{"id":573881306,"date":"2011-03-04T23:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T05:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573881306"},"modified":"2011-03-06T19:18:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T01:18:54","slug":"thanks-shimano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/03\/04\/thanks-shimano\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks Shimano"},"content":{"rendered":"

What not to do on your bike: destroy the crank set first thing. <\/p>\n

My Felt showed up two weeks ago and this afternoon I finally had a chance to take it out for a spin. Five miles out — and fortunately close to home — the aluminum machining was ruined. <\/p>\n

So that was frustrating. And will be costly to replace and set me back a week.<\/p>\n

But at least I have all of the necessary bike accessories. <\/p>\n

And, hey, I’ve reviewed a book blurb, chewed through my grading, started staring at my dissertation notes and more this week.<\/p>\n

We had dinner tonight with hysterical friends. Andrew, with whom The Yankee and I studied at Alabama, was passing through town. That brought out one of his friends from undergrad at AUM. <\/p>\n

From this conversation we’ve learned one of life’s most important questions: are you salad curious?<\/p>\n

YouTube Cover Theater<\/strong> returns with three quick samples from Pete Yorn. First up is a cover of a Yorn duet with Scarlett Johansson, Relator:<\/p>\n

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There’s his turn of the century first single, Life on a Chain:<\/p>\n

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And, finally, this, which is more interesting for the story than the cover. The guy here had just retired and bought this guitar with his last paycheck:<\/p>\n

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What would you buy with that last check? <\/p>\n

(Cranksets don’t count.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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