Re: 4 Decades

"Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we've grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be, that for the rest our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we are to the bitter end. Inevitably, irrevocably; happy birthday? No such thing."

From the episode "The Visa" of the season 4 of TV series Seinfeld. 

Mit einer Spieluhr in der hand

Ein kleiner Mensch strib nur zum Schein
wollt ganz alleine sein
Das kleine Herz stand sill für Stunden
So hat man er für tod befunden
Es wird verscharrt in nassem Sand
...

The essence of parenthood

Father and his five year old daughter are taking a nice promenade with the sunset in the background horizon.

Father: I want you to have a life in which I provide you with anything that your heart wishes.

Daughter: Can I have ice cream?

Father: No!

On the spin/run

Playlist XXI.

1. "Mindfields" The Prodigy

2. "Right now" Van Halen

3. "The evil that men do" Iron Maiden

4. "Breaking The Habit" Linkin Park

5. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" Chemical Brothers

6. "The Rat" Infected Mushroom

7. "Narayan" The Prodigy

8. "Insomnia" Faithless

9 "Barber's Adagio For Strings" William Orbit
10. "Run Like Hell" Pink Floyd

Praise you

We've come a long long way together

Through the hard times and the good

I have to celebrate you baby

I have to praise you like I should

Rigatoni al ragù

New Year's Eve 2009, Bologna.

In comes the new ride

Trek Superfly FS 8, 2015.

Detailed specification can be found here.

Side note: I have been pondering the option of shifting to FS given the recent back problems and me entering 40, not that anything was wrong with my hardtail. We'll see how it goes with this new 'hoj'. I have a feeling that I will not be regretting it. Also it was a way of spoiling myself and getting back on the saddle after a long period of being down with sickness and what not.

Now it's time to get the hell out and RIDE ON!

Said the parrot to the merchant

The merchant said to the parrot

Adieu!

Good bye my dear X-Cali, we had a good but relatively short run together. However, we did share some really good times...and some bad times. I will definitely cherish all those moments and surely hope that you will be in good hands in future. 

"Live long and prosper!"