It was really hard, staying indoors and off the bikes today. The first brush of 40° on a sunny day sure was tempting, but I needed a rest. Badly.
The new commute to the Arnett Branch is about twice the distance as the the ride to Sully Branch, and three times the distance as [...]
New job and new bike. It’s a longer piece, but you’ll be done before either one happens.
New job
Problem One: I’ve wanted more hours at work ever since I became a clerk four years ago. I’m scheduled for only 12 hours a week at Winton Branch, and four hours a week at Sully Branch. [...]
When I first toured this apartment, it was full of other people’s stuff. And the other people. So I didn’t get a chance to do more than get an impression of it.
In my mind, the back wall of the living room would hold the bikes and bike stuff, and the front wall had [...]
It’s been years since I had a decent kitchen—decades perhaps. Thinking about it, I don’t think I ever had a kitchen where I was really satisfied. Now I do.
I’d have taken this apartment anyway, but I nearly wet myself with glee when I first saw the kitchen. Right from the [...]
Nearly a month has passed since our last visit. However, not much news to pass on.
I got my first cold of the season out of the way. Unfortunately, it was in progress on Columbus Day, which meant I missed out annual Leaf-Peepers Century ride to Letchworth.
Last year I was just getting over a [...]
At just over two weeks in my new apartment, I’m a happy man.
While not quite as large as I thought it was, the new place is larger in the right places. Before, my largest room was the bedroom. It was also my least-used room.
Here the bathroom has a full-sized tub. I have two closets, [...]
A little more than 12 hours from now, and the moving truck will arrive. Then it’s off to the new apartment.
Plates, post and pans, and my computer systems are all that remain to be packed. I’m right to the edge with boxes. I may have to unpack plastic stuff from the kitchen [...]
At T-minus 12 days and counting, packing to move is going well. I’ve focused on the big hairy monsters first. Those being the things I really didn’t want to have to go through, sort and pack. I have three of the four done. The last one is my basement storage area. [...]
August’s theme is going to be moving.
The Sully Branch Library is moving across the park to the newly expanded Ryan Center at School 33. The old building will be torn down and replaced with a ball diamond.
Plans are to close the branch at the end of this week. We’ll pack stuff, the movers [...]
The City libraries were closed today for staff “Convocation” It’s a big, all-day meeting for all staff. One of the things the Director addressed right at the start was budget.
It seems the projected 22% cut, whittled down to 15% is going to be only 8%. No jobs will be lost, no hours [...]
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Someday we’ll all look back on this, and plow right into a parked car.
Just as man evolved from four feet to two, some have evolved from four wheels to two.
Tourers and commuters are a lot alike. Both breeds usually choose a sturdy, yet no-nonsense bike, and both usually have to carry more than your usual OCP roadie. We take tips, tricks, and underground secret information from almost every other type of cyclist, chew it up, and spit out a form of cycling science that manifests itself as a fusion of both basic transportation and recreational riding all at once.—ax0n
You shouldn’t anthropomorphize bikes. They don’t like it when you do that—JustBrowsing
Somewhere on gayforums.net there’s a thread that goes “I just shaved my legs and got some tight lycra shorts. Do you think it would make look like a cyclist or not?”—From yet another “Does wearing lycra make me look gay?” thread on bikeforums.net
I don’t hate cars per se, but the lifestyle they encourage is as lethal and self-destructive as any drug.—Cosmoline
I guess for me it boiled down to a realization that a bike was the right tool for the job. Using a 3,000 pound vehicle move me and my briefcase 2.5 miles to work everyday was like using a steamroller to press my shirts—they'd be wrinkle free, but an iron would be a better choice.—chocula
Starve a terrorist—ride a bike to work. It’s not just good for the environment, it’s good for civilization.—NotAsFat
When all the gasoline runs out, the Priuses are going to be dead on the side of the road right beside the Hummers.
Who is more patriotic, the person who commutes to work on a bike, or the guy who slaps a US flag decal on his SUV that gets 12 miles per gallon?—Jim Caple (ESPN)
I’m on the odd side of now but the right side of history.—Woodog
What’s the point of a bike if you can only ride it on weekends and you can’t even carry anything with you?—madfiNch
I don’t ride to save the environment, auto fuel, money or even to get exercise. I ride because I enjoy it and as a consequence, I get the benefit of the other things.—Charles Vail
What I need is a tandem, a squash racquet and a daring & ruthless accomplice. Is anyone in?—Chris L
My two favorite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.—Peter Golkin
If one is going to be hedonistic and NOT actually in Jamaica, well bicycles ain’t such a bad way to go.—PansyPalmetto
Skilled city cyclists move through traffic like gazelles through a field of fat cows.—JoeyBike
Biking isn’t a sport because anybody can do it. I can bike, you can bike. For goodness sakes, my mother can bike! You don’t see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated, do you?—jack002
Bicycles move with the flow of the Earth—Nikki Giovanni
Let’s have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle—US Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)