A quick thought about the whole, ill-advised shakeup within the DC Council that found Tommy Wells suddenly on the outs with Chairman Kwame Brown: Wells, in his role as Chair of the Transportation Committee on the Council, worked hard to improve transit infrastructure throughout DC. In particular, he worked had via his (now former) position …
Activity: road cycling Location: McHenry, MD (Wisp Mountain Resort) Distance: 125.38 miles (many steep and technical climbs and descents) Duration: 8:25 (9:17 with stoppage time) Weather: overcast and cool, occasional drizzle, 59-71 degrees Climbing: 15,913′ Avg HR: 154 (max 183) Type: aerobic Last year, I rode the Diabolical Double – a.k.a. the Garrett County Gran …
In a little more than one week, hundres of road cyclists will take on Mountains of Misery, a challenging 102 or 126 mile ride through the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia. These cyclists are in for a true challenge, with 10,000 feet of climbing over the 102 mile course (13,000+ on the double metric, …
A post on NPR’s All Songs Considered blog has me thinking about things I used to love (or, at the very least, like) but don’t anymore. The NPR post speaks specifically of bands, and I’ll start with that. U2. This is a tough one for me, because I really like U2′s music. But I have …
To all my friends out there who may be cheering the impending shutdown of the Federal government: Please note that this shutdown will also shutter most of the District of Columbia’s city government. We have no control over our own money, so Congress’ petulant bickering will result in trash not getting collected, many social services …
On today’s Kojo Nnamdi Show, Tom Sherwood called the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) a “backwater school.” This didn’t go over well with some of DC’s old guard politicos. One of them, Eugene Kinlow, demanded (via Twitter) that Sherwood apologize and then said the following: “Educating people who might be the first in …
This week’s Ten on Tuesday asks for your favorite winners of the Best Motion Picture prize at the Oscars. I’ve seen many of the winners from the past 50 years, some from the earlier years as well. So here are my top ten, in descending order: Casablanca (1943) Possibly my second-favorite film of all time*, …
4,873 miles on two wheels. That’s my mileage total for 2010. That’s 30 fewer miles than in 2009, 249 fewer than 2008. And I’m not unhappy with that. After two marathon years that made sprite lament my time away from her (let’s face it: long distance rides take time, and most of the better long …
I love Sarah’s new idea for Wednesday posts: going back through the mists to time to find old photos and the memories associated with them. And naturally, this post features me and a bike. But not a road bike (I didn’t own a proper road bike until 2002). Nope, these were the days when I …
30 years ago, at 11:07 PM Eastern time, John Winston Ono Lennon was pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He was 40 years old. “It was thirty years ago today…” I remember that night quite vividly. Even though I was only 7, the news hit me via my parents’ reaction. Both parents, …
