Yay, another Bike to Work Day, which for me is like Halloween on a summer morning.  I stopped at 6 different free breakfast stations without even deviating from my normal bicycle commute route, and started saying, "Biker treat!" to the tune of "Trick or treat!" at each stop ( Read more... )

 Still, I'm addicted to the challenge.  I just finished my umpteenth runthrough of this song, still haltingly, and I heard the voice of Morpheus in my head, saying, "Again."  (It's my favorite part of the movie, as Morpheus starts a whole nother fight with Neo in the training room.)

 It's a money-saver!  It's an environment-saver!  It's a health-saver!  It's a fitness plan!  It's a stress-reliever!  No wait, you're all correct!

For many Americans, bicycle-commuting is the single biggest contribution they could make to improving our environment, while having a broad range of ancillary benefits.  Here are a couple of the less- ( Read more... )

 That's excellent news politically, as he was the only GOP hopeful who scared me.  He is Jerry Falwell/Pat Robertson scary in his beliefs, but scarier is his ability to appear normal.  Plenty of others (like Palin) are at least as scary in terms of their positions, but (like Palin) are most likely to take their party down in defeat.

I knew Tiger Woods had a reputation as a ladies' man, but I was still taken aback by this headline:
Tiger Woods Withdraws After 9 Holes

Unfortunately, the article was just about golf.

According to the FCNL, U.S. military spending has jumped from $1,500 per capita in 1998 to $2,700 per capita in 2008, and we are now spending 50 percent more (even excluding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) than we did on 9/11.

OK, I'm finally making the switch to LINUX.  Anyone have any suggestions, esp. for good apps (like a substitute for iTunes)?

I had a wild ride of a weekend.  On Friday, I drove through the teeth of rush hour traffic to get down to Denver for my choir's performance, and then was fed excellently by an alto in the choir (and her husband) who hosted a post-concert party ( Read more... )

I'm having trouble deciding where to go musically.  The professional choir I'm in is still excellent (http://www.stmartinschamberchoir.org), and is still my top priority ( Read more... )

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