Musings about life on two wheels

Tl;Dr: forgot I have an awesome grinder I spend a lot of thought on coffee, always have. During Covid, I decided to learn how to make awesome pour over coffee. So, I got some grinders. A nice electric, a good hand grinder, and lastly a travel size grinder for work. The travel grinder is a…

Tl;Dr: It ain’t for everybody, what’s in it for me? A friend who reads was asking what I’d been reading. It’s been a while since I’ve been through Infinite Jest, but it’s something I return to regularly. I mentioned it to my friend, he read it. Last time we met one of the first things…

Tl;Dr: willful ignorance is so prevalent there’s a word for it, and a whole line of academic study We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and…

Tl;Dr: I helped a friend sell a bike, it was nice I ran into Marty, a few months ago. Marty was the helpful person at a local store – competent, friendly, and overall really nice. Over the years we’ve talked bikes. When I saw him last summer he mentioned he was trying to sell an…

Tl;Dr; the recipe is here, and on my first try  pretty good. Coffee’s been a big part of my life since college. During COVID, I jumped on the Pour Over craze. A year ago I got a Switch immersion brewer. It’s pretty great, but I still don’t feel like I make amazing coffee with it.…

On Friday we went on the Live Love and Eat La Paz food tour – we visited 3 taco stands with Citlali our excellent guide. She also told us about the history of city, pointed out some great cultural and commercial spots, and was generally friendly & awesome. She took us past Gratitude coffee roaster…

Tl;Dr: Great trip, La Paz is Big, Don’t miss Balandera We started planning this trip last year, realizing that near the end of Winter we need a little Sun. An unexpected trip to Vienna means we have done more travelling this year than normal, felt a little strange to be getting on the plane again…

Perhaps it’s just that it’s winter here, but we have seen very, very few insects. My sophisticated flea det action system managed to find a hungry family, several very itchy bites. And I think M. saw A cockroach. As in one. We’ve seen a few flies, enough to occasionally brush one away. Zero mosquitos. But…