Bedrock & Paradox

Victory!

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.…

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.

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…

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…

Wherein I list all weekends up this date, and what I did on them.Numbers = Sundays. January7 Gorgeous XC skiing in Flag, planned KMC14 First ever Granite Mountain circumnavigation (bike)21 Aborted winter WRIAD with Plesko, Nice, Harris, pre-ran Red Hot course28 Icy XC skiing in Flag, Quadruple Bypass February4 Clean 305 for first time, Granite…

M and I are off at the end of the week for a whirlwind of flying and family, so this is it; the week for retrospective blogging has arrived. This evening I’m going to write some words about those accessories that occasionally take over our lives, at rarer times save them, preoccupy our minds and…

The small frickin loop. The trail gods did not give us an easy time of it yesterday. I have pics but the net isn’t playing nice, so here’s one of Bear’s.The litany of errors and mishaps:-Everyone was late, in various ways.-I couldn’t recall the precise location of the trailhead by the recycling plant, or the…

At the beginning of this evening, it seems that the fates were once again conspiring against me. I forgot my Y pass halfway to the trailhead, got stuck in the slow train moving past an accident, and was generally lamenting the lack of time in the world today. A trail I wanted to run was…

A secondary emotion is an emotion caused by, and often used to mask, another emotion: the primary. Classic secondaries are the “ads”; mad, sad, glad. It’s an idea I’ve come to believe in fiercely, and one I use at work everyday. It’s a fantastic investigatory tool for unpacking complex affect. This afternoon I got to…