Musings about life on two wheels

My trusty Topeak Road Morph G totally failed on a recent ride. It got more and more difficult to pump air into the tube, and then just siezed up. Later the pump handle moved but it wasn’t pumping any air. An O-ring on the pump piston wore out. I’d like to find a replacement –…

My team took the Underground Seattle tour last week. When it was over I was a bit sad it was so short – a sign of a good time. The thing that’s amazing about the tour and Seattle history how quickly things changed. In 45 years the city was founded, burned down, regraded, and built…

I started drinking in college, and quit a few years ago. I used to think I was quite extroverted – I still think I am, but being dry’s changed my perspective quite a bit. One of the most common emotions I used to have was regret – after-action shame for dumb behavior. I got pretty…

Wimp-Lo is an antagonist in the ridiculous movie “Kung-Pow: Enter the Fist”. Perhaps you’ve seen the gif: “We trained him wrong on purpose, as a joke”. Not everything is going to go perfect. Wimp-Lo-Tek embraces the imperfections and does it anyway. When the consequences are low – Do It! In today’s example – I finished…

My grandfather (Clarance) had an explosive and gregarious laugh. It’s one of the things that survived the longest through his alzheimer’s. He passed it on to my Uncle. I think my Dad has a more normal sounding laugh. And I’m beginning to wonder – does it just sound normal to me? And how does my…

Tl:dr: when shopping for a bike, keep 20% of your budget for not-bike stuff. One of the best received bits of wisdom I get to hand-out on Reddit is – what else do I need besides a bike to ride a bike? For some small group of people, maybe nothing. But for almost everybody: plan…

Had fun this evening with David & Erik. Talked about a lot of things, but some it was climate change stuff. My favorite: Space Bubbles A couple other interesting  possibilities that I should look into later: alkalizing the oceans (limestone?) But back to space bubbles: the idea is to block some solar energy in space.…

Mis en Place  is a French cooking term: “Putting in place”.  Basically it means: put out all your ingredients before you start. I first heard the term many years ago, and honestly it doesn’t really work all that well for my style of cooking. At least, that’s what I thought. I’ve always thought that it…

Set expectations to low please. Perhaps part of the wisdom of growing old is that the things that you actually want look less like the things you imagined as a young adult, and more like curling up with a good book.