Archive for July, 2007
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance
There’s no itch harder to scratch than a brain itch. It’s a little piece of information that hides in your memory driving your conscious mind crazy. Doesn’t matter what it is, could be a certain word that you can’t think of, the name of a character actress you recognize from another movie, the name of [...]
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Of Coffeepots and Life
It’s amazing what you see when you take a moment to stop taking something for granted. What caught my attention this morning? How do you make a glass coffee pot that can go directly from the heat of the coffeemaker to an ice cold rinse in the sink without shattering? That impresses the h*ll out [...]
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Mr. Know-It-All Learns to Spin
It’s hard to admit when you’re wrong but, more often than not, the lesson is so worth the hit to your pride.
I’ve been ignoring the results of thousands of bicyclists that said spinning(faster RPMs and lower gear) is the best way to ride a bike. Surely pedaling harder(lower RPMs and higher gear) is more efficient, [...]
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
The Karmic Wheel Swings Around Shoe-Wise
Longtime readers may remember my tale from last year of an online shoe purchase gone horribly wrong. How wrong? Let’s just say that blood was involved and move on. I’m a big believer in karma though so it was only a matter of time before what was wrong would be made right again. It took [...]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Tuesday Trivia
Alternate Title: What I Discovered at Work Today
Of all 245 countries in the world, none of them start with the letter X. The letters O, Q, W, and Y have one each. S is the big winner by being the first letter of 33 countries.
How did I discover these juicy niblets? I had to enter [...]
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
Project “Bye Bye Belly” Continues
I thought it was about time that I posted an update to my weight loss plan. It’s a two-pronged approach, diet and exercise. The biking has been a huge help with getting the exercise half of the plan covered. Unfortunately, I’m not doing so well with the diet half. I’m still making poor choices and [...]
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
A Little Jaunt Around NYC
Today I rode this…
…around the city following this course. It was hot and the seaport, Battery, and west side bike path were way too crowded which I expected but it was still a pain dodging around all the pedestrians.
This is my new bike, a Trek 7.3 FX, that I’ve been commuting on for the past [...]
