Bk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)'s Posts - The Chainlink2024-03-29T09:32:01Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalothttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/63603187?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://thechainlink.org/profiles/blog/feed?user=0bs6wlb9fh7oz&xn_auth=nobk's Creative Writing Kiosk & Mis-Matched Screw Bin: Working Bikes!tag:thechainlink.org,2012-09-10:2211490:BlogPost:5934552012-09-10T19:06:10.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
<p>Working Bikes!..</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Old, forlorned, rusty, dis-used, abused... Renewed!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Remote, isolated, dejected, unlinked... Connected!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Apart, broken, bent, forgotten... United!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Worthless, scruffy, scrap, discounted... Valued!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Working Bikes!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>WORKING BIKES!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Working Bikes!..</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Old, forlorned, rusty, dis-used, abused... Renewed!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Remote, isolated, dejected, unlinked... Connected!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Apart, broken, bent, forgotten... United!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Worthless, scruffy, scrap, discounted... Valued!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Working Bikes!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>WORKING BIKES!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>bk's Creative Writing Kiosk & Mis-Matched Screw Bin: Ghost Biketag:thechainlink.org,2012-05-22:2211490:BlogPost:5491882012-05-22T04:58:15.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
Is it our Future?..<br />
The one we passed?<br />
Likely that site<br />
won't be the last<br />
When we booked<br />
I stole a rear-view mirror look<br />
Our ghost in white. Beloved. Still?<br />
Only tears run free tonight<br />
Might and might and Excuse me..<br />
What was it that makes might right?<br />
For what should have been<br />
Is now chained in...<br />
Wheels, never to spin!<br />
Bright flower garland try to tinsel but<br />
Begged to halt their color-joy<br />
Petals and pedals now link us<br />
Forever to this corner as<br />
From these trials grim we breakaway in<br />
Our own…
Is it our Future?..<br />
The one we passed?<br />
Likely that site<br />
won't be the last<br />
When we booked<br />
I stole a rear-view mirror look<br />
Our ghost in white. Beloved. Still?<br />
Only tears run free tonight<br />
Might and might and Excuse me..<br />
What was it that makes might right?<br />
For what should have been<br />
Is now chained in...<br />
Wheels, never to spin!<br />
Bright flower garland try to tinsel but<br />
Begged to halt their color-joy<br />
Petals and pedals now link us<br />
Forever to this corner as<br />
From these trials grim we breakaway in<br />
Our own stalwart ride try to<br />
Remember and fight to carry on<br />
<br />
-bk May, 2012bk's Creative Writing Kiosk & Mis-Matched Screw Bin: "Dinosaur Steak"tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-30:2211490:BlogPost:5289172012-03-30T18:45:44.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
<p>Change can be subtle or</p>
<p>Change may be great</p>
<p>Change is why I can't eat</p>
<p>a Dinosaur Steak</p>
<p></p>
<p>Moments imperceptible</p>
<p>or Nail to the Door</p>
<p>A rock in a river</p>
<p>Worn down by the war</p>
<p>A reef's up on Everest</p>
<p>With one loud voice, or</p>
<p>Perhaps Dillinger's Biograph</p>
<p>Movie Night choice?</p>
<p>The wheel on the Auto-car</p>
<p>or the Velocipede</p>
<p>A heart the motor</p>
<p>or fossil-fuel grease?</p>
<p></p>
<p>Change can be…</p>
<p>Change can be subtle or</p>
<p>Change may be great</p>
<p>Change is why I can't eat</p>
<p>a Dinosaur Steak</p>
<p></p>
<p>Moments imperceptible</p>
<p>or Nail to the Door</p>
<p>A rock in a river</p>
<p>Worn down by the war</p>
<p>A reef's up on Everest</p>
<p>With one loud voice, or</p>
<p>Perhaps Dillinger's Biograph</p>
<p>Movie Night choice?</p>
<p>The wheel on the Auto-car</p>
<p>or the Velocipede</p>
<p>A heart the motor</p>
<p>or fossil-fuel grease?</p>
<p></p>
<p>Change can be nothing</p>
<p>or change might be great but</p>
<p>Change is why I'm not</p>
<p>A Dinosaur's steak</p>
<p></p>
<p>-bk, 2011</p>bk's Creative Writing Kiosk & Mis-Matched Screw Bin: "Maybe Ride Bikes With You"tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-28:2211490:BlogPost:5280412012-03-28T04:28:38.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
