam Belanger-y” and hopefully they will bring a smile to your face or strike fear into your heart. One or the other. Or neither. It could just end up being a bunch of bullshit.
Sunrise
Just in case anybody missed it.
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P.S. Happy holidays!
Ashlinn
A short collection of texts with Ashlinn.
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