Monthly Archives: August 2006
Charles visits from Afghanistan
We were all happy to welcome Charles home from Afghanistan for a couple weeks this month. He is now back overseas, servicing helicopters. Laura and Charles (and Annemarie)
Travel – Rochester NY & Jacksonville FL
Ah, I love to travel. To see cool places, see old friends and family, meet new people, eat good food. Ah, I hate to travel. Stuck in traffic, bad weather, cancelled flights, cheap airport food… So this past weekend I … Continue reading
Boston Globe – Cycling editorial
I’ve biked over 12,000 miles on the streets of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Milton, and it has often been an adventure… People have cut me off in traffic – but you expect that in Boston. I’ve had people throw drinks … Continue reading
Cool Tech – Extreme Cycling
Here is a story about guys engineering sleek but impractical designs to push the boundaries of biking to the very limits of technology and human endurance… This Is a Bike. Trust Us. – And you won’t believe how fast it … Continue reading
This week on the bike & New York Times article on nutrition
Okay, this week I managed to go biking three times. On Sunday I went up and down the Charles River [links one, two, three] (and ruined a tire and tube on innumerable tree roots, potholes, sewer grates, and skidding to … Continue reading
Editorial Cartoons
http://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/
Redneck Air Conditioner
When the man at the auto repair shop told me that it would cost $1400 to fix my car’s air conditioning, I just laughed at him and said, “I can fix it myself for a whole lot less than that!” … Continue reading
The best D*** Mo****-F****** hockey coach ever!
Chris Chelios reflects on his junior days where he was coached by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson’s character in Pulp Fiction)… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8s6aid04pw [Thanks to Dan Gaither]
Boundaries of Sox Nation
After the traumatic experience of ’86, I tend to keep the Sox at a bit of emotional distance [It could be argued that I do that all too often in life]. But sometimes that helps, especially when the Damn Yankees … Continue reading
Attack of the Mannequins
I understand that there are such things as freak accidents, and that you have to look out for yourself, but a lot of these things sound like frivolous lawsuits, people trying to make a quick buck. It just seems alien … Continue reading