Bedrock & Paradox

I dream of a hard and brutal mysticism in which the naked self merges with a non-human world and yet somehow survives still intact, individual, separate. Paradox and bedrock.

Done

I just returned from an after-dark Post Office run on the Levaithan: graduate school applications are done!

After returning, I spent ~30 minutes trying to get the indexing on the Lev to behave. Still a black art to me. Best I could do was the downshifting skipping the penultimate low cog, but picking it up fine shifting back up. I may well just need a new cable and bit of rear housing, but… still annoying. Why I like having that other bike, the one with one gear.

Eric sent me this the other day, and I got started with some detailed thoughts before a day of grading 50 state quizes turned my brain down a bit. I’ll just say that on the whole I agree, the desire to “bring people together” is a too frequently overlooked (or underanalyzed and quantified) undercurrent to much of the change rhetoric. The theoretical diversion in paragraphs 11-14 is based on a (to my mind) false interpretation of cultural theory. Better to say how discussions concerning debifurcation and complication of the linearity of history have led us to the point where a black man could appeal so well to white men.

I may well have other things to say, but I can’t think of them now.

Goodnight.

DaveC

6 responses to “Done”

  1. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    Congrats on completion of the apps. I await the results and the decision.I don’t know if you’re running full length der housing on your Lev but on my Fuel with normal housing (not full length) I was lucky to get 500 miles of of that little rear section. And by 500 miles I mean, new to in-f*&#ing-tolerable shifting. I’d basically replace that little rear housing piece and the cable for every big event or race.

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  2. Enel Avatar
    Enel

    Let me guess? Shimano?It’s almost certainly the cable. Shift great new, but degrade at the slightest wear.I have had much better longevity with Sram’s longer cable pull.

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  3. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    Yeah, Shimano. XT derailleur, Ultegra STI. No full length housing, I’ll likely try that when I change the cable (tonight, possibley). The cable and housing have been on since October, lots of miles, but the mud at Camp Lynda may have done it in.Odd thing is, I only have one funny shift. The rest work very well.

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  4. Blair Avatar
    Blair

    I am basing all of my political decisions this year on oversimplifications of personalities…http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04link.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=mac+pc&st=nyt&oref=sloginhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-kendall/obamas-a-mac-clintons-_b_84489.html

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  5. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    It’ll give you more free time to repack hubs and watch TV.

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  6. Blair Avatar
    Blair

    Going on year 7 without an idiot box in the house… It was my 2000 New Year’s resolution – which is not to say I won’t brave the elements to watch some spring classics at a friend’s house. Though I feel my trusty laptop has filled the gap!

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