Activity: road cycling Location: Thurmont, MD > Caledonia Valley, PA > Gettysburg-Liberty Valley, PA > Thurmont Distance: 90.0 miles (hilly) Duration: 5:32 Weather: sunny to partly cloudy, 70-79 degrees Climbing: 6,006′ Avg HR: 149 (max 188) Type: aerobic An impromptu ride with Ed and Chris on a new route that Ed scouted out during the …
Today’s post at Greater Greater Washington encouraging the passage of legislation favoring the so-called “Idaho stop” has me a bit incensed. I understand the draw of legalizing “Idaho stops” – a.k.a. “rolling stops,” where a road user can treat a stop sign as a yield sign if conditions permit – when it comes to vehicular …
There have been some good ones and some clunkers this year. Good: Switzerland’s Mountain Cleaners. The Guardian’s announcement that it is switching to an all-Twitter format. Lonely Planet’s guide to Bakpakhistan. Nine Inch Nails’ Strobe-Light album. Expedia’s $99 Mars travel special (I especially like the Colbert Orbiting Hotel lodging option). The special booking offer on …
Here are a few things that have me asking what’s the matter with society: Please, please, please send Marion Barry to the political pasture – preferably to jail! His continued “devil could care” attitude toward paying back taxes sets a ridiculously bad example, and violates his current probation. That the people of Ward 8 continue …
I figure that today’s musings (actually on a Monday, no less) will be forward looking. I want to share some cycling goals for 2009, as well as some longer-term aspirations. A lot of the latter was brought on by Sarah and her impending adventures in Jordan (color me jealous). The big cycling goals for 2009 …
Just want to assure folks that I’m still around. What’s been going on? Let’s see… I’ve been riding the bike, and my mileage for Jan-Feb 2009 is almost the same as the same period in 2008, though I’m at odds to explain why, because I don’t feel like I’ve been on the bike as much. …
Emmet “Tony” Larimer died last night, aged 79. And for the past 27 hours, I’ve been at a loss for words. Tony was more than a teacher to me. He was a friend and mentor, a role model for conducting one’s self at all times. He was a gentleman among giants, a kind Grinch, a …
So I decided to migrate the blog to a new server – easy, right? Well, it’s not so easy when your site uses a lot of plugins that leave less-than-clean database code behind. So the first three attempts at getting the posts moved were frustrating: partial uploads, errors, etc. For those of you who follow …
At least if this quiz is any indicator (hat tip to sprite for this online quiz): What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Literate Good Citizen You read to inform or entertain yourself, but you’re not nerdy about it. You’ve read most major classics (in school) and you have a favorite genre or …
Since we last met, I’ve been skiing in Colorado (great time – proper post coming soon, though the new header image is from this trip) and spent a weekend in Chicago, where sprite had her annual meeting (inconveniently planned to occur on her birthday). There are plenty of pics from both adventures over at my …
