Pantone Orange 021 C

Pantone Orange 021 C, originally uploaded by erokCom™.

I have moved my blogging space

Hi Everyone,

I have switched from WordPress.com to WordPress.org and I am now blogging at www.dalegoodwin.com/ridinglunch Please updates your links accordingly. This page will remain but I have transferred all of this information over. I am still working on the look of the new page and getting everything configured. It will help me have a more versatile page and will be better.

Thanks to all who look here and read these posts. It sure makes me feel good.

Best regards,

Dale

New Albany Handmade Book

New Albany Handmade Book, originally uploaded by cdale.

I listed a new book for sale on Etsy. I didn’t have any luck before but I am hoping this one catches someones eye. The listing can be found at http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17002798

The picture is one that I took in my work town of New Albany. This statue is outside of the public library. It is clearly the best piece of public art in town. I think the book turned out really good and we’ll see if draws any interest.

Swing State Polling – N’albany Style

DSCN1263_edited.JPG, originally uploaded by cdale.

Falls of the Ohio

Falls of the Ohio, originally uploaded by cdale.

YTD – 673.41
MTD – 191.63
Today – 15.72

Pappy O’Daniel – Updated

Now with sound!

Hatch Show Print – Nashville, TN

IMG_2774_edited.jpg, originally uploaded by cdale.

We’ve taken a little break and headed to Nashville for a little R & R. Although the idea of relaxing is actually pretty funny when you factor travel with 11 month old twins and a 5 year old! Not to much deviation from schedule is allowed. This is a picture of the world famous Hatch Show Print on Broadway in Nashville. I had it pegged as a must see. It did not disappoint and offered just what I would want – little polish and racks of type and woodcuts. It is actually owned by the Country Music Hall of Fame. But compared to that slick outfit a few miles away they are clearly taking a hand’s off approach. I picked up a few postcards and a coffee mug for souvenirs.

Did you know we have a working letterpress shop in Louisville? The Quonset Hut is located just out of downtown in Irish Hill.

Later tonight we are headed off to a Botanical Garden called Cheekwood on the West side of town. It was our intention to hit it this morning but I appear to have jotted the wrong directions for it. Dinner looks like a drive to the country to visit the Loveless Cafe for some fine eatin’.

Here are more pictures for the trip, including a stop at the very cheesy but nonetheless fun Rainforest Cafe in the Huge Opryland Mall.

I guess it’s just a day for quotes…

Trolling around one of my oft-mentioned favorite websites D & R I meandered over to the website for Coco’s and ran into a great quote. We like to laugh around my office about my often rampant snobbery. I am snobby about the things I like – beer, wine, whiskey, music, etc. I like things that are good and I often kvetch about things that are not (i.e. Light Beer, Pink wine, contemporary country music). So when I ran into this line about the kind of bikes this store will or will not buy I burst out laughing:

We do not buy modern department store brands like Magna, Pacific and Huffy. If it came from WalMart, Kmart, Target or Toys R Us, I am afraid that we are not interested. We are snobs, make no mistake, but that is not the reason we will not buy them. It is just not cost effective to repair and sell these bikes as replacement components are not available. We do buy older bikes made by Sears, JC Penney or Huffy, as they were of a much higher quality than current big box brands.

Ha!

It reminded me of perhaps my favorite quote of all time. It’s from a chap named Stephen Metcalf from an old Slate Article about Rock Snobs.
Here it is:

Because let’s face it, only one thing is more incorrigible than my snobbery, people, and that’s your indefensibly crappy taste in music.

It’s just perfect. It works with anything you want to use it with. For example – “…your indefensibly crappy taste in Beer”. Try it, you’ll love it!

Books

Boing Boing had a link to a very interesting story on the state of publishing books from New York magazine. Their coverage can be found here Cory Doctorow gives a good analysis as a lead and certainly is qualified to do so. He has been tinkering with publishing strategies for some time now.

A good amount of the story concerns itself with the Amazon Kindle. I have been seeing these a lot more on the airplane on Wednesdays. They appear cool enough although quite expensive. I think what can not be underestimated is the physical good that is the book. It is the same with CD’s. I want to buy books. I want to have books. I love to look at them lined on the shelf. I like to look at the dust flaps and read the turn-ins. Onto CD’s – I also like to look at them stacked up on the shelf, read the liner notes, etc. Although almost any music you could ever want is readily available I still am buying the discs. Outside of the moral reason of supporting the bands I love I just want them. My lovely bride spoke the other day of acquiring a family heirloom bookshelf that would be nicer but smaller than mine. I thought – we don’t need less room – we need more! I will never stop building my collection, ever!

Here is the direct link

For the recumbant fans….

Mr. Jalopy of one of my favorite blogs Dinosaurs and Robots is writing about Pedal Powered Cars as the ancestor to Recumbent Bikes