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Here are a few things that I could really use but just don’t feel like ponying up for right now.

Any one of these handsfree bluetooth headsets designed for use with a motorcycle helmet. The scala-rider series from Cardo easily fits on or off any helmet and has smart volume control that automagically increases with rider speed while reducing wind noise.

These rigid, locking, and waterproof saddlebags from Leatherlyke. I’d prefer the contemporary style (S317), but I’ll take either if I can find a good deal. I’ve been looking for a used set on eBay for a while.

Either the TomTom RIDER 2nd edition or the Garmin zūmo 500 navigation system. This is essentially your top of the line GPS navigation unit, but designed for motorcycles. That means a bike mount, waterproof design, and big, simple buttons that are easy to push while wearing gloves. The RIDER 2nd edition also ships with the scala-rider headset, a big plus for the TomTom.

Sandisk 2GB microSD card with miniSD and SD adaptors. My phone uses miniSD, my Sansa mp3 player takes microSD and the GPS units above would take SD. This solution would let me decide later which one needs the gigs. Or, hey. I’ll take 3. You’ll find a better deal at Amazon.

I’ll let you know if anything else comes up.

So, it turns out I am just slightly older than the ubiquitous emoticon. Sorry NY Times requires you to register to see their articles. 🙁

The first commonly acknowledged use of the contemporary emoticon was in 1982. Scott Fahlman, a research professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, was linked to an electronic university bulletin board where computer enthusiasts posted opinions on matters as divisive as abortion and mundane as campus parking.

Being a rebel comes with a price, and that price is realized in plastic overpants.

When my favorite environut blog collides with my favorite vlogging assasin:
Ask a Ninja declares Ninja Jihad on global warming.

In the interest of heading off any future arguments, horn honking, or possible citations, maybe you should set the following paragraphs to song:

In most areas of the United States, it is … legal to make some left turns on red. In all cases, the road being turned onto must be one-way. Making a left-turn on red from a two-way street is legal in only five states: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, and Washington. In Washington, freeway on-ramps are considered one-way streets for the purposes of the left turn on red law.
In 37 other states and Puerto Rico, it is legal to make a left turn on red only from a one-way street. Left turns on red are prohibited in the states of South Dakota (unless permitted by local ordinance), Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and in the District of Columbia and Guam.
All turns on red (left or right) are prohibited in New York City unless a sign is posted permitting it.

–Wikipedia [source]

My monitor works when it wants to. My mouse clicks randomly. My cell phone only works for 24 hours at a time before I have to take it apart and put it back in the bag of rice.
So if you call me and you get my voice mail saying that I’m probably on my bike, it’s just as likely that my phone’s in a bag of rice and I will not call you when I get where I’m going.

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Bradley Parker and Associates of Alexandria, VA.