Grumps can suck it, it's Friday!

[Todd Amunrud]

Watching our foreign exchange student from Burma experience her very first snowfall this week. She wondered, skipped and jumped around the block for about an hour in the dark.

[kpomtb]

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[davids]

Because he may be gone, but his work stays with me.

[Matthew Strongin]

Dinner plans with friends tonight followed by a Frank Turner concert with the wife. Can't think of a better way to end the week.

[Britishbane]

To partially make up for Thursday's bitchfest: our office is closing early today - I'll get to play bikes today!

[Brandon White]

Dinner plans with friends tonight followed by a Frank Turner concert with the wife. Can't think of a better way to end the week.

Hey - I thought we had dinner plans! (joking)

Exterior renovations are moving along after some finger-pointing and blame-placing. Back on track to finish in a couple weeks, I think.

[roseyscot]

Had lunch with the family, and realized in a few more months, weekday lunches as a family will be the norm because I am officially approved to work from (my new) home. Getting a babysitter tonight and taking my wife to the Ethiopian restaurant for the first/last time before we move out of the neighborhood

[christian]

Three day weekend! Road cycling, fishing, mountain biking. In that order, please!

[boxerboxer]

The 1 year old's fever is down from almost 104 to 99ish. I might actually get some sleep tonight. That's two in the win column.

[j44ke]

I made it out of the city with a stash of Sporza cyclocross videos on my computer. Catching up on the season so far with my feet on the radiator.

[znfdl]

This is a half grump and half get my grump off.

I had too many years of extensive sun exposure and had my first case of Squamish cell carcinoma. The doctor had me use a topical chemotherapy for three weeks. The drug caused for me to have a rheumatoid arthritis flare-up for three weeks. However, I caught the cancer early and was able to eradicate it pretty easily.

I am now off of the medication and am feeling great, so I have shaken off my grumpiness.

As a public service announcement, go to a dermatologist and get your skin checked.

[marley]

Hit the trails this morning for an easy 10 miles with the pup. Started with lights and ended the ride with the sunrise - trails are in great shape for this time of the year so dry in the Northeast.

[christian]

My face and knee have healed sufficiently to allow both road and mountain cycling this weekend! But man does roadrash itch.

[David Tollefson]

I haven't run since doing a "spur of the moment" half-ironman-plus distance self-supported triathlon a couple months ago. Right achilles has been grouchy. Which isn't all that bad -- I've just been riding more.

But it's finally completely cleared up. Gonna go for a lunchtime run today instead of a ride. We'll see how it goes, but all indications are that all should be well.

[mainemike]

Friday Indeed! I'm quite pleased. I have a young lady stopping by this afternoon for a visit - FWB style, she's ridiculously attractive. Tmmrw is in the 50s which means a nice long ride followed by a nice long paddleboard trip, which is an absolute blast. Tmmrw evening a cple friends and I are doing a dinner - Supperclub style, at a cool Gallery. My whole gang is attending and I'll more or less be waiting on them, which should be good for some laughs. For you foodies, here is the menu:
Social:
Oysters/Hard Meats/Stinky Cheese
Soup:
Roasted Pumpkin w/Bacon Fat Croutons
Dinner:
Stout Braised Brisket/Carrot Mustard/Winter Greens/Crispy Parsnips
Dessert:
Honey Cracker/Almond Marshmallow/Dark Chocolate/Mint

if you wanna come I need to know now! Cheers.

[mnoble485]

Forecast is 70% chance of rain tomorrow but I do not have to work. Gonna RIDE!

Mike

[Nierman]

My daughter and I will make some last-minute sauce & cheese mods to her Powder Puff Derby pizza tonight. She couldn't really help much with the wood prep due to me not even owning a coping hand saw - I just clamped in the vise and went at it with a 4.5" angle grinder. I was going to cut out a slice of cheese from a milk jug then propane torch it into melted toasty bubbly goodness, but I think some felt cheese & pepperoni/black olive buttons would be the safer, less toxic method for a 10yr old girl. Ladies, start your ovens!



Oh yeah, we're pretty excited to pick up our little chocolate Lab pup this weekend, too. 2am diaper changes on the way...

[roseyscot]

25 miles on the Zank 29er ss on the way to work. Nope, not sucking today at all.

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[Heronseye]

Had a bear in the yard this week trying to get into the chicken coop. Wife and I yelled and it ran away. Not something you see very often.

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[christian]

Oh man what a rug that'd make.

(Doing my 20.)