I am sick and tired of this fucking weather. I’m tired of April weather lingering through the end of June. I’m tired of days in the 50s, overcast and rainy. I’m tired of wearing long underwear, long pants, long-sleeved shirts, coats, hats, two pairs of socks and shoes in my goddamned living room. I’m tired […]
I’m not yet fully recovered from the depression I wrote about a couple of weeks back. I thought I was—during the Toronto trip, and even since then, a bit earlier in the week—but it appears that is not the case. A couple of things happened recently that tilted the scale back a bit. First the […]
You’ll have to wait a bit for the story, but I got the pictures back. I shot an entire single-use camera on the return trip. You can find them here: http://www.brucew.com/gallery/. Gallery, by the way, is another of the 19 Ready-to-Run Web Applications that come with every web hosting account at my company, The Secret […]
Yee hah! Riding that ferry is way cool. I got back to my apartment a half-hour or so ago. The boat left and arrived on time, which was 10:45 and 1:00 respectively. Doorstep-to-doorstep was 5?, which is competitive with driving (if there’s not a back-up at Customs) and several hours faster than the bus or […]
“This is just like Hawaii!”, exclaimed my sponsor. He was sitting on my couch, which doesn’t remind many people of Hawaii. Actually, no one previously had made even a vaguely Pacific remark about it. “What do you mean? What’s just like Hawaii?” “Well this,” he gestured around the room. “The windows open, ceiling fans running, […]
I’m feeling much better this morning. Not quite ready to sing and dance my way around the apartment, but I’m not suffering the crushing depression I felt last week. I actually felt better on Saturday morning that I do today. Until I sliced my thumb open instead of the onion I was holding. I’d been […]
The CATS Fast Ferry has been making the headlines daily for the past couple of weeks, ever since it returned from engine repairs in Toronto. Drama is the best way to describe it. There’s been a swirl of speculation over whether it will actually meet the dates of the maiden voyage and the beginning of […]
One of the few perqs that come with my job are the occassional sneak preview passes. Most of them I give away because of transportation difficulty, or I don’t have an interest or I have a schedule conflict. I really hated having to give away passes to the latest Johnny Depp film. Although it probably […]
They fixed the fountain today! The only major diappointment I’ve had with the new apartment is that the fountain in the courtyard didn’t work. I really, really liked the idea of a fountain outside my living room window. I’d waited anxiously for the thaw. The thaw came and went. No fountain. As the weeks passed […]
The good feelings expressed in Sunday’s posting have failed to derail my usual post-project depression. Perhaps it’s because it’s been a while since a project and I’m out of practice, or perhaps it’s because overall I’m feeling better and thus am more sensitive to the effects, or maybe my memory just wipes out the really […]
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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)
Putting slicks on a mountain bike is like putting a dress on your best friend Bob. He still won’t look like a woman, and he won’t ride like one either.—Platypius
They’re just bikes. Ride ’em in the rain, salt, snow and crap to fully appreciate them.—Mike Zanconato
One of the best things about bicycle commuting is that it can mitigate the displeasure of having to go to work.—BikeSnobNYC
When you approach an intersection think of the cars as affectionate cats that are going to try to rub themselves against you.—BikeSnobNYC
It’s like bikes. Give yourself a budget. Then double it.—grscha
Rule 9: If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.—The Rules
I ride to work just because I enjoy it, but I keep getting told it’s for other reasons.—ThermionicScott
If I only rode my bicycle on nice days I wouldn't be a cyclist. I'd be just another old fat man with a bicycle hanging in his garage.—Dave Cutter
I took Brucew's advice ... Perfect!— ScooterDobs