I’ve come down with a cold. I’m really out of practice with being sick. Once upon a time I’d get a cold every four to six weeks, so it was really no biggie. Since I started working at the library though, I don’t seem to get as sick as often. I’m thinking that it’s because […]
After you get settled in at the sleep lab and before they wire you up, they check vitals, (110/80, 54bpm, 97.1°F, 162 lbs, 5’-9½”), breathalyzer (0.00) and urine drug screen. I knew this. I tested positive for stimulants. WTF? You know I’m clean and I know I’m clean. I’m 5 years and 31 weeks sober, […]
Like many gay men, I have more experience with death than others. However, death from HIV is a drawn-out affair so when it comes, it’s no surprise. I’ve known several people from the program who have died, but there was illness of a kind involved, so again, there was time to prepare. Even the occassional […]
The first unusualness is in that for six days straight—ever since I started the sleep study—I had better than halfway-decent sleep. I can’t remember the last time I got amost a week of nearly uniterrupted sleep, plenty of it and all in bed. Alcoholism and addiction being fear-based diseases, I was working up to a […]
I’m in the first phase of the study! I’ll admit that right up to my arrival at the hospital I had misgivings. Two things in the consent form put me at ease. First, regarding the polysomnography (PSG): “The PSG evaluations will be used to rule out any sleep disorders other than insomnia and to track […]
Happy New Year to all! Although I was invited to several New Year’s Eve parties, it’s my custom to stay home and pig out. Which I did—literally. Tuesday while shopping for my usual New Year’s Eve dinner of steak and lobster tails, I spied a four-pound package of boneless pork ribs. Big-pack price and reduced […]
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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