Been a While

It's 11:00 pm.  I am about to do something absolutely insane. For the next one half hour, I will attempt to NOT think or write about racks or cargo bikes.  

From now until 11:30pm I will instead share three morsels of extremely personal information with you. These three sweet bits of information have never been disclosed to my website audience before. Many of my closest friends don't even know this stuff. If you're reading this, consider yourself privileged.  

And by all means, don't tell ANYone!





#1. I wear bowling shoes.





Bowling shoes are good for cycling. Their stiff soles, light weight, and fashion-backward style have had me hooked for a long time. A couple weeks ago I bought the pair of Brunswicks pictured above. The other night as I was leaving the shop, I turned off the lights, looked down, and discovered to my delight that the shoes I'd purchased were "Cosmic Bowling" shoes, and glowed a blue-green color in the dark! Nobody knows this except my wife and two other people and you.


#2. I used to be on TV a lot.





For a brief period in 2002, I worked part-time as a background extra in various television and motion picture productions. I had a dumb haircut and this was apparently useful to casting agents who sought a dorky "wild card" for parts. It occasionally paid well. Messenger work is better.  

The game show pictured above WAS called Russian Roulette. It's no longer on the air (really!). Contestants stood on a round stage and answered bullshit trivia questions until someone got an answer wrong. When that happened, they pulled a lever and one trap door opened under a contestant's feet, sending them through the floor to be promptly escorted off the property by security guards. Every time someone was eliminated, I couldn't help to laugh. It was pretty awesome.

Also:  I have a difficult time paying attention to things.  The camera kept catching me staring off into space.  This game show could have been called Guess Which Contestant Has ADD.

  

This shot is from a sitcom called Just Shoot Me. I stood in the background and pretended to talk.  

This is from The People's Book of World Records. I'll let the picture speak for itself.  





#3. I host a radio show with my wife.





Every Friday morning from 11-noon, my wife and I host our own radio show here in Eugene, Oregon. It's on KWVA FM. We play themed shows featuring strange/bizarre/novelty/bubblegum schmaltz, often from 1960's era France or America. Our show is called The Lane and Cara Variety Hour. You can hear it online if you wish. Go to kwvaradio.org and click the "Listen Now" thing at the top of the screen. Every Friday from 11-noon PST.

So there it is. Three secrets in thirty minutes. Now back to thinking about racks and cargo bikes.