Mar
28
Playing makeup, wearing guitar
March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Carrie Brownstein, a member of Sleater-Kinney (one of my favorite bands of all time, now on ‘indefinite hiatus,’ whatever that means exactly), has a very nice blog over at NPR. Her current posting addresses The Replacements, one of my favorite bands of my youth, and apparently hers too. She puts it: “Paul Westerberg’s lyrics …. [...]
Mar
25
Nice Phinney coverage
March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In the New York Times. Adding to my belief that there’s someone who works at the paper who’s an avid cyclist.
As a side note, once I chatted on the phone with Connie Carpenter-Phinney, when I was doing a story about one of her cycling mentors, Mary-Jane (“Miji”) Reoch. She was a delightful interview.
Mar
25
Velog – brilliant.
March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Cool! Log your rides! For exactly no reason at all! Come on, you know you have all those hours at work you need to waste, why else would you be reading a blog?
Better yet, join the new Boston group right here.
Mar
24
Choice quotes about Cupertino collision
March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Those of you who follow the cycling news probably know that there was a dreadful collision a few weeks ago between a cop car and a group of cyclists out on the road in Northern California, resulting in the deaths of two local racers and serious injuries for a third.
Leah Shahum, executive director of the [...]
Mar
24
Minuteman’s clear; people still dumb
March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Today I was able to traverse the entire Minuteman path from Alewife to the end and back (“all the way”). I missed it. Some of my friends say they just get bored of riding on the path, but I live right next to it, so it’s very handy to get out of town without cars, [...]
Mar
24
Prosecutors said…
March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
“…They will rely in part on Thomas’ body features to prove she used steroids…”
Tomorrow, the inaugural trial relating to BALCO steroid blabittybla begins, with the first subject being cyclist Tammy Thomas.
The photos are not encouraging, and I haven’t even picked the worst ones, because I’m just not that mean.
2001:
2007:
Mar
23
The bitty 500
March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Ah, the joys of “Breaking Away.” It was on TV tonight and I stayed up too late to watch it. As always, I mulled over whether the bikes in the college race were fixed gears or freewheels with coaster brakes. And yes, Dave Stoller does have his bike in the little ring when he’s supposedly [...]
Mar
22
Peeps!
March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In honor of my favorite holiday candy, the delicious mushy sugary Peeps, I introduce this splendid website, Peep Research. Click the link to find out about how Peeps respond to heat, cold, solubility, and low pressure environments, and follow along with the photos depicting a ground-breaking surgical separation of quintuple Peeps!
Mar
20
Bunnies
March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments
I live near the Alewife T station, and I occasionally walk home from it in the dark. There’s a cluster of trees that I know to be home to a fairly extended family of rabbits, as there is almost always a rabbit within view, no matter what time of day or night that I pass. [...]
Mar
12
I am humbled
March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is the second day in a row that I opened this blog and laughed out loud just looking at the title and corresponding photo. I first clicked here thanks to Kerry Litka, and damn it if I’m not awfully white.
However, the graduate school posting made me laugh most of all. And I quote:
“Though professional [...]
