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a shorter word for anecdote
Yesterday there was a bee on my shirt, I don't know how long it'd been there. A coworker pointed it out and once I figured out she wasn't joking I screamed like a little girl ( Read more... ) -
too long for twitter
I chipped the filling on my already-chipped tooth, leaving me looking all snaggled in the face. The filling was deteriorating and it was bound to happen anyway. I'm gonna get it right fixed up at the dentist tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
a bike in sonoma county
Levi Leipheimer's King Ridge GranFondoTotal time8:00Ride Time7:00Miles100Average Speed14.2mphTop Speed30something 1Flickr Pictures69A century! Far away! I'd been dreading it all month, and not wanting to do it, though it was long ago bought and paid for. But I manned-up, as it were, getting up at 4am and getting it done - after all, it was closer ( Read more... ) -
infinite jest
This summer I read David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest because the internet told me to. I actually finished it like a month ago, but waited this long to post mostly out of laziness ( Read more... ) -
upcoming events that may be of interest
This weekend might be a jammer:
Friday:
Critical Mass
bike party at Cellspace
Saturday:
Tour de Fat in the morning
Bootie in the evening. I haven't been in a long time, probably won't go but will think about it.
Wallpaper CD Release at Rickshaw.
Sunday:Goodness, I don't know. I think I'll probably take a nap ( Read more... ) -
last bike in nyc
i wanted to go to coney island but i took the long way. did you know that in Queens there's a place where 69th Rd, 69th St and 69th Place are right next to each other? Total recipe for confusion ( Read more... ) -
before I forget
brooklyn-queens-manhattan-bronkx loop: http://veloroutes.org/bikemaps/?route=41090Read more... ) -
The Wake Up Early Week
I've been in a funk lately, like a real serious one, like when you get on the bike and you stop wanting to pedal it and you don't really care anymore if the bike falls over taking you with it, and after it falls maybe you could just lie on the ground and wait to die ( Read more... ) -
on microblogging
I've tried out The Twitter for a while but I don't think I like it much. Facebook is more facilitative of dialog (though getting an inbox full of "so-and-so has commented on a thing you commented on" emails can be a drag) and LJ is better for getting actual ideas across ( Read more... ) -
unexpected century
Mission Cycling 08-22-09
Cheese Factory
Marshall Wall
Point Reyes StationTotal time9:45Ride Time7:05Miles108Average Speed15.2mph 1Top Speed44.1mph 2I'd grown sour on the whole cycling group thing, the final straw being the Mission Cycling social gathering last Tuesday at Coffee Bar, where I found myself once again surrounded by a bunch of dudes who ( Read more... )