{"id":4031,"date":"2011-12-25T17:50:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T23:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2011-12-25T18:42:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T00:42:30","slug":"december-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=4031","title":{"rendered":"December 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post is a little backwards, so if you want a look into the December 24th debauchery, skip this sentimental stuff and go straight down to where you see the alien holding a glass of wine.<\/p>\n<p>Since I don&#8217;t personally know anyone who was born on December 25th, I typically take the day to either ride my bike on reduced-traffic roads and\/or visit with family. Today I drove down to Drew, Mississippi, where my grandmother (on my Mom&#8217;s side) lives. We eat large quantities of various casseroles, then everyone rolls around on the furniture like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_colic\" target=\"_blank\">colicky horses<\/a> and &#8220;visits&#8221; for a while before dispersing.<\/p>\n<p>Granny, Aunt Scarlett, and Mom (front to back)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ladies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4038\" title=\"ladies\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ladies-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ladies-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ladies.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several cousins (l-r) Brad, Brittany, Aunt Georgia, Brad&#8217;s Wife, Brent, and his wife (the hair in the foreground):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/errybody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4036\" title=\"errybody\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/errybody-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/errybody-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/errybody.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We agreed that Brent (who works as a crop duster pilot) and I used to be &#8220;the bad ones,&#8221; but now, his kid has taken over that role. Probably so, considering I thought she was cute, and I normally have a strong dislike of anyone under the age of 20.<br \/>\nUncle Johnny and the &#8220;new&#8221; bad one along with Uncle Pete and my dad&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/badone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4032\" title=\"badone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/badone-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/badone-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/badone.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yes, hate on it all you want&#8230; Those ARE house shoes, and exactly zero f***s were given.<\/p>\n<p>My family is great, though often times when I visit, I feel like Roger from American Dad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/0.tqn.com\/d\/animatedtv\/1\/0\/T\/S\/amdadRodger_72.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"roger\" src=\"http:\/\/0.tqn.com\/d\/animatedtv\/1\/0\/T\/S\/amdadRodger_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the foldies (nickname for any non-bike shop employee) celebrated making it though nearly 1 month of being really busy (good thing they don&#8217;t work in the bike shop, where we&#8217;re generally slammed from the first day of spring until the first time the temperature drops under 50). Everyone in the store gets to let their proverbial hair down a little, have a catered lunch sandwich, and drink a beer or two. This year, Matt Robbins put his PT training to the test in checking out all of <a href=\"http:\/\/boydr.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boyd&#8217;s<\/a> vertebrae injuries:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/coworkers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4035\" title=\"coworkers\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/coworkers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/coworkers-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/coworkers.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, the atmosphere was electric. Like a tazer.<\/p>\n<p>When I left work, Matt and I took off for a little night ride. He rode Death Bike 3000 for the first time&#8230; it basically did OK, unless he had to pedal harder than 300 watts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainfck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4033\" title=\"chainfck\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainfck-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainfck-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainfck.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess he still has a little work to do on that one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainunfck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4034\" title=\"chainunfck\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainunfck-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainunfck-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chainunfck.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Basically, a good two days of laying off a little and pretending like I&#8217;m a &#8220;normal&#8221; person instead of someone who is systematically repeating a cycle of destroying herself with intervals and recovering just enough to rinse and repeat. Tonight, whiskey. Tuesday, back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is a little backwards, so if you want a look into the December 24th debauchery, skip this sentimental stuff and go straight down to where you see the alien holding a glass of wine. 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