The brains behind the brilliant A Prairie Home Companion penned a wonderfully haunting editorial about the passage of the recent Military Commissions Act of 2006. Keillor opens with a pointed warning: I would not send my college kid off for a semester abroad if I were you. Last week, we suspended human rights in America, …
Activity: road cycling Location: Georgetown University > Potomac/Avenel, MD Distance: 24.1 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:27 Weather: clear and warm, 80 degrees Avg HR: 157 (max 185) Type: aerobic Another post-work, pre-class ride. Today’s weather was simply wonderful, with a high in the low-80s, so I had to take advantage of the situation – after …
In previous installments of this series, I learned to ride, discovered that I like mountain biking, and even raced an exotic Slingshot mountain bike. Now we’ll fast-forward a few years. My Slingshot had been stolen by a persistent thief in Salt Lake City who, at the same time, stole my old Scott mountain bike. But …
Don’t ask me how it happened – I can’t really figure it out – but I’ve found that travel host Rick Steves enjoys a bit of a cult following. A cult parody following, that is. You can get a taste of his delivery style here, and it’s easy to see how this easygoing, somewhat geeky …
Activity: road cycling Location: Markham, VA > Mt. Weather > Bluemont > Marshall > Markham Distance: 54.8 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 3:38 Weather: cold, damp and rainy, then clearing and dry, 52 to 64 degrees Avg HR: 142 (max 176) Type: aerobic PPTC “Nick’s Pick aka The Blue Ridger from Naked Mountain Vineyards.” This was …
