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Donny Laruso Funkflex The 3rd (Member #21574)

Specialized Sponsored Athlete

Nickname:
Yo Aloha Hola Oy
Location:
More Gain Hill, CA
Discipline(s)
Road, XC Race
Gender:
Male
Favorite Ride:
In the anals of history people are going to be talking about three things: the discovery of fire, invention of the submarine, and the Flint, Michigan Mega Bowl.
Why I Ride:
Why not? It allows me to eat all the junk food I want, I have a reasonable excuse to purchase $300 shoes, and cycling is the old skool original gangsta of mechanical transportation devices.
About Me:
WOW! I work for Specialized now... that still hasn't set in yet. I'm a former Chicago bike messenger (98-02). Bike shop lackie. Fit guy. Never owned a car. Love my mom. Like junk food. Founded and ran the Punk Rock Cycling Womens Team (punkrockcycling.com). Make a mean pasta. Fiend for a good mojito. And while I don't like to brag... I do possess any one of the following super human powers: flying, mutation, energy sourcing, astral projection, spell check, prehensile or animated hair, super strength, telekinesis, kitchen appliance operation, time travel, mimicry or absorption, rear derailleur adjusting, wall crawling, floor walking, reactive adaptation, napping, power negation, energy conversion, super vision, sporadic blinking, power sensing, DVD programming, shadow manipulation, baby talk, force field generation, force field manipulation, chopstick skills, density control, flying rubber or Flubber, water breathing, uncontrollable giggling, energy blasts, reality warping, self detonation, Google, accelerated healing, sonic scream, sonic cheering, super reflexes, violin playing, perfuse sweating, cross dimensional awareness, acid generation, 360 degree neck rotation, omni-linguism, animal mimicry, mediumship, fire and heat manipulation, cold and ice manipulation, plant manipulation, filing taxes, weather manipulation, shape shifting, animal petting, concussion beams, tennis racket lacing, biological manipulation, disintegration, left-handed writing, radioactivity, memory manipulation, omniscience, super intelligence, not-so-super intelligence, eating out, magnetism, super speed, bone manipulation, thrice daily teeth brushing, light manipulation, temporal duplication, dimensional transport, shoelace tying, empathy, night vision, ESP, omnipresence, echolocation, invisibility, smelly shoes, summoning, Nintendo Wii playing, gravity control, mind control, x-ray vision, downloading, uploading, invulnerability, telepathy, magical bracelet, super senses, kung fu chop, psychic weapons, saliva manipulation, matter ingestion, pheromone manipulation, gastrointestinal disturbance, microscopic vision, poison generation, immortality, intangibility, temporary permanence, and bird flipping. Word.

Rider’s Club Activity Log

Donny posted the journal: Demetri Martin Quotes
Nov 20, 2008, 03:08AM

Donny posted the journal: Made Me Laugh
Nov 18, 2008, 05:15AM

Donny posted the journal: World Record Attempt
Nov 17, 2008, 03:45AM

Donny posted the journal: Yo, Aloha, Hola, Oy!
Nov 16, 2008, 01:36AM

Donny commented on: Susan M
Nov 15, 2008, 08:46PM

Donny commented on: Steve Moore
Nov 15, 2008, 07:51PM

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Comments (28)

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07:09 PM on November 19, 2007 UTC Rachael Lambert wrote:

I love the new photo. Very serious and introspective looking. Like a good sponsored athlete.

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07:02 AM on November 30, 2007 UTC Ana Nelson wrote:

Boy I wish I was on a bike last night but it was all I could do just to sit there. I am doing much better today! other than the cat hair all over me.

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02:25 PM on January 30, 2008 UTC Jenni-O wrote:

And I've been riding for like 3 hours and haven't left my room! If only I took this damn contraption off my back wheel, I'd be all that much closer to DSM.

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02:50 PM on January 30, 2008 UTC Jenni-O wrote:

It's -36 here. I can't even stay outside long enough to pass the puck around!