<p>I don't really care what the cranks are made of</p>
<p>I don't mind the enormous tattoo</p>
<p>I never mentioned the mustache</p>
<p>I thought "rock it!" and</p>
<p>Maybe Ride Bikes with you</p>
<p></p>
<p>I just learned what's a 'fixe'</p>
<p>Hope you can handle an 8MPH cruise</p>
<p>A good bike is any, to</p>
<p>Maybe take a Roll with you!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Champagne is cheaper than gas</p>
<p>Why pay a health club for two?</p>
<p>It feels truer than traffic, to</p>
<p>Maybe Ride Bikes with…</p>
<p>I don't really care what the cranks are made of</p>
<p>I don't mind the enormous tattoo</p>
<p>I never mentioned the mustache</p>
<p>I thought "rock it!" and</p>
<p>Maybe Ride Bikes with you</p>
<p></p>
<p>I just learned what's a 'fixe'</p>
<p>Hope you can handle an 8MPH cruise</p>
<p>A good bike is any, to</p>
<p>Maybe take a Roll with you!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Champagne is cheaper than gas</p>
<p>Why pay a health club for two?</p>
<p>It feels truer than traffic, to</p>
<p>Maybe Ride Bikes with you</p>
<p></p>
<p>I might blank on your name</p>
<p>or your bike, was that blue?</p>
<p>but there ain't any time like this to</p>
<p>Maybe take a roll with you!</p>
<p></p>
<p>I ponder what chome-moly's made of and</p>
<p>I wouldn't think that you're wacky on glue</p>
<p>If you said "let's call some pals up" to</p>
<p>Maybe Ride Bikes with you</p>
<p></p>
<p>I don't care what the cranks are made of</p>
<p>or the reasons for your Gingrich tattoo</p>
<p>I won't mention the mustache</p>
<p>I just wanna "rock it!" and</p>
<p>Maybe Ride Bikes with you</p>
<p></p>
<p>-bk, 2012</p>Many Lakes: Special Thanks to Bike-Friendly Diamond Lil's in Roselle!...tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-25:2211490:BlogPost:5267952012-03-25T10:01:03.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
<p>... For letting us bring our pile of bikes into the bar. No hassle. This was not the first time either!!!! A quick, convenient jaunt from the Roselle METRA... Good pizza... Cold Sierra Nevada.. G'wan... Y'all can visit Diamond Lil's on your own exploration of the 'many lakes and many bridges' of the North Central DuPage Regional trail!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Diamond Lil's</p>
<p><span class="street-address">103 E Irving Park Rd</span><br></br><span class="locality">Roselle</span>,…</p>
<p>... For letting us bring our pile of bikes into the bar. No hassle. This was not the first time either!!!! A quick, convenient jaunt from the Roselle METRA... Good pizza... Cold Sierra Nevada.. G'wan... Y'all can visit Diamond Lil's on your own exploration of the 'many lakes and many bridges' of the North Central DuPage Regional trail!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Diamond Lil's</p>
<p><span class="street-address">103 E Irving Park Rd</span><br/><span class="locality">Roselle</span>, <span class="region">IL</span> <span class="postal-code">60172</span><br/> <span id="bizPhone" class="tel">(630) 893-0361</span></p>
<p><span class="tel"><br/></span></p>
<p><span class="tel">Peace and chain grease!<br/></span></p>Many Lakes... Trash Talk: The Results are in!!!tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-25:2211490:BlogPost:5265322012-03-25T09:00:00.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
<p>After a humiliating fumble and classic, not-to-be-soon-forgotten 500-point robbery just after the starting gun, bk managed to regroup and retain his championship status as Bag Footsie Champ with a dazzling 2000 points and the final, epic, off-trail snare of a full-size garbage bag!!! What a way to blast-off the 2012 Spring Bag Footsie season!</p>
<p>Was the math and Earned Snag Averages miscalculated in my initial boast? Yes. Is this an historic sport in the throes if its infancy? Of course!…</p>
<p>After a humiliating fumble and classic, not-to-be-soon-forgotten 500-point robbery just after the starting gun, bk managed to regroup and retain his championship status as Bag Footsie Champ with a dazzling 2000 points and the final, epic, off-trail snare of a full-size garbage bag!!! What a way to blast-off the 2012 Spring Bag Footsie season!</p>
<p>Was the math and Earned Snag Averages miscalculated in my initial boast? Yes. Is this an historic sport in the throes if its infancy? Of course! Still, humbly, I think we can all see that with a little hard work, a little time, imagination, and the grace of the American people, we can make this the great sport it is destined to be... Just like stadium football!.. Or?.. What is that no-kickstand, big ol' fancy bike race deal over in France?</p>
