Yes, it’s possible to get sunburned in the small strip of skin between your bike glove and your watch. (Best option: sunscreen, then watch.) I rode all the way in to work today and it took me 46 minutes total (including stopping time). I am getting faster. (I think I had a partial tailwind too, […]
Category Archives: Personal
A matter of course
Today was an interesting bike day. In the morning, I had a bike-car contact moment when a guy stopped suddenly in front of me (someone had stopped suddenly in front of him). I had a moment to think “Huh. My brakes aren’t going to stop me in time. Whoops, I just hit him.” Fortunately it […]
Nightfall doesn’t come abruptly
I was just rereading Nightfall, the novel-length expansion of a 1941 Asimov short story. I liked the book moderately well when I first read it, but on this reading, the story failed to distract me enough to suspend disbelief and two points started bothering me. First of all, they ignore all possible positions other than […]
101 in 1001 #49: Bike advocacy volunteering: BTWD 2008
So Thursday was Bike to Work Day, for which I was determined to do something more than just biking to work. After all, every day is already bike to work day in that sense. So I decided to volunteer to help out as an Outreach Host for SVBC at an Energizer Station, to provide information […]
Chocolate vanilla
My new lotion (Alaffia Shea Butter Lotion) smells like Tofutti Cuties. The official scent is Vanilla Mocha, so it fits, but it’s a little odd for lotion to smell like a vegan dessert. I preferred my previous Tangerine Ginger, though what I’d really like is the Lavender Mint. Hmm, maybe I should mix the Dr. […]
Why people are weird
Amazon’s free Super Saver shipping has got to be their most clever sales tactic ever. But I’m glad for it because otherwise I probably would never have ordered Pamie’s second book, Why Moms Are Weird. I loved Why Girls Are Weird. I even wrote to Pamie about it (something I hardly ever do, but I’d […]
Keep us in tofu, and also in bananas?
Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing. –Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle This beautiful expression reminded me of a conversation I had with my dad a while back about spending and saving money. We both enjoy watching money accumulate, and tend not to buy things, even though we […]
WtW is official!
I’ve registered for WtW now, so there’s no backing out. I’m even on a team, with a friend from the SVBC Peninsula Committee. Anyone else want to join? We’re Team Slowpoke. I decided to actually go ahead and put up a personal page. It’s a little corny, but it’s fairly true as these things go. […]
Gear update: 2WG bag
After I finally got my 2WG bag from the post office, I’ve been getting used to it. I didn’t want to do a review of it before I got used to it, because it takes a while to get used to a new bag and figure out where you want to keep everything and what […]
Everyone wonders
I came across this comment on a bike blog I found while trying to figure out what the vertical footage of Waves to Wine is: I’m considering doing the STP in a day. Though for me it may be just a bit insane as I don’t get anywhere near the riding in that you do, […]