http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog Eric's Weblog Mon, 12 May 2008 15:29:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some of y'all already know that I am one of the instigaters behind KC's annual Bike Week events, and I enourage you check it out if you are a cyclist in Kansas City.  If not, you can still participate in the Car-Free Challenge to see how many drive-alone car trips ... http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/631/ Such a great use of the Intertubes!  A 50 best list with video documentation.  Lots of great SNL parodies like Coin Slot Cream, Oops I Crapped My Pants, and I Wanna Be a Ho. 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies of All Time http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/630/ This is the new folder in front of the Missouri State Capitol. I took it with me on the train to Jefferson City this weekend for our quarterly board meeting of the Missouri Bicycle Federation. The little guy travels great on the train, folded up and stowed in the luggage ... http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/628/ It's the Dahon Speed D7. I picked it up at Family Bicycles in Waldo, where they still had some 2007 models left.  That's good thing because the 2008 models are going up 20% in price thanks to demand for raw materials in China and the cost of transportation. Anyway, it's a ... http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/625/ Finally throwing out that big stack of Zip disks that have been gathering dust since about 2002. # Dear Lucky Strike Lanes, you are certainly the sexy young thing in town, but I've decided to stay with my dear old Ward Parkway Lanes. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/624/ New poison: Jim Beam Rye. # There is a Starbucks inside this Target. Am I really in KCK?!?! # why is it so hard to find non-fugly furniture? we are contemplating moving to an Ikea city. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/623/ Clipping fingernails in the office should be subject to lethal injection. Groom yourselves at home, folks. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/622/ Radar totally looked like I could make it to the hardware store on the bike. Oh well, the bike needed a bath anyway. I probably did too. # Maid-Rite is opening in KC this month!! Bring on the awesome loose meat sandwiches. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/621/ Photo by Josh Thompson It seems like a lot of folks judge a city by what chain stores and restaurants is has.  For example, Starbucks.  For some people a place might as well be uninhabitable if it doesn't have a Starbucks.  Others think city is a cultural wasteland without a Cheesecake ... http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/620/ wow! Tracey Ullman does an awesome Arianna Huffington impression. # who wants to join me in a pub crawl on the first night of the new KC smoking ban? # Willie's got a 3am license. Now if I could just stay up that late. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/619/