Musings about life on two wheels

Yay! Not quite there, but I’ll make it I think. Feels like a lot, and taking 4 weeks off to do 200 miles a week put a big dent in that. Also, riding with Bruce’s bike bunch has been a pleasure. And long rides in. I wonder what I’ll get up to next year

Tl;Dr: maybe a psychedelic can allow you to relearn things like you were a kid. Podcast There is some experimental evidence to suggest that psychadelics can re-open critical learning periods: in mice, those that had MDMA were better able to learn from peers. The pod cast above goes on to make a bunch of pretty…

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hdLaMXTNZJiHHZCn6 Homely in the British sense: simple, comfortable. Corn muffins, pan fried chicken thighs with salt & pepper, saute’d chard with stems. Quinoa. Sauce from the pan. Yum.

Starting to think I’m ok at plumbing. Replaced 2 leaky valves in 2 trips to the store. Pro-tip for future self: sediment causes the ceramic cartridges to fail, and using the shutoff causes sentiment: run the system wide open into a bucket before installing new cartridges. Thank you Sean at Aurora Plumbing. Also, you bought…

(Add Me To The List Of People) I’ve got mild toe fungus. Probably most oldies do. It’s not dangerous, most people who die have it, but I’ve never heard of anyone dying from it. However, it makes foot care a bit harder, and when oldies get older foot care is a big deal. I know…

My Daughter and I have matching tattoos of Lowly Worm, a Richard Scary character that she & I both grew up with. It really didn’t strike me until after we got the tattoos: Lowly is hard to explain. The thing I like about the Richard Scary books is how charmingly absurd they are. The busy,…

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. Tied for 1st place. Family. Good Friends/Good Stories Help others when you can.

I don’t think he deserved to be gunned down. This seems like a pretty unpopular opinion. Most of the folks in my bubble are reacting with ‘good riddance’ vibes. I get it. He ran an organization that profited by making it hard (or impossible) for people to get healthcare. The funny cartoon out of this…

Okay is a strange word. What it expresses is so essentially human, it has to be a fundamental concept. But as a word, it has a pretty mysterious entomology. OK (or Okay, or Okeh) basically means: acceptable. Are you OK? Yep, I’m acceptably well.  Can I do this? OK, that is acceptable. It’s one of…