Mullet-Hawk

I want to do the right thing. When the time comes I want to be sure that my new hair cut will make me faster. I plan to straddle the fine line between mullet and mohawk, which will be henceforth referred to as the mullet-hawk. I can barely contain my excitement. Just thinking about my new haircut is making my legs more vascular, my quads bigger and my tan lines more defined. This could be the competitive edge I need heading to Canada.

A quick google-style image inquiry into the world of the 'euro-mullet' yielded shocking results: cyclists have been using the mullet-hawk as an ergogenic aid for quite some time.

Exhibit A: http://speedtheorycyclingteam.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-train-make-his-winning-move-in.html




Coincidence? I think not.


Exhibit B: http://djones.myncblogs.com/2008/12/02/is-the-euro-mullet-still-in-style/
very coincidental. The mullet featured here is on my NCSU 'cross teammate Brain Sain's head.





Exhibit C: http://goodtimecyclingblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/well-well-well-tim-johnson.html
It apparently works equally as well for cyclocross.

I fell down

I don't usually crash my bike, but last Sunday I fell down. I wasn't paying attention and rode my front wheel off the side of a wooden bridge. The bridge was covered with roofing shingles for added traction which felt less than wonderful against my skin as I face-planted into it.

Considering the fact that my wheel fell out out on the first lap and I crashed on the second lap, the fact that I still won was enough to take the sting away.

Photos and results:

http://documents.clubexpress.com/documents.ashx?key=usxJ6E6EJ0KdUoAmMJIYisao6xqgbNaZK3uNt3JWy3EZW8To8cVBuejNkgqz89y81odOlIUIuuM%3d
http://www.ecvelo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=984060&module_id=49780














The Euro-mullet makes me faster.

Naked

While I was riding the other day I spotted a naked red head in someone's front lawn. I thought I had seen a hawk until I realized she was a vulture. Bummer. In related news the fox's head is on the right side of the road, while the rest of his body lies in the median. James Slaughter Barbecue Thanksgiving Fire Sausage Road that is.

On my way out

As I was leaving my house today I thought aloud, "am I forgetting anything?"

To which I answered, "I don't remember."

Please note that I was not talking to myself. I was thinking out loud, with my mouth. Only crazy people talk to themselves, but it's ok to think once in a while. Just be sure to stifle this regularly with copious amounts of television.

What's a Pirate's Favorite Statistical Software Envorinment?

aaRRRRRR.

It's my favorite too. http://www.r-project.org/

It helps me watch my training: