Category: Surly Pugsley
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Further
One of the great things about bikes is the cool places they’ll take you to. And you can go even further if you’re willing to sit for awhile once you get there.
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
The atv path I ride my bike on all the time passes right by a neighbour’s house. He can see the trail through the trees from his driveway. Over the past few years he’s seen me out on the path on a bike at pretty much every time of year and day and in any…
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No more events today.
Saturday was open. Up early and made coffee in the underground lair while listening to the Bosstones. Headed out for a walk with Titus. Talked about nihilism and child prodigies. Sartre and the Stoics. The weekly menu and cooking rotation as an element everyday existence. Russian prisoner camps and optimism. Canadian Literature and its identity…
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Next Level
I guess if I’m going to take this blog to the ‘next level’ and start to incorporate some of the cool new ‘latest media’ like this animated gif, I need to get a tripod to make the loop transition seamless. I think animated gifs might be just a fad though – like fat bikes were…
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I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
I’ve been listening to these sessions on stoicism on the Waking Up app by William Irvine. One of the main points so far has been that the Stoics stipulated that to live a happy life one needed to shift from wanting things we don’t have to wanting the things we already do. Today what we…
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Christmas (T)Roll
So a little less than a year ago, my internet homey Matt emailed me out of the blue to let me know he was liquidating his Surly stock. He had a Troll and a Pugsley up for sale and wanted to know if I wanted any parts or whole. As a matter of backstory, I…