“You’re Japanese, you have to do it.”
It was the default nationality reasoning, which, when you happen to be Japanese, gets applied too often to activities that normal people just wouldn’t choose to engage in. Raving? Cosplay? Zentai? Yup, yup, and yup [and no, I did not do all of the above].
But this time, it actually [...]
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Track bikes are to ‘cross frames what stilettos are to Crocs. Not everyone can wear them, much less wear them well. To a good portion of the population, the distinctly sharp shoe is simply impracticality in its most feminist-inhibiting form. To others, heels that tower ever higher, ever more constrictive, are something of an art [...]
Because pictures [of pretty bicycles] are worth ten million words. And because I’m up to my eyeballs in work these days.
The Dolan is officially NYC Velo’s Bike of the Week [a.k.a. BOTW]. Check out the rest of their flickr sets for bikes that are [arguably] way prettier than mine.
Going to the dentist freaks me out. Like most people, I don’t particularly enjoy getting the insides of my mouth poked and prodded with sharp, cold, metal instruments. I might not even mind that discomfort, actually, if it wasn’t for the lies.
Why is that? Like every “don’t worry, this won’t hurt” is dentist code for [...]
I’m somehow still in NYC.
And no, it wasn’t the Yankees win against the Sox after 15 innings [although that was a pretty intense game]. And despite all the trash talk that I might be doing that Boston sometimes needs to step it up, it’s not the bike scene that’s keeping me here either.
Because there is [...]
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Call me a creature of habit [or just lazy], but I tend to get stuck in the same mundane routine. Getting up at the same time every morning, going through the same motions at work, doing the same rides. Ironically I sort of like it when someone will pull me out of my rut, give [...]
Coffee table books.
I love them. Not because of their sheer size and authoritative weight, but because they reveal so much about their owners. When a person’s willing to spend at least $50 on a book – especially in this day and age of Internet everything – you know they have to love the subject.
My coffee [...]
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There seem to be two kinds of law students here: those that share their personal lives with each other and make normal friends, and those that keep work and play distinct. I clearly fall within the latter. In the past two years, I’ve perfected the art of putting off social events until it starts to [...]
Section 280E of the Federal Income Tax Code says that drug dealers can’t deduct any expenses related to the drug trade from their tax returns. Well, that doesn’t apply to the cost of the drugs though, you get to sort of make back that investment.
It was almost painful reading that on Monday. Monday. Marathon Monday. [...]
I remember the first time I rode something I knew I couldn’t control.
A black, half-trained filly – back in the days when I was obsessed with real ponies/horses – everything had to be done in reverse. Pulling on the reins made her tuck her head in resolutely and take off. The natural human reaction of [...]