http://mikk.net/log Life, the Universe, and beer... lots of beer... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:07:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think I'm finally healed from those darned wisdom teeth, and the double case of dry socket they led to. Not the most fun couple weeks of my life, but now I'm able to yawn without yelping, and eat sesame seed bagels without needing a follow-up cleaning (though I ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/07/02/yay-and-ouch-again/ So, last Thursday the ol' wisdom teeth started acting up and I finally went to have them out that Friday. I was put under, so "ow, needle!"..."I go sleep now"..."Mr. Mikkelson, you're done, the recovery room is this way". After a few minutes laying down, I thought "hey, ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/06/18/ooouuuch/ Tonight, we saw some of the first session of the Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic at the NSC Velodrome. What a blast! Kids permitting (it was a late night for all) we may catch some of tomorrow's races, too, or maybe a Thursday night one sometime this summer. ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/06/07/zoom/ It's finally time to write off all the stuff I wanted to write about, so I can write something. Ahhh... that's better. More to come soon, hopefully. For now, just updates in the subject areas I cover here.... Brews I guess I'm still a homebrewer, because I've actually brewed in ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/05/15/are-you-there-internet-its-me-chris/ I rode the Schwinn to work today. It was a much better and less physically taxing ride than the last commute. The repacking job might have done the trick! Of course, it may have something to do with the ~27 mile brisk group ride I did on ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/02/05/fixie-2/ Look who's helping me watch the game: cute, but makes it tough to go get beer and chips ;-) That is all.. http://mikk.net/log/2008/02/03/late-caturday/ Well, I finally got around to repacking the hubs on the Schwinn. The wheels seem to rotate a bit smoother now, but only the next long-ish ride will tell if the hubs were a problem. Or rather, it would if I didn't go all MVT on this and start changing ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/02/02/fixie/ Well, it was heading up to 40 °F today, nice and warm. I dressed like it was summer, except with a long-sleeved shirt. And drove in to work. If anyone thought I might be crazy for biking in at -10 °F, riding the car at 30-ish should ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/01/28/insanity-update/ This is getting to be addictive -- I'm not sure which I enjoy more: riding bikes or tinkering with them. Yesterday evening, I "rode" a short hop over to Bill's place for a wheel-hacking session on his new truing stand. I respaced and redished the wheel in a couple hours, ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/01/22/twitch-twitch/ After the last bike post, I took the Schwinn in to work like I wanted to. That worked OK. At some point on the way home, I hit a wall, and had to walk up even some embarrassingly gentle inclines. Then I noticed one of the pedals ... http://mikk.net/log/2008/01/20/that-was-brisk/