I managed to snooze my alarm clock for a whole hour this morning. It’s not exactly the best route, as I ended up getting to work a little late. Called the boss to let him know that I’d be a wee bit tardy – no sweat, but still… That’s what I get for staying up …
Yesterday, sprite and I were listening to music – James Taylor’s New Moon Shine, to be specific – as a way to chill in the Burrow. sprite had spun up “Shed A Little Light” in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. After listening to the album the whole way through (tracks 3 through 12, then …
Activity: road cycling Location: Washington, DC > Old Angler’s Inn, MD Distance: 23.8 miles Duration: 1:35 Weather: sunny, 39 degrees Avg HR: 147 (est.) Type: aerobic Such a beautiful day for a ride! The winds of the previous two days have subsided, leaving crystal clear (and nippy) weather. Felt good on the wheels, didn’t push …
Picture a typical evening at home: TV is on, lights are on, computer is whirring along. Outside you hear traffic and see the glow from the streetlights and traffic signals. Then nothing. No lights, no TV. You’ve transitioned from the electric world to the acoustic world. Last night, we experienced our first DC power outage. …
We had friends over for dinner last Sunday. The feast was a one-day-late celebration of Russian Christmas, and featured vegan borscht, eggplant “caviar,” and seedless black bread. The dinner was a success, to say the least. Part of the prep for this invovles peeling vegetables. And usually, you can get away with feeding the peelings …
Marion Barry, former mayor of DC and current Ward 8 Councilman, recently tested positive for cocaine use, thus violating probation for a 2002 drug posession conviction. This should be the final blow to Barry’s political career, thus allowing him to battle the drug demon without any outside interference. Barry is still in the tailspin that …
Y’know, if I had a lot of time and money – as well as a lot more base miles under my belt, the Tour d’Afrique could be very interesting. Covering 7,438 miles over 99 stages, all done at one’s own pace, racing from the pyramids of Giza to the tip of Cape Horn – it’s …
Just got a chance to watch the video of Bill Gates‘ keynote from CES, where he previewed the upcoming Windows Vista OS, due “sometime before the end of 2006.” While it looked nice, it was all-too-reminiscent of the OS I now use: Mac OS X 10.4, which has been available since April 2005. In fact, …
Two new developments in the Big Brother nature of the U.S. government: The Department of Homeland Security is now screening letters it deems “suspicious” by opening them and reading them. So if you’re writing to Aunt Myrna about the family’s top-secret apple dumpling pie recipe that’s “been seen by nobody else,” the cat’s out of …
Activity: road cycling Location: Washington, DC (Hains Point) Distance: 13.3 miles Duration: 0:52 Weather: sunny, 52 degrees Avg HR: 147 (est.) Type: aerobic A quick jaunt to take advantage of nice weather. The commute to Hains Point was slow (traffic and pedestrians galore), but while on Hains I averaged about 18.5 mph. – not bad …
