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A Thousand Pardons…

Posted: 3rd February 2011 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily Ramblings, Not at all Cycling Related
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…But it would appear that despite the copious amounts of non-blog work, including a morning session in our receiving department that can best be described as “illuminating”, (toil is sometimes a necessity) which has engulfed Bloggy recently like so many rats engulfing the consumptive body of a 19th century beggar, Patrick Augustine, the buyer of [...]

Tuesday, The Other White Meat

Posted: 24th August 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily Ramblings, Not at all Cycling Related

“I’m outta here!!!!” A belated congratulations to Hawley graphics department hefe Julie and the newest addition to her family, Lyndi! If you know Julie, you know she is not a fan of having her picture taken and one would assume that extends to having photos of herself published online, especially post-birth photos (almost typed “after-birth” [...]

Monday’s Featured Entrée: Rasta Primavera

Posted: 9th August 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Not at all Cycling Related, The Goods
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Basso the Butcher, bringin’ Alice the meat… First things first. As much as Cyclingnews and Rapha and great blogs like Pave Pave Pave and Neverendingmonkeytronbicyclespaceship tried to hype up the Tour of Poland and Denmark, they were still snoozefests compared to Jeff Kerkove’s harrowing write-up of his first attempt at the Colorado Trail Race. Egads. [...]

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Menchov Demands Sacrifice!

Posted: 14th July 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Not at all Cycling Related
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Thomas Voeckler Colnago C59 resplendent in the French colors… Happy Bastille Day gentle reader. In 1789, a bunch of plucky demonstrators brought “tha ruckus” (to borrow a period colloquialism) to a prison containing 7 prisoners, none of them the Marquis De Sade, and sent a portentous message to the French royalty. Fast forward thousands of [...]

You Have Lunch, We Have LUNCHEON!

Posted: 16th June 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Not at all Cycling Related

Brian Orloff of vendor powerhouse Sigma Sport is known by many names. Some call him Brian, others, Orloff, and a few refer to him as Brian Orloff (and the ultra rare anagram “Born For Fail”, first seen on his kindergarten report card). Around these parts, he is simply known as “The Man Who Saved Lunch [...]