last night, josh and i hooked up with jim (the unholy roleur), eric and dana from coppis, and kevin from my office for some fixed gear laps at hains point followed by some pints at gordon biersch.  the ride was nice.  josh, who is about to begin a medical odyssey, looked good and seemed upbeat.  it was very nice to see him out.  he also showed considerably more prudence than the rest of us.  after riding a few laps, he called it quits.  i suggested another lap for the remainder and we commenced.  and then the rain came.  and it was really an impressive rain; a torrential summer thunderstorm kind of rain.  we navigated through dc, picked up some extra bike locks and then headed for beer.  (side note, the people at gordon biersch were remarkably non-plussed when we showed up, dripping wet, in spandex, wringing out our gloves in their foyer.  they showed us to a table.  they obviously understood the union ethos and knew we needed libations after a hard days work sticking it to the man)  the pub had a newish octoberfest on tap.  it was good, but not as good as the maertzen in my highly informed opinion.  and a good time was had by all the revolutionaries.

jim and i have been discussing putting on a small scale charitable event soon.  stay tuned for details.

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