
Here’s where I’ve been after a few days in the VeloBarrel, a Bicycle Retailer deadline and a primary that seems proof positive that the Republican Party no longer exists as such. If Barry Goldwater saw his party today, he’d ask Curtis LeMay bomb it back to the Stone Age. Or maybe forward to the Stone Age.
Whatever. After finishing my chores and viewing with alarm, albeit in private, I fled Bibleburg for a place with hot water a-plenty but without wi-fi, cell service and black helicopters. More later.
Oh, by the way … I already own a blue helmet, a nifty Rudy Project with a visor and everything. I’m gonna have to get creative with some press-on white lettering, which I just happen to have on hand.

Beautiful! Enjoy the camping.
Yeah, I have a blue helmet too, but it’s the wrong shade of blue. I’ve got to really try to get the right shade of UN blue. It would be really great if you could super-impose a UN seal or logo over the top of the helmet, but working around the vents would be tough.
Read your email, you damn luddite.
From, of course, Wikipedia: “Azure is a blue-cyan color on the HSV color wheel (Hue, Saturation, Value), also known as the RGB color wheel, at 210 degrees. Azure is the hue that is halfway between blue and cyan. Azure is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel. Its complementary color is orange.[2]
United Nations blue, as it’s called by the United Nations,[5] is the medium bright azure color of the Flag of the United Nations and of the helmets worn by the United Nations peacekeeping forces.”
If you don’t want to paint your helmet the Scotch 3M Blue paint masking tape is a close match and low tack so when the black helicopters arrive you can go to ground quickly.