Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac, MD > Rockville, MD Distance: 43.7 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 2:38 Weather: breaking clouds and cool, 47 degrees Avg HR: 152 (max 180) Type: aerobic PPTC “An Early Winter Meander in and around DC” ride. A great last ride of ’06! There were a handful who showed …
My “Best of 2006″ list has been posted on its own page – check it out! Note that it can – and likely will – change in the next few days, especially in the “Movies” area.
Let’s hope he’s showing everybody in the choir invisible how to bust a move.
So far, so good in Connecticut. The drive was long, with a stop at a mall in central New Jersey to allow sprite to find an elusive gift (which was found, quite to her relief). So we rolled into town around 3:30 am on Saturday morning. A bit of a lie-in ensued, which was warranted. …
sprite and I take off for Connecticut shortly. It’ll be a long drive (holiday traffic compounded by rain, which tends to send drivers south of the Mason-Dixon line into a form of motorized paralysis), but the reward will be time in New England with friends and family. The only downside: no skiing, as the weather …
Way back on January 5, I wrote about my goals for 2006. And as the year winds down, it’s good to look at the list and see what transpired. (It might be best to open the original post in a new tab or window, just to keep track.)
Finally found this gem from Leno’s show – have a happy!
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Bethesda/Glen Echo, MD Distance: 15.3 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:01 Weather: clear and cold, 36 degrees Avg HR: 160 (max 175) Type: aerobic Pre-dawn ride on a clear, cold and beautiful morning. Rode on Chain Bridge Road, which added a significant hill and slowed down the ride a …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Glen Echo, MD Distance: 18.3 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:10 Weather: breaking high clouds and cold, 43 degrees Avg HR: 160 (max 178) Type: aerobic The pre-dawn ride again. Felt good, and we managed to avoid red traffic lights for all but the last quarter of the ride …
The big trend this year: rock stars doing holiday songs. These are rockers who typically rock hard (or used to rock hard), and suddenly they’re feeling the need to spread holiday cheer. And some do it better than others. First, there’s Billy Idol’s Happy Holidays, which finds the “White Wedding” singer entering the land of …
