I never thought Id say it, but Im tired of expounding on the virtues of bacon, Danzig and moustaches.
This is all reminiscent of a time not so very long ago, when I began to think "I need something more. I want to broaden my horizons and turn my back on bikes and art for a little while."
Well the natural progression was of course to karate and building model cars. I built one fantastic blue metal flake 1965 GTO rag top, which I later gave to my friend Jamie who actually had a real life 1965 GTO, and the karate classes.. Well I never signed up for them.
You see, not only am I a creature of habit, but Im fairly frugal in my ways, and I tend to be attracted to the disciplines that dont suck the money from my wallet like so many money-from-wallet-sucking-vacuums.
Id like to get into remote controlled cars for example, but they tend to cost more then actual cars, plus I have no hand/eye coordination so thats out. Yoga? I always fall asleep in class, and its boring. Off roading in a 4x4 truck? My environmentally conscious side wont allow it, plus, that too is insanely cost prohibitive, and lastly I dont want to mess up my nice dixie flag t-shirt.. I could go on..
But I digress...

My point is that its time to expound on some other worth while aspects of life on this here forum, and perhaps in turn, find myself a new hobby, thereby forging a brand new identity for myself.

So lets start with politics, shall we? DPow! sent an alluring shot on that makes me think perhaps I should go volunteer for Hillary;

"...kind of has its own thing going on....her eyes see you no matter where you are in the room...also it makes me want to use the word "razzledazzle"

Well, while the word 'razzledazzle' is profoundly attractive, the thought of stuffing envelopes and drinking crap coffee from styrofoam cups beneath fluorescent lights isnt terribly appealing to me. Besides, the only thing that I really think about when looking at that shot is how incredibly fetching Id look in that pant suit.

Maybe I could periodically expound on cats;

But then again, El Corpo hates cats, and Ive seen him fire people for less, so that probably wont work.

Or how about appliances that no home should be without, like this one that Ashley sent to us?

I have an old friend named Pete who is as crafty an individual as they come, and upon walking into the kitchen of the barn that hed refurbished, I noticed an item not unlike this thats depicted, but it was one hed actually built. Thats right, he built his own two door refrigerator complete with a tap in the right side door and a special spot inside just for kegs.
He said that if it didnt work, at least his dog would end up with a really kick ass dog house.

Anyway, while attempting to stay out of the well worn groves here on the Bummer Life, it seems that Ill inevitably always fall into old habits. For example, as a proud sponsor, its our pleasure to notify you about our pal Josh's upcoming annual, and nationally recognized Urban Assault Ride Series at which one will most definitely be witness to some bicycle messengers© in action.
Maybe some of them will even let you get a picture taken with them for your Myspace page.

But you see, old habits die hard and this post is an attempt at breaking new ground, so lets continue.

Chris truly just wants to help when reminding us of an old haunt of ours with an email about Voo Doo Doughnuts and their bacon maple bar, but hes just enabling with the old standard, albeit delicious fare.

How about this manifesto I scanned from No Duh fanzine, circa 1995;

But then again, that has to do with bikes, and regardless of how it brings a smile to my face, were trying to veer away from the traditional subject matter here, right?

What about traditional subject matter in a non traditional forum? I guess that would be this weeks WTF Award.

Or I could take an opportunity to once again request matter for our wall of shame, right? I havent done that in a while...
All you gotta do is do it.

Swobos all mighty wall of shame
104 Bronson St. #5
Santa Cruz, Ca. 95062

Another aspect of this rigamarole that I might attempt to switch up is the Friday Hero feature that has reared its head from time to time, but generally the Friday Hero is someone that genuinely deserves recognition, and this week is going to end up being no different. Many of you Im sure are familiar with The Fat Cyclist and his virtual presence on your computer.

Well, I think its only right that his better half Susan should be recognized for the epic battle that shes waging, and Fattys efforts to help her emerge victorious.
So heres to you Susan and Fatty as well as all of your kids...
Welcome all of you to the tried and true annals of Friday Herodom.

But while were trying to avoid a bummer life, Im sure the only way to do that cant exclusively involve just Danzig, bacon, Mr. T, or the regular old jackassery right? Maybe we can find something new to embrace in this clip that El Gato sent in;

Yeah.. Thats close. Granola bars? I can do something with that.

After all is said and done, and Im feeling a little better about some new directions to take this here web log, El Corpo conveniently sent on this cool person test.

It looks like no matter what, a tiger just cant change his stripes. With this new found introspection, it looks like we might be sticking to the formula for a while longer.

I mean, can we really go wrong with shots of Bobo,

and what happens when he crashes with a can of beer in his jersey pocket?

Possibly not, but its Friday today, and for the weekend I have a task that Id like for you all to do for me.
I want some of you immerse yourselves in a new discipline like track and field or gymnastics, and others to watch all of the Blade saga.

Then Id like some of you to go hang out with your fat redneck uncles and shoot guns,

and Id like some of you to go perfect your diving skills.

Rest assured, Im going to be doing all of these things so that we can all come together again on Monday and begin to blaze new trails in an attempt at avoiding a bummer life together.

And finally, to conclude Mondays 'how many Swobo items are depicted in the photo pile contest', as near as I can tell, 27. Email me for the details if you wish, but Ive studied the hell out of them, and thats the answer I came up with.
I told you guys I was going to win one of these someday.

despite what El Corpos test indicated to me, I am a winner, and as such its time for me to spread my wings like the big, beautiful butterfly that I am and get the hell out of here.
Might I recommend you all do the same?