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Yesterday, my two oldest boys and I went on a bike ride through neighborhood streets and eventually into one of our local bike trails in Massapequa. I was riding my wife’s Trek mountain bike, Giovanni had his new 20″ BMX, and Antonio his orange stinger.

We set off around 9:30am and made our way to our local bike shop, Brands. My father went to High School with the owner. They’ve been around for 40 years or more. When we got there,  I dumped off my own bike for repairs and picked up my wife’s which had recently had a tune-up. My mountain bike is at least 25 years old. I got it in High School. For whatever reason, it’s in perfect running shape so I never saw fit to have it replaced. Which is surprising since I spend more money than I ought to. The bike is a bit heavy by modern standards, but built like a tank.

From Brands, we went down Park Avenue in Wantagh. We passed Mulcahy’s, the train station, the fire house, and World Gym. This is where we were confronted with the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway. We rode north a little ways, parallel to the highway until we reached DeMott Ave. When we cut under the SOB, DeMott turns into Clark St. We took Clark St. through Seaford and into Massapequa. My biggest challenge was keeping the kids safe. I tought them how to stay close to the curb, constantly look back at cars passing them on the left, and how to safely deal with parked cars in their path. We took sidewalks when we could, but often sidewalks disappear in some neighborhoods. The kids were in good spirits and so far the trip was going really well.

When we got into the preserve, there was an easy entrance to the trail from Clark St. The trail went North/South and we wanted to go North so we could visit my friend Joe. Antonio is in class with his son. Going South would have brought us to the beginning of the trail which ends at Sunrise Highway.

On the trail, we saw all kinds of ponds and animal life. In the next two pictures you see a nice view of one of the ponds on the way. After that, you can see the hungry raccoon scouring the side of the road for something to eat.

We made it all the way up to the Southern State parkway where we went on-road again and went to Joe’s house in Massapequa Park. Antonio jumped in the pool and played with their kids for a while. Giovanni and I sat by the pool and talked with Joe for a while. We left after about 30 minutes and headed back.

On the way back, we decided to take the wooded route and do some real mountain biking. It was hard going for the kids. There were lots of mud spots, tree roots, and difficult terrain to deal with. It was mostly flat, though, which made progress pretty steady. Here are a few shots of the kids.

Below is a picture where we stopped for lunch right before the shots above. A man and his dog came by and the dog helped himself to our bowl of Tuna! No worries, it was leftover as we’d already made our sandwiches.

Here is a map of our trek. Each way we biked about 6 miles. I’m surprised the kids made it through a 12 mile bike ride. That’s nothing to sneeze at for an 8 and 9 year old. We made plenty of stops to make sure they were rested and riding strong. I also gave them plenty of sugar. At one point, we stopped and just listened to music on my iPod which sent tunes out through it’s external speaker.

Good times.

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I’m trying out a new mobile blogging tool for Wordpress.

It looks good so far, but don’t know if I can post photos yet.

haha.nu posted a review of Denon’s AK0–DL1 Ultra-Premium link cable:

If I could use a rusty boxcutter to carve a new orifice in my body that’s compatible with this link cable, I would already be doing it. I can just imagine the pure musical goodness that would flow through this cable into the wound and fill me completely — like white, holy light. Holding this cable in my hands actually makes me feel that much closer to the Lord Jesus Christ. I only make $6.25/hr at Jack In The Box, but I saved up for three months so I could have this cable. It sits in a shrine I constructed next to my futon in Mother’s basement.

I only gave it four stars in my review because I can’t find music that is worthy enough to flow through this utterly perfect interconnect.

And a link to the description for the cable. I tend to agree, what’s the big deal here?

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Cool painting of Ultron.

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Do you like these alternate renditions of popular super heroes?

“I’ve never really did one of these things so I
thought I’d show you guys my version of Petey and Spidey. I’m a big fan
of the Super Dorko Peter Parker from the early 60’s more then the
modern cool ass Petey of today. To me the Geek Pete was the ultimate
mask. No one ever suspects a friendless braniac loser with a hunch to
be the super strong, wall crawling, web swinging hero. I wanted to
elongate his porportion and give him very lanky figure. This look to me
sort of makes him look more “SPIDER” like when he pops on the suit.
Anyways…Tell me what ya think of my version fellow devs.”

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I have discovered a new favorite hobby. Cooking scallops and shrimp on the BBQ. My dad was in town and I decided to try something new.

At lunch, we sat with a pad and thought about what we wanted for dinner. Seafood came up and since I had been wanting to grill some shrimp at some point, I thought this an excellent time to try it. Shrimp went on the list.

When I got to the seafood store, I noticed how good those scallops looked and I thought they would cook equally well on the BBQ. I was a little torn over bay or sea scallops. Bay scallops are much smaller than sea scallops and I wondered which might fare better on a skewer.

When I got home, I rubbed some Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Seafood Magic on all of the seafood and stuck all of the meat onto skewers. I fired up the BBQ and layed down some tinfoil as I was afraid the scallops would fall apart. You can see here a mixture of bay and sea scallops simmering.

As it turns out, sea scallops suck ass on the BBQ. They get all tender and fall apart, leaving behind a big mess. The bay scallops clung happily to the skewer and came out fantastic! Once the scallops were done cooking on the tin-foil, I placed them directly on he grill so they would get seared a bit to add to the flavor.

Still, the king of the BBQ today, in my eyes, were the shrimp. Shrimp are extremely sturdy on the skewer and cook in moments. It took about 60 seconds on each side and they were done.

We served a salad with dinner and I made some homemade guacamole. My dad bought a raw piece of tuna and sliced it sashimi thin. We mixed up some of our own wasabi from powder, poured on some soy sauce and enjoyed some of the best tuna sushimi I ever had. Sorry, no pictures.