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A happy flappy inflatable tubeman. Or is it?
Sometimes I do a GPS Doodle thinking it’s one thing, but it turns out to look like something else altogether. Case in point: today’s Doodle. The picture I planned was one of those flappy, floppy “airdancers” you often see outside … Continue reading
A Hallowe’en knock-knock joke
Knock knock. Who’s there? Boo. “Boo hoo!” cried Cycleangelo, when his wife told him his Hallowe’en doodle looks like it’s made of misshapen marshmallows. Total distance: 28.0 km / 17.4 mi. Map rotated 180º for viewing. SEE IT ON STRAVA * * Note: The GPS … Continue reading
Infamous Thug hijacks famous giraffe!
Taking his fixation on harassing helpless critters to a whole new level, the Musclebound Thug puts on his Stetson and goes for a joyride on Garmina the giraffe, who does her very best to buck the big bully off As … Continue reading
The ongoing antics of a tail-tugging Thug
Musclebound Thug monkeys arounds…much to the dismay of a hungry little monkey Musclebound Thug goes bananas for long tails. After his epic fail in tail-tugging a few days ago, the big ape got down to monkey business. And what better way to … Continue reading
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Tagged #thuglife, animals, monkey, Musclebound Thug, thug, wildlife
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Guess who’s back [hint: he’s a thug]
Musclebound Thug is back…with a quirky little zoology lesson It’s no secret that Musclebound Thug likes catching reptiles by the tail. (It’s a #thuglife thing – something that titillates his puny reptilian brain.) But today, his antics got interrupted by … Continue reading
He’s baaaack • another instalment in the “musclebound thug” series
Musclebound thug fulfils his lifelong dream and plucks a gator by the tail from the Salish Sea Doodling this dopey dude demanded 89.7 kilometres (55.7 miles) of cycling, with just shy of 900 metres (3,000 feet) of climbing. In case you … Continue reading
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Tagged alligator, bicycling, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, macho manliness, strava, strava art, thug, urban art, victoria bc
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Part 2 in the new “Musclebound thug” series • Happy Thanksgiving
Musclebound thug in a pilgrim hat wrangles himself an organic free-range turkey for Thanksgiving dinner I was so pleased with how my musclebound thug in a fedora riding a grizzly bear wearing a pork pie hat and standing in a snow … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, pilgrim, strava, strava art, Thanksgiving, turkey, urban art, victoria bc
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The answer: “Because it’s there”
To the question: “Why did you GPS-doodle a musclebound thug in a fedora riding a grizzly bear wearing a pork pie hat and standing in a snow bank?” “Because it’s there.” Known broadly as ‘the three most famous words in mountaineering’, this was … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, grizzly bear, hats, Monday fun, strava, strava art, urban art, victoria bc
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The post my biggest fan has been waiting for
Okay – before you jump to any conclusions (like “Holy smokes, that Strava artist is mean-spirited SOB!”), let me tell you about Alan “Mr. Hairy Nose” Cassels and how he earned this 54-kilometre dressing down. Alan is a fellow Tripleshotter and … Continue reading
Posted in bike-writing, gps art, humor
Tagged bicycle, bicycling, bike-writing, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, HTFU, humor, strava, strava art, victoria bc
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Straight up my giraffe’s butt
Near the end of my usual Sunday ride with the Tripleshot gang, the group turns left off Interurban Road onto a short pathway that connects to the Galloping Goose (Greater Victoria’s regional cycling pathway). Only after I rode the route … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bicycle, bicycling, creativity, cycling, cyclist, galloping goose trail, garmin, giraffe, gps, gps art, humor, strava, strava art, victoria bc
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Sketchbook of a GPS Artist 