And in a Flash, It's Gone

whoosh

Buybye Christmas Spirit

hello shitty crud in my nose and chest. Not really the way I wanted to ring in the New Year.

What's Playing: Postcards from Hell - The Wood Brothers

Ghost of Christmas' Past

going thru some old photos of Christmas' past... Pretty Funny.













man that is one creepy lookin' Santa



H's first Christmas











Merry Christmas!

-bRad

What's Playing: Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry

Get Your Blitz'On & Merry Ho Ho's

Merry Christmas to Everyone !

Spread some Cheer

What's Playing: The Grinch Theme

Christmas is

yep!

Santa's bringin' me these...

Thanks Santa

-bRad

What's Playing: Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi

Spreadin' the Christmas Shine

Nothing like the gift that keeps on giving....

Moonshine

This weekend was our neighborhood Christmas party, and i'm still feeling the effects of the a keg of Foothills Hoppyum, too many cups of Hoboken Hooch, and over abundance of Shine. Any time our neighborhood throws a party, it's a rip roaring good time with too many folks that love to drink (a lot)... can hardly wait till New Years Eve ( which is our 21st wedding anniversary ) good times, good times.. time flies when you're having fun.

I kind of wish i had done this...

I'm sure i wouldn't have wasted a Sunday with a hangover.

back to the magic...

What's Playing: Christmas Shine- The Clarke Family

8 Days

8 Days out... from Christmas....

had to break it to the kid (13) that Santa was made up. His friends had been teasing him that he still believed... So i had to come clean when he asked me straight up!

Sorry Kid!

me: " You ok son?" him: "No I'm not Ok... I'm Pissed! you guys lied to me all these years."

"Sorry Lil' Buddy"

Congrats to ExtremeTomato & Mrs. Tomato proud parents of a beautiful Baby Tomato little girl. Savor it brotha , they grow up so very fast! Kid's are awesome.

well not much riding going on... i can hear myself getting fatter. gotta get a ride in soon.

but i have been working on my bike(s)

back to listening to my favorite Christmas tunes!

What's Playing: Soulful Christmas - James Brown

More Blues...

Icycle 2011 has been Cancelled! (the Horror!)

Herndon Posted up on RideMonkey :

It's been a great bunch of years but due to logistics the Icycle will not be happening this year. A big thanks to all of you that have supported the event for so many years.

Yep, That sucks, but I totally understand! it is a huge undertaking to plan, organize, pull off an event . Here's hoping that 2012 sees the Return of Icycle. (fingers crossed)

What's Playing: It Serves You Right to Suffer - John Lee Hooker

Tangled Up In Blue(s)

well it's Blue...

trying to knockout a new layout for Icycle 2011... think i got it.

yeah Broussard is the new poster child...

yep; for the price of a cup of coffee a day, you could feed his drinking problem...

Icycle's old site JandWEvents.com new website coming soon!

Charles, still working on your stuff as well! got some sample roughs coming your way soon (very soon).

It has been a really freakin' weird year (workwise)... been slow as hell when it's normally balls to the wall busy.... between the holidays is typically my down time .... and it's has been crazy busy. So RedHouse, Sycamore, PisgahProductions, GROM, Assault on the Carolinas, BlueRidge Adventures bear with me...will get your projects in works ASAP!

Major props to FeralMinds (Joe & Jeremiah) for taking my art, and making the globalbike website cool! I hope they're happy with it! in the process of getting you guys more work!

What's Playing: Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

Tis the Season

To be out of focus...

sorry for the lack of posting here lately, juggling real work ( you want fries with that?) and a dozen + side projects i can't seem to get done at night; throw in a mix of little family obligations, then some high school and indoor lacrosse w/ the kid, and it all adds up to zero free time or ride time.

Good to have my Bro-in-law's oldest son Ken home (visiting) from Texas for my wife's B-day; he's home after 2 tours in Iraq, hopefully is not heading to Afghanistan.

talked with Steve the builder the other day, and the new project is on the table and he's crunching the numbers

let the GoldStickel begin:

a little silver...

and gold...

Opulence: I has it

( i wish )

still working on the Color(s)

so many choices

yeah my bike is in there somewhere:

Anticipation

It's makin' me wait!

Latest works:

Sycamore Cycles : Livin' the Dream!

Doing the window graphics for WesD's newest shop in Hendersonville

more Stuff for Kip

Pisgah Productions stuff...

Sunday was spent at Paris Mountain flagging and GPS plotting the reroute we are proposing to SCPRT, Friends of Paris and Hincapie Sports for support. The reroute is on the Downhill section of the Sulphur Springs tr.

Shrimper had flagged a route back in March, so Sunday i had to plot it so we had something on paper to get the process going. it's going to cool if the Park does decide to let it proceed... though talking with a few riders who were on the downhill, most were sayin' i like it the way it is.... i know there will be people bitchin' about. Right now it's an eroded mess; a fall line trail that drops more than 600 feet of elevation of in less than a half mile that only a small handful of people can ride it. The goal is to have a trail that is still a fun and challenging downhill (Kanuga like), but is also climbable uphill getting riders off the road to the top. Right now the trail is doing nothing but dumping washed out sediment into the stream. The berms and turns we built for the past two DH races. are all blown out from erosion. the new trail will cross the existing trail and our hope is we could block off the gnarly sections and then re-open the gnar for a race event. We'll See

yep need to take lessons from my dog.... and just chill by the fire

What's Playing: Silver and Gold - U2

SC Superchickens

I am Not a SC Gamecocks fan

My wife's family is a house divided with Clemson Tigers and SC Gamecocks. I'm a Hoosier (daddy?). I like pulling for the underdog in any "Big Game" situation so in tomorrows game. #1 Undefeated Auburn vs. the Gamecock for the SEC conf. title. Should be interesting game no doubt.... much to my wife's displeasure i'm pulling for the cocks

plus you gotta love it when hot college cheerlearders are yelling "Go Cocks!"

What's Playing: Rooster - Alice In Chains