<p>All the other riders, while clearly and most spectacularly whupping this lethargic, plodding correspondent up, down and all over the course, were luminescent. Special Granola was awarded in their gallant recovery of the lost backpack during the Mallard Lake incident! Their efforts, on a Bag Footsie course they had never seen, showed why the grit and sportsmanship of this event will be long-heralded.</p>
<p>The doping controversy still swirls around <a href="http://www.SatanPresley.com">www.SatanPresley.com</a>, who still has yet to respond to commission inquiries regarding the prairie-fire scorched Arizona Iced Tea can found mid-trail on the impossibly steep Maple Hill section of Meacham. Despite this, Presley was still awarded the Many Lakes Nice Beaver Keeneyville Boardwalk Hygiene Ambassador for another year.</p>
<p></p>
<p>"The Racketeers" could not be reached for comment.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Way to go riders! Congratulations to all!!</p>
<p></p>
<p>One Less Bag!</p>
<p></p>
<p>-bk</p>Many Lakes... Trash Talk... Who got Game?tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-24:2211490:BlogPost:5264042012-03-24T02:30:00.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
<p>"Many Lakes"... OK.. This game is ON!!!! Now, I ain't been raised to be a vain or prideful man, but... I'll say this once: I will whup all y'all... all over over this route. Uhhhhh talking... Bag Footsie, sugar-britches. Looking at your feet won''t help ya! I'm up here. Bring any bike you want. I have a Huffy made of American Steel, crafted by American sweat and ingenuity with names like Bruce and probably Jose' and I heard maybe Veronica.</p>
<p></p>
<p>My front derailleur has been held…</p>
<p>"Many Lakes"... OK.. This game is ON!!!! Now, I ain't been raised to be a vain or prideful man, but... I'll say this once: I will whup all y'all... all over over this route. Uhhhhh talking... Bag Footsie, sugar-britches. Looking at your feet won''t help ya! I'm up here. Bring any bike you want. I have a Huffy made of American Steel, crafted by American sweat and ingenuity with names like Bruce and probably Jose' and I heard maybe Veronica.</p>
<p></p>
<p>My front derailleur has been held together with gaffer tape since that gigantic Oct 2011 CCM and and has held its stake in my recent and humble 923 mile Bike Winter 2011/12. No my friends. My ride?... "Skippy" ain't a carbon-fiber patisserie made by some Don Quixote' over in Europe. What you got? Couple that with the athletics and physical prowess of the late Chris Farley... and?... Humbly? Yeah. This is happening.</p>
<p></p>
<p>My Hypotenuse is? The match will be won or lost for y'all I am guessing by just past the tricky coyotes of the Keeneyville dried-up boardwalk! Pro-tip: Beware of any sluggish and/or partially-laden grocery bags! Yeah.... That one's free ever-luvvers. Class dismissed. See ya.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Sined, ever-luvvin,</p>
<p>-bk</p>
<p></p>
<p>PS: The Doctor is in!.. @.812/pts-per-mile? I don't see another Winter 2011/12 Bag Footsie World Champion. Yeah. You... With your "components". How does that taste. Where's your D. Rose now? That's what I thought.</p>Biking Enviro-Game: Bag Footsie (reprised from the "Many Lakes..." Trail Guide)tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-23:2211490:BlogPost:5259142012-03-23T01:21:17.000Zbk (aka: Dr. Mambohead)https://thechainlink.org/profile/bkookmukakaMCBikesalot
<div class="xg_module_body xg_user_generated"><p><span class="font-size-4">Every litter-bit helps! We have all seen the urban tumbleweed: The lost and forlorn shopping bag! E-Gads! Well, beloved, Here is a fun way to battle them!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">Without stopping your bike, using your foot, try to snare an errant, wind-swept shopping bag! Grab it, stow it and properly recycle/re-use it. Careful! Extra points for style!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">150…</span></p>
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<div class="xg_module_body xg_user_generated"><p><span class="font-size-4">Every litter-bit helps! We have all seen the urban tumbleweed: The lost and forlorn shopping bag! E-Gads! Well, beloved, Here is a fun way to battle them!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">Without stopping your bike, using your foot, try to snare an errant, wind-swept shopping bag! Grab it, stow it and properly recycle/re-use it. Careful! Extra points for style!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">150 enviro-points!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">(Please.... no wagering!)</span></p>
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