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 […]
511 is strange sometimes
I sometimes don’t understand 511. Or rather, I understand, but I just disagree. There are three trips that I looked at for getting where I was going tonight. The one I actually wanted was the third one. The other two are marginally shorter (by 2-3 minutes) and in one case quite a bit more complicated, […]
I just LOVE cargo bikes!
Here’s some awesome stuff I’ve been checking out: Bakfietsen How can you not love something named Bakfietsen?! Okay, they’re stupidly expensive, but you could still buy four of them for the price of a car, and with a rain tent for your cargo and enough room for three kids and groceries, why would you need […]
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 […]
Caltrain bike tips
Courtesy the brilliant minds on the SVBC listserv and especially Margaret Okuzumi, ED of the Bay Rail Alliance and a very nice and friendly person: Caltrain Bike Tips Caltrain will tell you the bike rules, but those of us who use it every day will tell you how to do better than the rules and […]
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, […]
A century plus
For anyone who’s interested in cycling stuff — I’m thinking of riding Waves to Wine in September, the Northern California MS 150 ride. It’s two days, 75 miles each day (in challenging hilly terrain). I have the book Long Distance Cycling which has several training programs in it for a century, two basic ones and […]
Working on a weekend: with wine
I think wine should always accompany weekend work. Loosens up the synapses, and makes one care less that one is not relaxing, because one is relaxed, anyway. I enjoyed this interesting linguistic slipup: “Pullum, however, doesn’t really take Gelernter’s argument seriously, presumably because it’s absurd and ignorant and doesn’t deserve to be.” Parts of this […]