Geeeezuuuuuz! The pain. Motrin is no match and I'm not taking a leftover Vicodin before work. I'm just sipping my Constant Comment wondering if I'll be able to ride tonight. I took the Titus into Jim's Bicycles because the bottom pivot spacers on the RP23 rear shock are starting to wear and need to be replaced. I guess that's what happens to a 6 month old racing bike that gets ridden pretty much 7 days a week. Shit wears out. I'm glad I have the Specialized Enduro as a backup bike and that will be my aluminum horse this week. But I do love my carbon and will miss her this week. It takes a week to get the parts from FOX and I figured I'd leave the bike at the shop while waiting and give it a rest for the week. It performed admirably over the 6.5 hours ridden at Santos so it deserves the break. I've got to get a different rear tire on it too. The Wierwolf is great for the front, but too much traction for a back tire. The last Coconut Cup race is March 7 so I just need to get me a Small Block 8 or Crossmark before then. Whichever is cheaper.

A friend up near Tampa is looking for some graphic design work. Maybe I'll get a little extra work to pay for the new tire and shock spacers...and a couple cans of GT85. I use that stuff like water to clean the drivetrain. Just spray the bejeezuz out of the cassette, derailleur, and chain. Seems to work. No drivetrain issues in 2 whole race series and haven't broken a chain.

I was thinking about Carolyn last night. I shouldn't do that. Sure I'd like to give her a good flogging, but that would last all of about a week and then I'd get bored. I just want to hang out with her. Man I sound creepy. No, I won't be stalking her so just relax. Luckily infatuation wears off. I'm sure she'll do or say something to annoy me sometime down the road and that will be that. It'll probably be the other way around though. When you aren't afraid to be a heretic publicly it can become an excuse for people to write you off. Being a militant atheist doesn't make one popular with most folks in today's hyper religious society. The fact that I think people who believe in God are somewhat deficient doesn't help either. But this is what I know so it's my cross to bear. I hate that there are so many religious cliches. I use them in an ironic fashion but I should probably be more creative and come up with my own sayings. But even, "...my burden to shoulder." is an Agnosticized version of the same cliche. My atheism is still evolving in terms of entirely sloughing off the last remnants of religious indoctrination from my youth, but it is strong within me and I'm certain I can do some good for society by helping others break the bondage of religion. I'm not looking to "convert" people. I just want people to start thinking about what they believe in and ask the right questions. The one thing about religion is that when you are taught to never question anything about God because you just wouldn't understand, that should be one of life's red flags that we should teach our children about when they are very young and currently is the opposite. Societies around the world teach their children to blindly follow clergy and to use superstition as a way of getting through life. No wonder we have so many molested children by priests and the like. It's our fault for putting them into that position by lying to them in the first place. We really need to stop the child abuse that is religious indoctrination of children. Not because I think it's wrong, but just because it IS wrong. These are the kinds of statements that get me into trouble. But I can't help what I know to be right. And religion is the opposite of right despite what the Republicans would have you think. I used to be a Republican, but the party that I supported has long since been overrun with superstitious wing nuts with insane world views.

The tea is done and it's time to try and stand up and get ready for work. 2 posts now. We'll see how long this lasts.