Months away from the local water warming up enough to stand-up paddle board, so I took to the trail with my longboard and land paddle.
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Months away from the local water warming up enough to stand-up paddle board, so I took to the trail with my longboard and land paddle.
Yellow t-shirt with a parts display from a Mold-A-Rama machine
Typical Mold-A-Rama instant souvenir machine
This t-shirt is peak museum or zoo nostalgia for kids of a certain age. The wax smell as the heated plastic entered the mold to create your instant souvenir.
Beginner roll on my new Pantheon LowTide cruiser
Skater shoes, black with gum soles. Vans Skate Old Skool Wafflecup Shoe.
As part of my multi-decade midlife crisis, I now own my first pair of Vans skate shoes. I'm not very good at being Gen X.
Dusk Blue Pivot Point dirt jumper in front of the pump and jump trails at Ray's Indoor Bike Park
In n+1 bike news, I now own a dirt jumper.
Pandemic-era cultural touchstone "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" finally received a Nintendo Switch 2 update last week. It's an opportunity to revisit an island abandoned nearly five years ago as the real world opened up again and see what I was doing in another lifetime.
One thing I appreciate about America's Funniest Home Videos is that they generally don't make you wait to get to the allegedly funny parts in the video, unlike those on the internet.
"wait for it"
The downward curve of the Green Trail at Ray's Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
The wooden skinnies at Ray's Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio
The pump tracks and jump lines of Profile World at Ray's Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio
Avoiding winter weather at Ray's Indoor Bike Park
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Automotive hero James Moylan passed away on December 11, 2025, at the age of 80. He came up with the idea of an icon near your fuel gauge to show which side the fuel door is on.
Good news, it’s the last Monday of 2025.
Bad news, just a week until the first Monday of 2026.
Found the real treasures at the antique shop
The Choose Your Own Adventure of book stores
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Watching “The American President” and I’d like to campaign for it to be relabeled as science fiction in today’s world.
Store sign that reads “Generation X”
Paper taped to store’s door that reads “Generation X is now closed. We will reopen in January as Bramble and Bloom. See you soon!”
Metaphor
Oh boy, can’t wait for the 15 cheap Betty Boop horror movies to come out immediately afterwards.
Mondays.
You're not procrastinating with last-minute gift shopping. You're spending extra time being thoughtful about the right gift.
Today might as well be 12/31
I will never not be amused when I run across “drunk octopus wants to fight you” coat hangers.
Wendy's fast food restaurant sign stating that due to the discontinuation of the penny, if this location is out of pennies, cash transactions will be rounded down to the nearest nickel. This does not affect credit, debit or gift card purchases.
What a time this is. It makes no cents.
I don’t plan on getting to the point where I say “I’m gonna send it” any time soon.
rRode my first pump track and single-track mountain bike trails. Did not die, except on the hills out of the valley.
Summer dreams of autumn screams.
Now that it's fall, I have my standup paddleboard sitting near the door like an emergency go-bag in case the fall weather turns just right to head directly to the river after work. It was a good day to grab it and go paddle.
You know it’s Labor Day on the highways in Ohio when the Waze GPS app is all
“🚙 🚓 Police Reported Ahead” ..
“🚙 🚓 Police Reported Ahead” ..
“🚙 🚓 Police Reported Ahead” ..
“🚙 🚓 Police Reported Ahead” …
Another free app to add to your phone's travel folder when visiting a new city with unfamiliar public transit options: transitapp.com
