Monthly Archives: June 2008

Greasebag Jamboree 2008

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Ah, the rhythm of the seasons… Just as October brings foliage to New Hampshire, so June brings us Bike Week. Bike Week has gotten a lot bigger and a lot less 1% since I’ve been in NH – the local tourism officials have figured out there’s serious coin available for extraction.

A Certain Design Student has been keeping his eyes open for a motorcycle. A single, a parallel twin or a parallel trip, displacement in the 500cc – 650cc range – something with some character or something that could be modified. His nosing around led him to a get-together – the Greasebag Jamboree – not the bog-standard full dress HD stuff; instead, Triumphs, bobbers, Beezers. Today was the day – off we went!

It was a blast! Fantastic bikes, nice weather, and L won a motorcycle part in the raffle. The only drawback was that there weren’t any bikes for sale that were anywhere close to our range – the 2 I saw with for sale signs were definitely in the “If you have to ask…” category.

Fave #1

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Fave #2:

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And a slide show:


Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Good omen

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I’m starting to get ready for a weekend trip the Designer and I are taking to the North American Amphibian Conference. As if to spur me on, peakay posted plates from the ‘Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium’.

Here’s a detail (the canonical birdeater) from a handcolored plate in an edition he links to – click to see the whole thing.

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I’m going to try a little moblogging from the road, but having fun at the conference is the first priority, so it may be Sunday or Monday before things start to appear here or on my Flickrsteam.

Bizarre homonyms of the day

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(OK, properly speaking, these are homophones – but way back when, my teachers confused me and homonym is the word that pops up first.)

Au fait and ofay

I heard a reporter on the radio just now describe some Mexican kids as au fait (the story was on the anti-emokid violence in Mexico). For a confusing instant, I heard ofay and the sentence made no sense to me. Then my head reoriented – a grin ensued.