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This afternoon in the workshop I got a call from Joel, the drummer from Afrolicious and Pleasure Maker (Thursdays at the Elbo Room). I met Joel when we were on the 2-Mile Challenge tour together. He said,

"Sorry I couldn't make it to your gig last week, I was working."

"Doing what?"

"Moving."

"Moving? Like for cash?

"Yeah."

"How much they paying you?"

"18 an hour."

i am a lucky, lucky girl...
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After posting the series of her wrecked Surly on Flickr, 50 or so other bike heads piped up with moral support and gratitude for her luck at emerging with only a 'bruised ass'.

She reports that "no part is salvageable".

I was looking for some of Wild Johnny's photos on the Midnight Ridazz site. I thought it was amusing that right next to the headline "Don't be Scared to Ride Your Bike," was a photo of a huge wound that someone had apparently sustained on a Ridazz bike ride.

I've been posting these to You Tube for the last few years. Here are a few of my favorites.

1. Three women sat at the top of the escalator. A roller blader took a hundred foot lead in, then cleared the women and took the escalator backwards.

2. I immediately went for my camera when I saw this woman. I had my friend Emily stand just outside the frame of this video so I could grab the action incognito.

3. I first met Austin at the Crissy Field pullup bar last year. He's dope. What more can I say.

4. BMX pro Pete Brandt practicing at Embarcadero and Market in SF.