Backward Mutters

Month: May 2008

  • 2008 Mountains of Misery Ride Report, Part 2

    So, at Looney, Red fell forward from the group he was riding with and enjoyed the descent into New Castle — rippin! Arriving in New Castle, he refilled the bottles with HEED — which was the ticket. He also downed some Edurorlyte tablets. As an aside, I have to give…

  • 2008 Mountains of Misery Ride Report, Part 1

    The Ramblers converged in Blacksburg on Saturday in preparation for the 11th Mountains of Misery Ride from Newport out and around and finally back up to Mountain Lake — which, before he forgets to say it, is miserable. (Every year, Red thinks, it’s just about gutting it out — just…

  • Mountains of Misery, Heaps of Fun

    The rest period for Mountains of Misery has begun, and I’m scared — not of resting mind you, but of the ride itself. I first did the ride in 2004, and was appropriately humbled. There’s just no way to know what riding 100 miles over unfamiliar territory will do to…

  • A Bunny Hop of Sorts

    Chum is possum hoppin. Who says men from Lenior don’t know how to have a good time? http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAPCZD0ddCGBZjZs6HcCGJYeMe0Irk3j5lIdXg771XXsrB3xAv9PSGKjGGnG8HPj4eFGib9psaFz5z4xml1JGmq1kzPrllQ-hJ1x-Rim1rlDgOpMTyRw4wgXP3LbEyHJa410Js-29O6JYQ3-P0UYg7r0NTBnT-OopM7qxsmeXav9igB6-g7afUo0WMjYLCqsOnncyX3gGaCPP66JLuDsj8VtWDvNZXTD0Ztj3fzlzmsP3%26sigh%3DT6_wc4eF0y1xYGAGpVhKMUUpTw4%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D45001e986d04deb9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Dl-zNQKhxANtbKOaC6LqJOTw2cT0&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den

  • On Prince Caspian, just this one point…

    So, the movies were better than the books? Thanks for playing. I can’t not comment (double negative, don’t tell me, I don’t not know it). Both for Lewis and Tolkein, the more significant and substantive relationships were those of friends. For example, one only discovers the romance between Arwen and…