Comments on: Starting Line Affective Disorder

By: Pedal Power: 22 Cycling Blogs to Inspire You - eKneewalker

Pedal Power: 22 Cycling Blogs to Inspire You - eKneewalker — Tue, 05 May 2015 07:03:04 +0000

[...] his weight loss. He’s a humorist, posting side-splittingly funny posts like the one about his imaginary disorder SLAD, but he’s also shared personal tragedy (his wife’s years-long battle with cancer, which [...]

By: Madelyn Morales

Madelyn Morales — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:42:00 +0000

Wow Fatty! I’m cracking up over this article. SLAD is real, and I’m sure that someday there will be a study done at a college about it. A lot of this can also apply to other sports/hobbies, such as fishing on a lake.

By: Monday Morning Slider: 2015 US Masters National Championship Part 2 (Race Day) | A Year of Living...humm...dangerous?

Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:34:31 +0000

[...] as I have been alive, I tagged walls. But I was calm and centered in the morning. And in a very non-Fat Cyclist way, I have been calm recently before luge races. It was race day, and well, I wasn’t going [...]

By: SS Kate

SS Kate — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:59:09 +0000

Fatty, I didn’t get the chance to read this before true grit, but I’m glad you understand why I was talking a mile-a-minute while shivering at the start and (luckily only figuratively) crapping my pants. You truly are a good sport for pretending to know me after I shouted at you. I should have known from your disbelieving grin after checking out my bike that I was in for some trouble. Congrats to you and (really, more seriously) the hammer. You guys are super lucky to ride that all the time!!

By: MikeL

MikeL — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:15:57 +0000

A symptom you forgot is the aimless wandering around trying to remember what you are supposed to be doing or the focus on minuate that suddenly seems important.

By: spaceyace

spaceyace — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:34:24 +0000

What? I thought I closed my italics tag properly :(

By: spaceyace

spaceyace — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:33:51 +0000

I spend eight hours a day at my normal job, during which I put about 2.5 hours of work in, and 5.5 hours of aimless internet surfing. Which I think (based on the fact that you are almost certainly reading this during work hours) you will agree is pretty much normal.
Yeah that would be nice, except I have to account for every 15 minutes of my time. So now I have to stay late or figure out who doesn’t mind paying extra for 0.25 hours of aimless internet surfing. Should I put that as a line item on the invoice?

(Disclaimer in case my boss, who actually has a great sense of humor, is reading this. I always choose staying late. But you knew that when I said goodnight on my way out yesterday at 11pm.)

So all that to say I suffer from SLAD *and* WLDDTS (working like a dog during tax season). I win.

By: Cyclingjimbo

Cyclingjimbo — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:33:08 +0000

@MattC, in our backpacking days we used to call your SAD (Suddenly Acquired Dementia) CRS (as in Can’t Remember S%#¥). SLAD results in Premature Onset CRS.

By: BamaJim

BamaJim — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:13:29 +0000

My name is Jim, and I have SLAD

Hi Jim. – FC

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:56:31 +0000

How do we get Disney to make a Goofy cartoon about SLAD? Just like the this football cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a1z26twsoY

I can see Goofy now. Lining up to the start line with his bike and the old school narrator telling his emotions.