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04:02 AM on January 31, 2008 UTC Ana Nelson wrote:

Oh Boy! One more way for me to procrastinate on studying! What am I going to school for again? By the way, you sure were chubby as a kid.

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10:08 AM on January 31, 2008 UTC Ruht wrote:

Love the new "pic" Is that some kind of east-sider "tough kid" dance, or what!?!

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10:16 PM on February 01, 2008 UTC Rachael Lambert wrote:

Donny, the gals can all post as many pics and journals as they could possibly want now. They are all "sponsored" specialized athletes now on the Riders Club and have special little jerseys under their name!!

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10:19 PM on February 01, 2008 UTC Rachael Lambert wrote:

Ok one last thing. For your "about me" did you just write down every word that came to your mind at a given moment cause that is a lot of disconjointed words!

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10:21 AM on February 02, 2008 UTC David Olsen wrote:

Beware the moon.

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06:25 PM on February 02, 2008 UTC Rachael Lambert wrote:

No problem Donny. I will work on the edit photos thing. I don't know what the deal is. But hey I am really not much of a computer person.

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12:21 PM on February 07, 2008 UTC Ana Nelson wrote:

what happened to your super cool track jacket picture?

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09:06 AM on February 15, 2008 UTC manni1 wrote:

Wow!
A really great site. All respect

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12:11 PM on February 28, 2008 UTC Matt Buchanan wrote:

Who the hell is Linda?

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03:58 PM on February 28, 2008 UTC Matt Buchanan wrote:

I'm not going to like you threw me for a loop there. My mom's name is Linda...

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06:38 PM on March 06, 2008 UTC Jenni-O wrote:

a testaquiz?

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08:57 AM on March 13, 2008 UTC Ana Nelson wrote:

Band Camp? Do we get to sing songs? I think we should ride bikes too, in matching outfits.

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09:52 PM on March 13, 2008 UTC David Olsen wrote:

Hey, I was wondering if I could bring my QR bike in sometime in the near future and have you look at my aerobar position? I think I might need a little adjustment there. Have a kick booty time in Indiana.

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05:03 PM on April 05, 2008 UTC David Olsen wrote:

Thought you might like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

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07:07 PM on April 08, 2008 UTC Jenni-O wrote:

Thanks for taking care of me on your birthday. I hope I didn't get you sick.

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10:19 AM on April 10, 2008 UTC David Olsen wrote:

Didn't realize it was your B-day recently. Hope it was a good one. Maybe you could celebrate your B-day w/ me by helping me w/ both my tri bike and road bike :-). Mostly just looking at my aero position on the tri bike and my saddle position on the road bike. I'm considering doing the Iowa City Road Race so want to make sure I'm set-up ok so I can redeem myself after Big Creek. Let me know the skippy. Have a great rest of the week. Dave

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06:31 PM on April 15, 2008 UTC Jenni-O wrote:

3-2-1! POLO!

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08:53 AM on April 16, 2008 UTC Kristin Gallagher wrote:

Thanks! Nice work...although you did call me a pretty boy. Ending in "o" is masculine and ending in "a" is feminine. I'll let this one slide. =)

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11:40 AM on May 03, 2008 UTC Kelli Mente wrote:

I finally logged in and changed to my new email address and even updated my picture. Impressed? ;)

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09:14 AM on May 04, 2008 UTC Matt Buchanan wrote:

We graduate Saturday and move back so i should be back to work Monday hopefully. How are things? Tell adam not to worry i have been taking care of his mom.

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08:03 AM on May 24, 2008 UTC Matthew Byrne wrote:

Who's up for a little BMX action this weekend.

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01:43 PM on August 04, 2008 UTC Ruht wrote:

My tire took very good care of your drywall tack.

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07:53 PM on November 15, 2008 UTC Blondie wrote:

No, I can't get the money right now. :(

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09:43 PM on November 15, 2008 UTC Blondie wrote:

God Bless! ;)

I'm for real going to start donating plasma once I find out where to do it!

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