When i woke up this morning (not at my place), I turned on the new york 1 and saw that today was the funeral for slain NYPD Officer Omar Edwards. For those who don't know the story, Officer Edwards was leaving the stationhouse after his shift in plain clothes to find someone breaking into his car. He drew his weapon and started to give chase, when ( Read more... )

I took a little bike ride Sunday and Monday. Here's the route I took. I camped the night at Margaret Norrie State Park. Round trip it was 207 miles ( Read more... )

I'm leaving in the morning for a two day ride to the catskills and back. I'm planning to head out at sunrise. as that is slightly over 5 hours away, I should get to bed.

yeah, just not feeling it

there's a scene from a dream last night that I clearly remember and entirely agree with. In the dream I was in the Mets offices at the park, purchasing season tickets. As they handed me the thick stack of tickets, a bunch of mets employees were congratulating me on my purchase. Then, as I was turning to leave, one of them asked 'so are there any ( Read more... )

hi kids. sorry i've been neglecting you. If you want to call DCFS and report my negligence, I suppose I have no recourse ( Read more... )

the best way to address the volume of cat hair in my apartment would be just to move.

Today, Torii Hunter came in to work. Yeah! Go Angels.

As you probably know I'm part of the subcommittee working on getting a bike lane on Delancey St, coming off of the Manhattan side of the Williamsburgh Bridge. Not only is it the east river bridge with the most bike traffic, but the intersections along delancey are among the most dangerous in the city of pedestrians and cyclists. Last year, 53 ( Read more... )

I just got my thick stack of Brooklyn Cyclones tickets. I'm really excited about how many there are.