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Archive of entries posted on January 2010

From Hellas to Olympus – Rolling STAAAAART!

From things I never expected to say volume twelve: “I really missed working out these past few weeks.”

Heavy lies the crown – Clean up on aisle 7

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and that’s because things have been good for the most part. I haven’t had any drama to deal with and the only issues have been that every boss is dropping mail gear. (Highlight of the night, dropping Putricide, the hunter jokingly complains that nothing drops [...]

From Hellas to Olympus – Flesh is weak!

So, an interesting thing happened Saturday morning. My kneecap began to make a painful popping sensation around 40 minutes in. And when I tried again on Sunday, the pain started about ten minutes in. So, yeah, I’m going to take two weeks off the cycle to give my knee a chance to heal. In the [...]

From Hellas to Olympus: Ain’t no road too long

I’m pretty sure that it’s going to take much longer than three hours to pedal to Olympus Mons, but hey, that’s what there’s music for. ‘Cause there ain’t no mountain you can’t climb If you hang on tight and just make up your mind

From Hellas to Olympus – The journey begins

And so, it begins:

I had an idea back in November

And it’s taken me a while to go forward with it. It was based off of the Eowyn Challenge, but I made a few changes. Mainly because I hate walking. So, I’ve switched out the bike. And frankly, I’m tired of fantasy. But how does one cross interstellar distances on a bike? So that’s out. [...]