Category: N.O.S.
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Three Quotations
None of the polling or the focus groups indicate that people are … (snubbing) her because she is a woman but because of a deficit in how she is projecting leadership. …says Reuters. So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one? The reasons are as pervasive as the air…
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I heart PiYo
Sometimes the little things make a big difference, like PiYo class this morning (I even dragged M out of bed). It’s an ass (and ab) kicking fusion of pilates and yoga. No experience with the former here, but I did ok. Too bad Sunday morning classes aren’t something I’ll be doing too often. The classes,…
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Blah
A combo of crappy weather, lack of motivation, lack of fitness, and general malaise has made this quite the uneventful weekend. One lame excuse, two self-fulfilling thoughts, and their cumulative result. I’m enjoying it insofar as the next months will hold very few unstructured weekends, but I’m finding it difficult to not become discouraged, with…
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John Muir Trail
As we flew from Kansas City to Indy last week, I saw a copy of the December 2007 Backpacker laying around looking lonely, so I filtched it and read it on the plane. There’s an interesting (at least moreso than usual for that soporific magazine) article about “fastpacking” the John Muir trail in 7 days.…
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Project day
Still on vacation, not feeling physically snappy, so the day’s been devoted to odds and ends; things left undone and ideas unexecuted. First up: Bunyon bike rack revisions. We’re up to full four bike capacity, and a fifth could likely be snuck onto the end if necessary. Note use of bike parts, specifically an old…
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Victory!
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Oh yes
The Legend Cx strikes! Steve (Cruzthepug on Mtbr) and I had a nice ride in Sedona today. Legs are rather dusty after 10 days eating pie in the lowlands, but are very glad to be back. I rode the Lenz for the first time in a month, and had a helluva time ripping Airport Mesa.…
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Scenes
The only color in this patch of Iowa. Things from my youth I no longer see. The Mogollan Rim and San Fran peaks from 28,000′. Everyone needs one of these.
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Returned
I began the new year 20 minutes ago, waking up from a dizzyingly bizarre dream. Now thinking about the details is like zooming in on swiss cheese, odds favoring a closer view of the lacunae as much as the substance. I like to think it’s my mind wanting a fresh start, expelling a vaguely digested…
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Retrospective 2007: 3, The End
And of necessity, the beginning. I intend to stay away from the computer, possibly entirely, for the rest of the year, certainly while I’m off with family. It will be a moment to step away form the tyranny of the machine, and then come back with fresh perspective and renewed enthusiasm. So, this will be…
Bedrock & Paradox 