A couple of weeks ago one of the tracklights in the kitchen became noticably yellow. Like traffic-light yellow. Considering I got the lights in 1998 or 1999, have used them in multiple addresses since and have never replaced a bulb, I figured the time was coming. Sunday night, that light burned-out completely. Having a spare […]
Woo hoo! There’s a new washer and dryer in the basement. They’re still in the boxes, but I’m excited by the prospect of having multiple machines again. This competing with 20 other apartments for a single washer has been a real pain for, oh, nearly a year now. Monday and Wednesday mornings have worked-out best […]
Payday at the library was Thursday. I still had $70 or so in that account from two weeks ago when the direct-deposit hit, and by 4:00 that afternoon, I was overdrawn by 87¢. Before a debit card purchase cleared, I transferred $1 from my business account thereby avoiding an overdraft charge and racking up a […]
From http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp You entered: 6/19/1957 Your date of conception was on or about 26 September 1956 which was a Wednesday. You were born on a Wednesday under the astrological sign Gemini. Your Life path number is 11. The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2436008.5. The golden number for 1957 is 1. The epact […]
So many things float through my head that it’s hard somethimes to remember what passed through. Among the things (that I can remember) where I’ve said, I should write about that are: The Donna Reed Memorial Coffee PercolatorA while ago a client gave me a coffee percolator right from the 50s—a lovely old GE unit […]
It started yesterday with a near-continuous thunderstorm. All day long, rain, thunder, lightening. And cold. Dark is a given. I spent the day with all the lights on. Today’s forecast was spot-on. Snow and wind. Lake effect started around 9:00 this morning and continued on-and-off all day. Wet snow forecast for overnight too, but since […]
I’ve had the same backpack for ten years. It’s a three-compartment laptop bag in basic black rip-stop nylon. I bought it at one of the outlet malls in Las Vegas back when I vacationed there three or four times a year. I use it every day carrying it everywhere I go. It’s become a part […]
I’m testing a new browser called Flock. It’s built on Firefox and offers lots of extra features for blogging. My January Computer Link Magazine column will be about it, so I’m using it to get a feel for it. BTW, the last column, about OpenOffice 2.0, got bumped from the November issue for space reasons. […]
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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